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Monday, May 12th, 2008Over on my other site - Theatrelawyer.com, I’ve just posted an article I wrote for the Western Arts Alliance entitled “Tax Withholding: An unwieldy burden for entertainers and the organizations that hire them.”
Randy Quaid Fined and Banned from Actor’s Equity
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors’ union, Actor’s Equity Association for life, following the union’s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of “Lone Star Love”, a country musical based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives [...]
More on Smoking Bans and the Theatre
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007A good piece by Tony Brown for Sunday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer raises the question of whether city and state smoke-free ordinances can- or should- be applied to theatre. The piece draws the important comparison to censorship battles surrounding language and nudity in theater in past decades.
According [...]
The WHAT monologues?
Friday, March 30th, 2007“The Vagina Monologues” recently did a brief stint as “The HooHaa Monologues”.
Metro.co.uk reports on a recent Florida based production of “The Vagina Monologues” being re-titled to address objections from a community member, then having its title restored after the author and publisher put their foot down.
Non Smoking Ordinances vs. Smoking on Stage
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Zachary Pincus Roth has written an interesting piece about on-stage smoking in the theatre.
Does the 1st Amendment apply to smoking as a form of “speech”. If the stage directions call for a cigarette, and it’s a significant part of a scene, isn’t a ban on smoking a ‘prior restraint’ on the expression of ideas?
Could [...]