Playbill is reporting that the lawsuit against Akron, Ohio based Carousel Dinner Theatre, by the broadway team responsible for the original production of Urinetown has been settled by the parties, with the Arkon producers paying the New York team an undisclosed sum, and acknowledging the unlicensed use of elements from the New York production. According…
Playbill is reporting that the lawsuit against Akron, Ohio based Carousel Dinner Theatre, by the broadway team responsible for the original production of Urinetown has been settled by the parties, with the Arkon producers paying the New York team an undisclosed sum, and acknowledging the unlicensed use of elements from the New York production. According…
May 31, 1759 Pennsylvania bans theater Pennsylvania lawyers adopted a law forbidding the performance of plays. According to History.com, The law was adopted due to pressure from religious groups, on grounds that any performance was immoral. Fine for violation was 500 Pounds (source) Tweet
Over 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.” Tweet
The New York Times reports in this article, that a Colorado State appellate court has ruled against the owners of several theatres who’ve challenged the State’s ban on smoking indoors on First Amendment grounds. The theatres have indicated that they’ll appeal to the state’s Supreme Court. Will they succeed. Is “smoking” an expressive form of…
A Chicago man has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the Blue Man Group theatrical act. His suit claims that he was chosen by the performers to participate in their “esophagus video” gag. The actors held the man in place, and allegedly “forced the esophagus cam into his mouth, and while he struggled to…
Actor 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 of…
Actor 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 of…
Recently, received the following question via the ‘net, so I thought I’d answer here, since it’s a common and often misunderstood area. I wrote an original play … We have a DJ who spins slightly different cues every night, as the show has a bit of improvisation. Are we responsible to get music licensing rights…
As Stagehands returned to work and Broadway’s shows resumed performances after 19 days on strike, Producers and the City of New York have taken a look at the cost of the strike and estimate $40 Million in lost revenues. Theatre lovers are also concerned that ticket prices (already ranging from $110 to as much as…