Method Acting went very, very wrong in the U.S. "What the educators did verbally, the directors who took the Method from the periphery to the center of American culture in the 1950s often enacted physically. Gropes, slaps and seduction were tools in their arsenal." - The New York Times
"So far, 70 bills — which PEN America calls 'educational gag orders' — have been introduced in 28 states, with 56 more coming in 2022. The upswing signals an increased effort by lawmakers ... to limit the discussion of certain topics on campuses, according to the group." - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Australians claim American reality TV is ruining kids' costumes. "They’re wearing less and less and less, and they’re getting shinier and shinier and shinier – and more see-through." (But is that a problem with the dancers or the beholders?) - Sydney Morning Herald
"Juana Summers, a veteran political correspondent whose peripatetic career has taken her to news media start-ups including Mashable and traditional news organizations such as The Associated Press" as well as at NPR, "will start on June 27." - The New York Times
In 1993, Ellen Futter she became the first woman to run a major museum based in New York - and she's had a long tenure, during which time she "has presided over a museum that seems both frozen in time and propelled forward by change." - The New York Times
The director/author/entrepreneur, who turns 80 on Labor Day, "thinks of himself primarily as a writer — he has written poetry and kept journals throughout his career — and has long maintained that his writing, not his films, will be his legacy." - The New York Times
Sure, "the argument could be made that this is a canny marketing strategy, a way of drumming up publicity for a play, but it could also be the case that anonymity allow the author to push the material further, to be more candid, to expose themselves." - The Stage (UK)
Conductors Leonard Slatkin and Paul McCreesh, members of the Guarneri and Zehetmair Quartets, and two orchestra principals talk about when and at whom to look, what eye contact does and doesn't communicate, and how it may differ between orchestras, choirs, and chamber musicians. - BBC Music Magazine
"Following the pandemic and amid escalating global tensions as well as environmental concerns, Christian publishers say they are acquiring more books now than in years past on how to live faithfully in the present and properly prepare for (the Rapture, Armageddon, and other) End Times events." - Publishers Weekly
And he gave it just as he has retired from the company, chastened by and repentant for the act that got him in trouble but still loved by the audience and grateful for his career. - The New York Times
Roughly 500 pieces of basketry, quillwork, regalia and other items from the Mi'kmaq people which have been at the Museum of the American Indian for decades are to be turned over, under a long-term loan agreement, to the new Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre in Nova Scotia. - CBC
The announcement comes a week after the company abruptly cancelled this month's production. "Rep officials cited significant financial issues, the challenge of operating in an active construction zone at Horton Plaza and unexpectedly low ticket sales since its post-pandemic reopening last October for the closure." - The San Diego Union Tribune
Alongside free performances in Milan neighborhoods and cheaper tickets for young adults and families with children, the house has started discounts for people in their 30s. Says superintendent Dominique Meyer, "It is not as if one's salary suddenly becomes three times as big when you turn 30." - The New York Times
"Actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge" — honorary president of the Fringe Society — "has hailed a 'new dawn' for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as the biggest ever shake-up of the event aims to crack down on exploitation, reduce its impact on the environment and win over more local people." - The Scotsman
As a private entrepreneur without official sponsorship, Diaghilev made his way with an astute combination of connoisseurship and the ability to cultivate an inner circle of wealthy patrons. He kept Nijinska busy making new ballets for the repertory. - Hudson Review
