For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This Friday, January 14, the discussion of replacement actors (swings, understudies, standbys) moves from the theoretical to the actual cases of TOY (Theatre of Youth) and OCC (O'Connell & Co.).
For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. Last week was about understudies, swings, and standbys. This week, January 7, we see the impact of Covid on Buffalo Theaters.
For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This week we pay tribute to Swings, Standbys, and Understudies and remember former Shaw Festival Artistic Director Christopher Newton.
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This week s Theater Talk, extended web version, with Scott Behrend of Road Less Traveled Productions (airs 4/23/2021)
Scott Behrend, co-founder and Artistic and Executive Director of Buffalo s Road Less Traveled Productions spoke with Theater Talk about their announced opening on November 4, 2021.
Credit roadlesstraveledproductions.org
The upcoming season, later than Shea s plan to re-open in September, makes RLTP the first local theater to announce a full season, albeit with 4 plays instead of the usual 5. Behrend says that this will give RLTP the ability to extend each play s run, should future regulations limit attendance on any given evening.
As with all theaters, it s financially necessary to achieve 100% of planned ticket sales. Hopefully that will mean 100% of the audience seats will be filled on any given night, but if 100% of necessary ticket sales have to be spread out over more time, the organization can handle that.