Hey all you With Salt followers!
if you, say, happen to be passing through Kansas City this month come check out this beautiful (if I do say so myself) production of The Baltimore Waltz directed by Ian Crawford with dramaturgy superpowers provided by the incomperable Miss Heidi O’Connell!
OK. Fine. All of you were right. Pina was great.
I kind of just want to see Pina over and over and over again.
All in agreeance on that one.
Check out http://wh.gov/live right NOW to catch Mobama & Bobama in action, surprising visitors to the White House. There’s basically nothing we love more than some of that pup.
How careful do actors need to be about the messages sent by the work they take part in? How can you even be sure of the final product when so much work is done that is beyond your control? The truth is, we can’t be sure, but we can learn to make more educated choices and take responsibility for the image we project. This young Asian-American actress has apologized deeply for taking part in this bluntly racist political ad campaign. See the ad and her apology here.
You know the marble of Gringotts? Entirely made of paper. Seriously.
More on the secrets of the final Potter’s art direction—nominated for an Oscar—here.
(via stayforthecredits)
(thanks to spazlady)
Also check out this interesting rumination on “colorblind casting” from a member of the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers 2011.
