Getting the Rights to Stage a Play
Why a company can stage Shakespeare for free but pays to stage a recent comedy: how performance rights, licensing houses and royalties actually work.
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Classic City Stages theatre in Athens Georgia
Theatre in Athens, Georgia, explained the way an evening class works: at the board, in chalk, reasoning first.
An independent magazine on theatre and the stage in Athens, Georgia: halls, companies, craft and classes for young players.
Fresh chalk
the freshest pages, chalk still wet
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Theatre for Young Audiences in Athens
Theatre for Young Audiences is a show written and staged for children in the seats, not a class for children on stage: what that distinction changes.
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The Birthday Party Set: What Stages It Shares with Theatre
A look at the forty-minute living room show, the tiny circus and balloon craft, and what Athens theatre readers can learn from children's entertainers.
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What Alpharetta Buyers Should Know Before Making an Offer
A guide for Classic City Stages readers on Alpharetta entry prices, condo, townhome and 1970s ranch costs, fees, and what wins a Milton offer.
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Shakespeare on Athens Stages
Why the plays still turn up on Athens stages, how companies cut them, and what a small cast can carry.
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Grants That Keep Small Arts Organisations Going
Where small theatre and arts organisations in Georgia look for grants, and how a modest award changes a season.
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School Productions and the Teachers Who Stage Them
How school productions come together: the teacher-director, the after-school rehearsal, the parents and the opening night.
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Volunteers Backstage at a Community Theatre
Ushers, painters, drivers and front-of-house crews: how volunteers hold up a community theatre and how to join in.
The four corners of the board
one corner per question
Stages
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The rooms where Athens theatre happens: playhouses, auditoriums and small halls, how they are lit and staged, and what each asks of a production.
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Companies
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The companies that stage work in Athens and northeast Georgia, what each tends to produce, and where their seasons are announced.
8 stories
Craft
CR
Craft: how productions are lit, dressed, costumed and photographed in Athens rooms.
4 stories
Learning
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Classes, camps and school programmes in Athens where young people learn theatre, from first games to first roles on stage.
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Off other reading desks
other boards in other rooms
Sites kept by other editors, chosen because they answer a neighbouring question. Each one was read before it was listed here.
Readers of Classic City Stages will find at The Premium List a reader's notebook on American dog club culture, explaining how to read a premium list, a catalogue, a judging programme, classes and armband numbers from the ringside.
At The Labrador Stockroom, readers find a reference journal on the Labrador Retriever, covering hip and elbow health, genetic testing, puppy house manners, whistle recall, and field work in the northern plains.
At Blackland Chronology, readers trace the county's boundaries, the blackland prairie and the Cross Timbers, the courthouse square, the towns that vanished, what the railroad raised or erased, and the case of Quakertown.
At The Long Lap, readers follow the loop of fixed-time ultrarunning: lap counts kept on a board, distance markers such as the small white post, the mid-race change of direction, and what a one-mile ring demands of those who run it.
At The Cove Ledger, readers find a reference desk on Halibut Cove, its tides and boardwalks, the Danny J and water taxis from Homer, the cabins and the salmon and halibut that live in Kachemak Bay.
Readers who want to understand how a vocal ensemble actually works, where adults sing across Washington, D.C., and how a grown voice is warmed, tuned and kept, will find plain reporting on choirs, auditions, rehearsals and seasons.