We would like some sort of parity in city funding that the National Black Theatre Festival has received, and we don't want our support to be at the expense of theirs.

The purpose of the Master of Cinema award is to honor someone who has mastered their craft, and Ned Beatty is a master of what is almost a lost art. He is a true character actor who can really register in any role - large or small, dramatic or humorous.

It's made all the difference. We're all more sane. We're less panicked and we're less tired, at least before the festival ends on Sunday.

A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.

We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved.

Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances.