CTI is hosting a "Practical Guide to producing Readings and Workshops".

I think this sounds fantastic, I hope that some of my clients attend.

Click here for more information.

Please support the New York Theatre Experience.

I got this email yesterday and felt compelled to donate immediately. Martin and Rochelle support OOBR/indie theater unconditionally, I feel that I must support them in return. And so I did...I donated to their cause, just like I try to pay for my client's benefits when I'm able to attend.

So, please, support Martin and Rochelle.

Here is the link to their donation request.

Give them a dollar for every time they listed your show, or reviewed it, or gave you a podcast...I'm sure you won't be donating less than $25...they are that prolific.

Check out my blog on the IT Awards Myspace page:

Here is an excerpt:

As optimistic as we are about the future, there are still states like California, Arizona and Florida that are lagging behind in believing that "all people are created equal"!!! Shame on them!

In this time of change, I hope that we will being to see changes in the current audience environment. We need a stimulus package here. We need to ban together as the OOBR unit and seek out new seat buyers and artist enthusiasts.

Some ways to attract young audiences is to attack them where they are hiding. Smoke them out in their caves (aka dorm rooms or studio apartments) and introduce them to the best that New York has to offer.

The Stars Have Aligned for Monday, November 10th At The Triad (MTWorks)

MAIEUTIC THEATRE WORKS (MTWorks)
Proudly Presents

INTO THE UNDERWORLD
“A Broadway Understudy Tell All…With Music.”

Hosted by
KATIE ADAMS (Clip Above) & JULIE REIBER
of Wicked

ONE-NIGHT ONLY BENEFIT ENGAGEMENT
November 10, 2008 AT THE TRIAD NYC

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT THEATERMANIA.COM

MAIEUTIC THEATRE WORKS (MTWorks) is pleased to announce their one-night only benefit event, INTO THE UNDERWORLD: A Broadway Understudy Tell All…With Music, once again under the musical direction of MATT DOEBLER (Wicked), hosted by KATIE ADAMS & JULIE REIBER of Wicked. INTO THE UNDERWORLD will take place on Monday, November 10th (9:30pm) at The Triad NYC (158 West 72nd Street).

Into The Underworld will included performances by KATIE ADAMS (Wicked), JUSTIN BRILL (Rent), TONY CHIROLDES (In The Heights), JEFF EDGERTON (Grease), MICHELLE LOOKADOO (The Little Mermaid), KIMBERLY DAWN NEUMANN (A Chorus Line), KATE PAZAKIS (Jerry Springer The Opera), JULIE REIBER (Wicked), DAVID SPANGENTHAL (Beauty & The Beast) and SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT (In The Heights); as they share their most intimate stories on how they made it to the Broadway stage.

The proceeds from this event will go to funding MTWorks Season 08-09, including The 2009 National NewBorn Festival in January 2009, and the production of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s The Oath in April 2009 at The Arclight Theater.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

TICKET PRICES:
General Admission: Advance Purchase $40.00 (+2 drink minimum, cash bar)
Day of the Event $45.00 (+2 drink minimum, cash bar)

*VIP Tickets: $65.00 (+2 drink minimum, cash bar).

Tickets are now available online at www.theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at The Triad NYC half hour prior to Showtime, cash only.

*VIP Tickets include preferential reserved seating, Broadway Memorabilia, Bottle of Fine Wine, Tickets to “The Oath” and VIP Gift Bag.

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served at the event; there will be an auction, including tickets to Wicked, Altar Boyz and My First Time; Broadway memorabilia and more.

Fore more information visit www.mtworks.org. You can also visit www.triadnyc.com for driving/subway information.

Here are things with which I can relate:

I "find no greater joy than cackling over a beautiful little orphaned theater piece at a tiny off-Broadway house that no one can find, despite the best efforts of the show's beleaguered, underpaid publicist. And, as soon as the performance is over, you shamble off to your cave to hunch over your computer for hours in an effort to tell someone about it."

I am the underpaid publicist, but I have the same hopes and intentions as you the finder of the lost arc. And my battle is to help you press "send our best writers to hunt talent in places where tourists are scared to go."

Read Mark Blankenships "Critical Condition" blog...he has a lot of interesting things to say.