Good morning Chicago! It's a beautiful, sunny day. I encourage you all to spend time outdoors, connect with your neighbors, and enjoy the sunshine and our beautiful city after a long winter. Let's keep this feeling of unity and optimism alive — bright days are ahead!
🏳️⚧️ Transgender Day of Visibility is about celebrating the joy and accomplishments of trans people, while also recognizing the threats the community faces. What gives us hope are the activists and community leaders working to protect the fundamental rights of the trans community.
“Broadway is still navigating the pandemic’s aftermath, including seemingly enduring shifts in production considerations, consumer lifestyles and buying habits.”
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I love working in an industry that cries about how young people aren’t coming to the theater and then charges 50% of the average weekly take home pay to sit in the rear mezz.
“State Senate Bill 1116 is the second attempt in two years to send in a fire brigade to save some buildings where people make art & attract audiences who, consequentially, contribute to local & regional economies.”
@GavinNewsom@CAgovernor sign #SB1116!!!
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Adulting is just you dealing with anxiety, depression, heartbreaks, family issues, career stress or unemployment all by yourself & then pretending like you are happy and nothing is wrong with you.
“Increasingly, those who make their living in the arts are realizing how much they need allies in government to flourish. And now, they’re building coalitions and raising money to step up their political game.”
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“What matters now is the future and whether this community can rebuild itself and do so with fewer takedowns and more inclusion, less intramural wrangling and finger-pointing and more forgiveness and outward-facing togetherness.”
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If I was president I would put Netflix, Hulu, Prime, HBO, and every other streaming service in a room together and make them collectively decide how loud each volume number is
Actors and theater workers have long accepted and even glorified the idea that they will work infrequently and be paid poorly, but a movement to increase wages and conditions is challenging that concept. https://t.co/4l8jLuypsQ