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18 Jun, 6 tweets, 3 min read
The essential @AapacNyc report on who appears and whose stories are being told on NYC stages has been released. A must read for the theatre community. aapacnyc.org Image
From @AapacNyc, who is telling the stories on NYC stages? Image
From @AapacNyc, who is designing the work on NYC stages? Image
From @AapacNyc, which are the most diverse and least diverse companies among those covered by the AAPAC study? Image
Read the summary press release from @AapacNyc of their diversity study. aapacnyc.org/uploads/1/3/5/…
Direct link to the full report: aapacnyc.org/2018-2019.html

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20 Jun
I had a profoundly emotional response to #InTheHeights last night – in tears of grief while simultaneously experiencing great joy, coming out happy and emotionally spent. I keep thinking about why.
The first was simply the act of being out and in audience. While not the first time, and not at a live performance, the movie approximated what I experience at the best of theatre. It was a release that has been pent up for 16 months.
No doubt part of this was seeing people I know and care about on screen: @Lin_Manuel who I met during the first success of #InTheHeights in NYC, @daphnerubinvega who I met when I ran @ONeill_Center and came to know more as I grew close to Jonathan Larson's family and friends.
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14 Jun
I'm pissed off this morning and I'll tell you why. It's because of headlines in the entertainment press saying that the opening weekend of IN THE HEIGHTS had disappointing sales of $11.4 million. The problem is that the metrics in use are no longer valid.
Yes, articles note that the $11.4 million is box office sales, and that the film's availability on HBO Max can't be measured. But there's no question that subscribers to the service, with the option of watching for no additional cost at home stayed home.
Then comparisons are made to other post-COVID films like A QUIET PLACE 2, GODZILLA VS. KONG, and THE CONJURING 47. But isn't it interesting to note that those films are, to varying degrees, scary movies? They wouldn't have the same audience as the family-friendly HEIGHTS.
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12 Oct 20
I WON'T SHOUT AGAAIN, but consider everything that follows to be in an emphatic tone bordering on anger: Do you know how much the UK government provided in arts and culture grants today? £257 million. That's $331 million here.
How much special funding for the live performing arts has the U.S. government provided in this time of crisis, considering that the population of the US is five times that of the UK? $75 million, less than 25% of UK support.
40% of the US funds went to state arts councils. The other funds yielded 846 grants of $50K each to arts organizations. Since those grants? Zero. Zed. Nil. Nada. Nothing. Yet the challenges are the same between US and UK, and pandemic wears on. Angry yet?
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10 Oct 20
I had planned to follow yesterday's tweetstorm by exploring other aspects of the pandemic's effect on the arts. But first I should speak to some of the responses I've received. No shouting today. First, my heart goes out to everyone affected.
I heard both from people who have lost jobs and those training to enter the field. My message also embraces those who teach and those whose livelihoods are contingent upon the arts functioning, even if they don't work in the arts themselves.
Despite my effort to keep my tweets from being political, I certainly heard from those who view the arts as a frivolous, liberal activity that isn't worth savings, and indeed from those who think arts works are having a lark on a daily basis. Maybe we can't reach them. Yet.
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9 Oct 20
I think I need to put this as plainly as I can, and I apologize for shouting: PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS AREN'T JUST 'NOT WORKING' – THEY ARE *PREVENTED* FROM ENGAGING IN THE WORK AND CAREERS FOR WHICH THEY WERE TRAINED.
YES, THERE IS ONLINE CREATIVITY, BUT MUCH OF THAT IS VOLUNTEER, CREATIVE ARTISTS LITERALLY BURSTING TO SHARE THEIR WORK WITH YOU AS BEST THEY CAN, MOSTLY FOR FREE. UNTIL SUMMER 2021, THEY HAVE TO TRY TO GET WORK IN OTHER FIELDS TO PAY BILLS AND FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
THE ARTS ARE NOT EXPENDABLE, NOR ARE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO WORK IN THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY, LIKE AIRLINES, LIKE LIKE PRO SPORTS. OTHER INDUSTRIES RELY ON THE ARTS TO DRIVE THEIR BUSINESSES.
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9 Oct 20
The rumors of last night were absolutely accurate. Broadway is now matching what so many regional theatres decided a while ago. There will be little to no 2020-2021 theatre season. nytimes.com/2020/10/09/the…
But let's remember: what's happening to live performance isn't just about Broadway and the Met Opera. The extended Broadway closure is representative of what is happening to live performance everywhere in the country. It grabs the attention, but doesn't show the national scope.
As journalists, outlets and news services rush to blare headline about "The Broadway Shutdown," I hope they'll remember the breadth of the theatre industry and its people. This is not just a New York problem. A lot of people will need a lot of help.
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