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Notes from Arden
Who Will Survive?
The question is, in some ways, a question of how to survive during cultural climate change: In the midst of a tempest, do you stake your survival on the smaller rafts that have demonstrated some capacity to ride out harsh waves but can easily topple, or on the massive ships adrift at sea, vessels that can be brought down by an unseen iceberg or pandemic.
Featured Column
Letter to the Court, and the (Re) Emergence of Better Lemons
“On November 7, Judge Terry Hatter (who is presiding over the AEA case) received a letter dated October 31 from none other than performer/ 99-seat scene dissident Armina LaManna, and others.In an annoyed response, the court not only rejected the letter for being both irrelevant to the case and inappropriate, it ordered counsel to instruct all parties that the letter had not been entered into the case file.” — BY PAUL BIRCHALL
Got It Covered
For our local theater scene, the huge event of the week was the release late Saturday evening of the legal brief filed with the US District Court by the Pro99-Seat Union Plaintiffs against their own Union, Actor’s Equity Association.
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Around Town
Accordingly, while A Night with Janis Joplin was on its own terms unquestionably a rousing, imaginary concert, I must admit to unfairly subjecting it to a double bind: alternately annoyed by its deviance (and pretense) of authenticity and equally unnerved by the many sweet spots of enthusiastic pleasures it could elicit, some nostalgic, other just showbiz savvy. –BY MYRON MEISEL