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Equity Pushes Touring

Actors' Equity Association has decided to push its own version of Global Rule One, the Screen Actors Guild's mandate that its members work only under SAG pacts no matter where in the world the production shoots.

'Music Lesson,' 'She Loves Me' Lead SF Crix Awards

In 2002, the 20 voting members of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle reviewed over 225 drama and musical productions, eventually winnowing that list down to 45 award winners in acting, designing, and production. Yet in keeping with the current economic climate, the SFBATCC voted to cancel its ...

Unions Decrying Illegal Downloads

"Unauthorized free copying and distribution of copyrighted sound recordings and films on the Internet directly harm...creative artists," the nation's entertainment unions have told the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sequels, Remakes Dominate Razzie Nods

Bad sequels and remakes provided a smorgasbord for the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that pays heed to the worst in Hollywood.

West Coast Newswire

04/15/04

Dukakis, Pendleton Read "Toreadors" Tonight

In a one-night engagement, Olympia Dukakis and Austin Pendleton will read from Jean Anhouil's "Waltz of the Toreadors."

'Love' in Air for Parker

Paramount Pictures has acquired poet Marisa de los Santos' first novel, "Love Walked In." Sarah Jessica Parker is attached to star.

Broad Channel

A workingman's ode to love, life, loyalty, and baseball heroes, "Broad Channel" is a winning new work starring Doc Dougherty.

Arizona Company Completes a Triple Play

Arizona Theatre Company may be unique among regional theatres; while many companies maintain multiple spaces in the same city, ATC maintains multiple spaces in different cities.