The 2016 Michael Merritt Awards are nearly here, and you’re running out of time to make a nomination. One of the things I’ve always loved about the Merritt Awards is that they aren’t a competition: they are a recognition. They…
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House Manager Appreciation Week 2015
In recognition of the difficult work our theatre House Managers do every day, in 2010 I declared the final week of November to be House Manager Appreciation Week. While last year’s was pretty good, I expect all of you to make…
Walking in the lobby: a true theatre ghost story
Theatres are ripe for ghost stories, even though there should be no reason for the vast majority of them to be haunted. Few spend a great deal of their lifetime in a theatre, even fewer people die inside a theatre.…