On Wednesday, after Sony Pictures pulled release of "The Interview" from theaters (a decision made after the biggest theater chains in the country decided against screening the film following a terror threat), both Sorkin and Apatow weighed in on the precedent set by the move.
It sprang to mind again as I read the letter that Tim Sanford, the artistic director of Playwrights Horizons, sent to some subscribers of that Off Broadway theater, offering a long and eloquent explanation (with a spoonful or two of apology) of the theater's decision to mount "The Flick," the new play by Annie Baker.
This is especially gratifying since Lincoln Center Theater's decision to bring "The Coast of Utopia" to New York had sounded like a grand if honorable folly.
In addition, Mr. Dana, who was also let go this season, questioned the theater's decision to reduce the number of shows from six to five.
The dancers at La Scala issued a statement on Wednesday saying that while they were surprised at the theater's decision to fire Ms. Garritano there was no problem such as she described.
The author and actor Martin Moran calls Two River Theater's decision to stage "A Map of the Soul," a first-ever bundling of his one-man shows "The Tricky Part" and "All the Rage," "brave and ambitious".
At the same time, Jewish cultural life was given a boost by the establishment of the Ohel Theater and the decision of Habima Theatre to make Tel Aviv its permanent base in 1931.
The theater chain's decision should please the Weinstein Company, who announced on Monday that "Bully" would go to theaters unrated after a bitter fight with the MPAA.
True, it might be tough to make room for the foundation's planned "interactive decision theater," where visitors "will have the opportunity to make their own presidential decisions".
As president, he rarely had a chance to rest given the endless cascade of crises as visitors will experience in the Decision Points Theater.
