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	<title>Howard Sherman</title>
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		<title>Are Your Interns Hiring A Lawyer?</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/13/are-your-interns-hiring-a-lawyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t mean to make anyone paranoid, but if your organization has unpaid interns, you need to start thinking about whether they may start legal proceedings against you for back pay. In the wake of a federal court ruling that found Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage laws in their engagement and utilization of unpaid interns, any number of shrewd interns may well be considering their options even as I write. ‘Well that’s Hollywood,’ you respond, ‘They’ve got piles of money Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I don’t mean to make anyone paranoid, but if your organization has unpaid interns, you need to start thinking about whether they may start legal proceedings against you for back pay. In the wake of a federal court ruling that found Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage laws in their engagement and utilization of unpaid interns, any number of shrewd interns may well be considering their options even as I write.

‘Well that’s Hollywood,’ you respond, ‘They’ve got piles of money <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/13/are-your-interns-hiring-a-lawyer/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>From Industry Reading To Broadway Show In Two Days</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/12/from-industry-reading-to-broadway-show-in-two-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arts journalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those complacent about the ongoing reduction and elimination of professional arts journalism, I would like to offer a small but concrete example of where this decline is leading us. On Monday June 10, the website BroadwayWorld.com published the following item, credited only to "BWW News Desk." In my experience, this usually means that it is, more or less, taken directly from a press release. Eric LaJuan Summers and Felicia Finley to Star in BASQUIAT THE MUSICAL Reading, 6/24 Basquiat, Continue reading...]]></description>
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For those complacent about the ongoing reduction and elimination of professional arts journalism, I would like to offer a small but concrete example of where this decline is leading us.

On Monday June 10, the website BroadwayWorld.com published the following item, credited only to "BWW News Desk." In my experience, this usually means that it is, more or less, taken directly from a press release.
Eric LaJuan Summers and Felicia Finley to Star in BASQUIAT THE MUSICAL Reading, 6/24

Basquiat, <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/12/from-industry-reading-to-broadway-show-in-two-days/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What The Arts Can Learn From &#8220;The Fast And The Furious&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/04/what-the-arts-can-learn-from-the-fast-and-the-furious/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/04/what-the-arts-can-learn-from-the-fast-and-the-furious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[artistic leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I’m serious about the headline. I feel your scorn, but before your jerking knee sends you to the orthopedist, let me get right to the point. There are any number of things one can object to in the Fast &#38; Furious movies: the crudely drawn characters, the wooden acting, the endless (albeit largely bloodless) violence, the reckless driving, the disregard for the rule of law, the recurrent crashing cars, the nonsensical plots, the impossible (digitally created) stunts. I could go on. But Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, I’m serious about the headline. I feel your scorn, but before your jerking knee sends you to the orthopedist, let me get right to the point.

There are any number of things one can object to in the Fast &amp; Furious movies: the crudely drawn characters, the wooden acting, the endless (albeit largely bloodless) violence, the reckless driving, the disregard for the rule of law, the recurrent crashing cars, the nonsensical plots, the impossible (digitally created) stunts. I could go on.

But <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/04/what-the-arts-can-learn-from-the-fast-and-the-furious/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Address: Sing Sing Prison, Grover&#8217;s Corners NY, The Mind Of God</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/03/address-sing-sing-prison-grovers-corners-ny-the-mind-of-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/03/address-sing-sing-prison-grovers-corners-ny-the-mind-of-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arts & politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there no one in town aware of social injustice? Part of the compact we make when we go to the theatre is to shut out the outside world and completely immerse ourselves in the world displayed before us by artists, by actors. We can’t shut out our own thoughts of course, our memories and associations, but our gaze is directed, what we see and hear is planned to evoke a desired response. It is impossible to achieve that focus when your theatre is the visitors room at Sing Sing Prison on a hot Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Is there no one in town aware of social injustice?
Part of the compact we make when we go to the theatre is to shut out the outside world and completely immerse ourselves in the world displayed before us by artists, by actors. We can’t shut out our own thoughts of course, our memories and associations, but our gaze is directed, what we see and hear is planned to evoke a desired response.

