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Theatre Puget Sound and Cornish Vie for Seattle Center Playhouse Lease

Michael van Baker — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:57:45 +0000

The Theatre Puget Sound "arts incubator" proposal represents, perhaps, a bigger break with Playhouse management past--Cornish replacing Intiman as the singular primary tenant isn't structurally that different, except for being a college, instead of a theatre)--but it may be a good break. As TPS makes clear, they are not a producing organization, so their management of the Playhouse can be devoted to its maximal usage.

Showbiz Union AFTRA in Seattle for 63rd National Convention

Michael van Baker — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:10:41 +0000

Your first question, of course, is what exactly an AFTRA does. We're glad you asked that. AFTRA membership is made up of "recording artists, broadcasters, actors, singers, dancers and other performers who work across the spectrum of media industries including television, radio, cable, sound recordings and digital media," and one thing that will be discussed at the convention, the Hollywood Reporter assures us, is the "ongoing SAG-AFTRA merger process."