In what I can only assume is a ploy to claim an "online only exclusive"(!) the Voice has not published my latest review in this week's print edition. Luckily you, dear reader, can still see what I thought of "Yellow Electras" at the Ontological's Incubator Series...here....

Philly critic Wendy Rosenfield muses on the implications of a Forbes magazine study for one of the world's "oldest professions":The good news is that demand for producers and directors is on the rise, with almost 9,000 positions added nationwide since 2006 (this includes radio, tv and film, as well as stage numbers). But strangely, demand for actors has dropped by around 7,000 spots, and looks as t...

...by clicking on this NYT.com "audio slide show"* and getting two free minutes of the Gate Theatre's "Eh, Joe," currently at Lincoln Center Festival for $50-90.Not doing justice to Beckett, obviously. And at two minutes, this is already about 7% of the total running time.I kid, I kid. But still, here's what gets me riled again the more I think about this Lincoln Center Festival ripoff. (And for a...

As the economy keeps tanking and Manhattan real estate only, oddly, get pricier, keep a look out for nice new performance venues in the "outer" boroughs.Such as:Two major Brooklyn cultural organizations are planning to spend millions of dollars to expand a historic theater. The $17.3 million renovation of the Strand Theatre on Fulton Street will create about 20,000-square feet of space for the orga...

Nice little 2-minute interview with the National's Nick Hytner embedded into Michael Riedel's column today. Money quotes:Asked if the RNT's £10 ticket initiative was meant as a youth recruiting tool:It wasn't even just young people. A lot of people had been priced out of the market. We wanted people to come more than once or twice a year, and to be able to afford to come more than once or twice a...