It is impossible to achieve that focus when your theatre is the visitors room at Sing Sing Prison on a hot <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/06/03/address-sing-sing-prison-grovers-corners-ny-the-mind-of-god/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>To My Theatre Coaches, Mr. Cosby &amp; Mr. Carlin</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/22/to-my-theatre-coaches-mr-cosby-mr-carlin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents were not theatergoers and my youthful memories are not filled with reveries of family trips to New York to see shows. I can remember being taken to the theatre only twice as a youth by my parents, once in 1969 in New Haven (Fiddler on the Roof, national tour) and once in about 1975 on Broadway (The Magic Show). Yet there was something embedded in my DNA which made me interested in performance; I was writing plays (almost all adaptations of existing works) in elementary school with very Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[My parents were not theatergoers and my youthful memories are not filled with reveries of family trips to New York to see shows. I can remember being taken to the theatre only twice as a youth by my parents, once in 1969 in New Haven (Fiddler on the Roof, national tour) and once in about 1975 on Broadway (The Magic Show). Yet there was something embedded in my DNA which made me interested in performance; I was writing plays (almost all adaptations of existing works) in elementary school with very <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/22/to-my-theatre-coaches-mr-cosby-mr-carlin/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Etcetera: Allan Sherman, the “Overweight Sensation&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/20/etcetera-allan-sherman-the-overweight-sensation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a teen in the 1970s, I kept testing a small sociological phenomenon. When visiting a Jewish home, I would peek at the record collection of the adults in residence to see if they had the album “My Son, The Folk Singer.” If the family was Catholic or Protestant, I’d look for “The First Family” featuring Vaughn Meader. To my recollection, I never failed to find the anticipated album in the expected home, even though both records were already at least a decade old before I began my study. Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[As a teen in the 1970s, I kept testing a small sociological phenomenon. When visiting a Jewish home, I would peek at the record collection of the adults in residence to see if they had the album “My Son, The Folk Singer.” If the family was Catholic or Protestant, I’d look for “The First Family” featuring Vaughn Meader. To my recollection, I never failed to find the anticipated album in the expected home, even though both records were already at least a decade old before I began my study. <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/20/etcetera-allan-sherman-the-overweight-sensation/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Please, Just Tell Me What It’s About!</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/13/please-just-tell-me-what-its-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mind you, there’s only so much one can squeeze into a TV spot, but the ad I just watched managed the following in its voiceover: 1) play title; 2) key award nominations; 3) names of three lead actors; and 4) quotes from reviews. The name of the playwright, and the director, photos of the stars (not in costume), the logo for the not-for-profit theatre that produced it, and ticket ordering information appeared on screen. The piece runs only 15 seconds. Now this is a Broadway show and it’s Tony Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mind you, there’s only so much one can squeeze into a TV spot, but the ad I just watched managed the following in its voiceover: 1) play title; 2) key award nominations; 3) names of three lead actors; and 4) quotes from reviews. The name of the playwright, and the director, photos of the stars (not in costume), the logo for the not-for-profit theatre that produced it, and ticket ordering information appeared on screen. The piece runs only 15 seconds.

Now this is a Broadway show and it’s Tony <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/13/please-just-tell-me-what-its-about/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cast Recording, In Just No Time At All</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/08/a-cast-recording-in-just-no-time-at-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep expecting to get jaded. Even though the actuarial tables tell me that I’m more than halfway through my life, I can still be a teenaged drama club kid, over and over again, with only the slightest provocation. Yesterday was one of those days. Like so many in “the business,” I started out as a performer in my high school shows, both plays and musicals. But as practical considerations like finances and family, as well as negligible talent, took hold, I shifted over to administration, Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I keep expecting to get jaded. Even though the actuarial tables tell me that I’m more than halfway through my life, I can still be a teenaged drama club kid, over and over again, with only the slightest provocation. Yesterday was one of those days.

Like so many in “the business,” I started out as a performer in my high school shows, both plays and musicals. But as practical considerations like finances and family, as well as negligible talent, took hold, I shifted over to administration, <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/08/a-cast-recording-in-just-no-time-at-all/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Penultimate Temptation of Fiona Shaw</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/06/the-penultimate-temptation-of-fiona-shaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I brought my camera to a Broadway show with the intention of using it. And I did. Having read that the audience was invited on stage before the start of The Testament of Mary to gaze upon an assortment of props, as well as the leading lady Fiona Shaw, I brought my camera to document the event. I figured it would make for perfect art to accompany a blog post about the wisdom of a show exploiting audience curiosity in order to seed a social media marketing campaign. Instead, I was converted. No, Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, I brought my camera to a Broadway show with the intention of using it. And I did.

Having read that the audience was invited on stage before the start of The Testament of Mary to gaze upon an assortment of props, as well as the leading lady Fiona Shaw, I brought my camera to document the event. I figured it would make for perfect art to accompany a blog post about the wisdom of a show exploiting audience curiosity in order to seed a social media marketing campaign.

Instead, I was converted.

No, <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/06/the-penultimate-temptation-of-fiona-shaw/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Theme Of My Own, On London Stages</title>
		<link>http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/03/a-theme-of-my-own-on-london-stages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Howard Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going on a theatre binge in a city other than the one in which you reside provides, inevitably, an imbalanced view of that city’s theatrical ecology. Unless you have unlimited time and an unlimited budget, you can barely scratch the surface of all that’s going on, with the possible exception of an intricately strategized Edinburgh visit in August. For a variety of reasons, both professional and personal (plus free accommodations), I’ve taken to “helicoptering” into London a couple of Continue reading...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Going on a theatre binge in a city other than the one in which you reside provides, inevitably, an imbalanced view of that city’s theatrical ecology. Unless you have unlimited time and an unlimited budget, you can barely scratch the surface of all that’s going on, with the possible exception of an intricately strategized Edinburgh visit in August.

For a variety of reasons, both professional and personal (plus free accommodations), I’ve taken to “helicoptering” into London a couple of <a href="http://www.hesherman.com/2013/05/03/a-theme-of-my-own-on-london-stages/" class="more-link">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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