Slog - Comments on The Drums of Doom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom Due to financial stresses, the Seattle Rep is closing its Three Musketeers a week early, according to a source affiliated with the theater. The new close date is November 9. This is the first in what will surely be a litany of closures, cancellations, and upheavals in Seattle theater for the next several years. Just a few days ago, Rep managing director Ben Moore told me that by next year, the Rep would be a "different organization." He said he has been in the theater business for 40 years, and that "people who should be in the know" say this... Copyright 2008 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:06:28 -0800 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:28:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by black turtleneck Jane Zalutsky ran One Reel, the company who brings us Bumbershoot, for many years. Her background is in non-profit management where she is well respected. It was surprising that she went to WaMu.

]]> black turtleneck http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183618 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:25:49 -0800 Comment by Paul Raver Isn't the Rep part of Seattle Center? It would seem to me that non-profits like this, that are using city property that would otherwise be empty liabilities on the nights they are dark, might be able to re-negotiate just about everything: Rent, utilities, etc.

Take it from Paul.

]]> Paul Raver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183619 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:28:48 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave it needed more fight scenes.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183622 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183622 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:47:16 -0800 Comment by Matthew Um, yeah. Three Musketeers?

Not exactly the canary in the coal mine.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183624 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:12:11 -0800 Comment by har har nonprofit management? Sounds like a perfect fit for a company like Wamu.

]]> har har http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183625 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:20:20 -0800 Comment by saw it Maybe it's because the Three Musketeers was aimed at a middle school audience. Not exactly high class theater. I know the rep can do better, though! I hope they make it through.

]]> saw it http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183630 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:57:33 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Brendan, the arts here are going to take an awful hit from this economy. I suggest we start a nascent WPA-style theater system.


]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183632 Theater Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:14:28 -0800 Comment by Tired of lazy stranger staff Jane Zalutsky is a VP in Brand Marketing, which is part of Marketing, which is part of Retail Banking. She is essentially middle management. She is not THE vice president of the company. she was never vice president of the company. Something some people do not get about the corporate world is that everyone and their great aunt is a vice president of something. It is no longer a title with much esteem.

The thing is that you will not dig the extra two inches to find this information out. You will shovel it to the masses to make yourself look smart and to prove whatever the hell it is that you are trying to prove. Honestly, how come you never talked about how former WaMu CEO Kerry Killinger was also Chairman of the Board at Safeco (eh-hem, Liberty Mutual?)? You could have actually had fun with that.


By the Way. Washington Mutual Inc. is bankrupt, not WaMu. WaMu is a division of a really fucking big bank.


Read a bit. Reading is fun.

]]> Tired of lazy stranger staff http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183639 Theater Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:08:24 -0800 Comment by Tired of people who can't even read a blog without fucking up He wrote "a vice president," not "THE vice president."

]]> Tired of people who can't even read a blog without fucking up http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183641 Theater Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:36:12 -0800 Comment by NJ Matt #5 FTW

]]> NJ Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183645 Theater Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:13:29 -0800 Comment by Yes I know, but what are misinformed and gullable Stranger readers going to think of when they hear Vice President?

If you put her whole title it is not at all as impressive or relevant.

]]> Yes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183650 Theater Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:25:35 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago @11. Most people I know realize that a VP title at a bank/financial services company doesn't really mean much. But, if it makes you feel good to rant about how stupid the Stranger and its readers are, go for it.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183653 Theater Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:37:51 -0800 Comment by Bee @7: Seen this?
http://nymag.com/arts/all/features/50971/

Porgy & Bitches, yo. It's a brilliant idea.

]]> Bee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183683 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_drums_of_doom#c1183683 Theater Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:28:53 -0800