SHOWNOTES:

Let’s recap The Oscars as they relate to theater. Along with current events. Show closings and openings.

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WORKING TITLE:

Everything Everywhere All At Once

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REJECTED TITLES:

Every Drink Everywhere All At Once

Stay for the Sippy Cup

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Theatre Development Fund

https://www.tdf.org/

Brendan Fraser Wins Academy Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role; See Which Stage Artists Won Big at the 95th Annual Oscars

Stage and screen star Brendan Fraser has won big at the 95th Annual Academy Awards, receiving the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his performance in The Whale.

Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale — adapted from his 2012 play of the same name — received several nominations this evening. It took home the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award, in addition to Fraser's win.

Many other stars of the stage were nominated at the Oscars, such as Stephanie Hsu, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, and Austin Butler, to name just a few. The biggest prize of the night, Best Picture, went to Everything Everywhere All At Once—which won seven Oscars. Though she didn't win, Broadway alum Hsu did perform the Oscar-nominated song "This Is a Life," with David Byrne during the ceremony.

https://playbill.com/article/brendan-fraser-wins-academy-academy-award-for-best-actor-in-a-leading-role-see-which-stage-artists-won-big-at-the-95th-annual-oscars

Oscar Winners - https://abc.com/shows/oscars/news/winners/oscar-winners-2023-list

Breaking News: The Atlanta Lyric Theatre closes its doors after 42 years

https://www.artsatl.org/breaking-news-the-atlanta-lyric-theatre-closes-after-42-years/?mc_cid=88ce0b4b4b&mc_eid=6b0d099eb9#new_tab

NPR: "Adults complained about a teen theater production and the show's creators stepped in" by NPR's Elizabeth Blair - "Spelling Bee creators Rebecca Feldman and Rachel Sheinkin called Vanessa Allen in Middlefield. "They found my contact information and offered to make changes," Allen says incredulously. "It's heartbreaking for the kids if you cancel it in the middle of rehearsals and construction and the rest," says librettist Sheinkin

BAD BEHAVIOR AT THE THEATRE

Marketing for popular musicals is to be tempered to avoid phrases such as "best party in town" and "dancing in the aisles" in a bid to tackle poor audience behaviour. Ambassador Theatre Group, the largest theatre operator in the UK, is working with producers to tone down marketing that might encourage bad behaviour ... 

FAT HAM by Pulitzer Prize Winner, James Ijames

https://www.fathambroadway.com/

Updates to Equity Audition Protocols

https://actorsequity.org/resources/Producers/casting-call-how-to/

Meet the Black Women Reshaping American Theater

https://www.shondaland.com/live/money/a43028502/meet-the-black-women-reshaping-american-theater/

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