"Pink was precisely the color Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned for this museum in his plans, and it’s the color we would see across the street from Central Park today had prejudices not stood in the way." - El País English
Basically? "It’s a two-hour whirlwind of pop music-infused teen joy, thoughtful discussion of cultural revisionism, complex young characters, and dynamic performances." - KC Studio
Possible? Maybe: "Davidson found sources for Puddletown’s business structure by looking backward, to the kind of cooperative arrangements used by first traveling commedia dell’arte companies to Shakespeare’s players, on down to late 19th and early century repertory troupes." Its first show is free. - Oregon ArtsWatch
"However, there was no explanation given of exactly how a girl performing as a male character runs afoul of the more recent SB12, leaving only the implication that perhaps gender equality has been nixed under its provisions." - Downstage Center
"There is something profoundly human about sitting quietly in a great building, hearing young and old voices combine in astonishingly beautiful music." - The Guardian (UK)
“Called Watch Wilma, the digital theater platform will offer limited runs of shows filmed and staged at the Wilma and partner organizations, including Philadelphia’s Azuka Theatre and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre, for audiences both nationally and internationally.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Screamo isn't it. "Music can manipulate consumer moods. It’s why soothing, well-known songs for the local demo play in the grocery store (so you feel comfortable and familiar), why fancy restaurants play jazz, classical, or piano music (to create a sense of elevated place, influencing a higher spend)." - Ravenous
"Theater is so hard to do for so many reasons," says one actor in the renovated Olney Theatre. He's pleased "to see an actual new facility come up out of the ground, and to see talent and audience members come into this space and relish in the experience.” - Washington Post
She was laughing, but the X-Files (and current Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) star told her fans, "It's so distracting. You can't come 20 times and sit in the front row, it's driving me mad." - The Telegraph (Yahoo)
"The great public efforts—the colossal statuary, the expansive propaganda programs, the image campaigns, the attempts to remake the world of living people—have been shattered, defaced, and refaced." - The Atlantic
Emerging from Reddit, the subgenre is not fully defined, but "books that get called weird girl lit tend to deal in uncanny or dreamlike circumstances." - The New York Times
Prestige movies don't reliably make money on streaming. "It seems like Netflix’s main game plan is to put an increased focus on producing lower-budget series, live events, and sports programming." - The Verge
The late 19th century saw a wave of American towns building what they called opera houses. They presented all kinds of entertainment, from plays to vaudeville to lectures to magic shows (and yes, occasionally touring opera and classical music artists). Here are five in Maine which are still thriving. - The New York Times
