1. NYC Today -
THE BUS STOP by Gao Xingjian
Presented by Theatre HAN
Opens April 1
Controversial because of it's Communist views.
3. Gay Broadway
1,000 HOMOSEXUALS by Michael Yawney at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Southern Florida
4. Racist Broadway
The King and I by Richard Rodgers
March 29,1951, played 1246 performances
Includes extreme amounts of racism.
5. Raided or Closed
Park Theatre at Columbus Circle
Raided and closed by police.
6. Arrested
A theater teacher from Longwood, Florida was arrested on the accusation of alleged sex acts involving young girls' feet.
7. NEA 4
"In a lawsuit filed in September 1990 that challenged the agency's decision and the constitutionality of the language of its policy to fund art that met "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the American public." In June 1992, US District Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled that the language of the NEA policy was indeed unconstitutional. While the Justice Department appealed Tashima's ruling, the NEA agreed to pay $252,000 to the four artists in an out-of-court settlement in June 1993."
8. Regional Theatre
"On June 4, 2003, at a meeting filled with more than 200 concerned artists and community members, the Board of Trustees of Oakland University, which houses the 600-seat Meadow Brook Theatre, a major LORT theatre in Detroit, voted to approve a proposal submitted by the Meadow Brook Theatre Ensemble, a new non-profit corporation that will run the theatre for future productions. On May 5, the Committee staged a rally on the Oakland University campus and a coalition of actors, students and theatre patrons led a protest drawing attention to the situation and increasing public awareness. "
9. College/University
A Florida theatre Director accidentally shot an actor during a rehearsal of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men". The bullet shaved the actors head and he was released quickly from the hospital.
10.
Play: Country Gothic by Tim Kelly
Where: Warsaw High School
When: Jan, 2009
A group of parents and teachersare upset with Jill Robertson's decision to produce Country Gothic. Due to the fact that a man is lured into town thinking he is going to marry a girl when he is truly going to be sacrificed in an annual town ritual, Country Gothic was posponed because it did not uphold the Christian values of the town.
"‘Country Gothic' delayed after criticism flared up in November""
http://www.sedaliademocrat.com/news/school_14158___article.html/controversial_warsaw.html
Sunday, April 5, 2009
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