We’ve chased away an audience. The theater owners hate the unions, the unions hate the producers and the producers hate the theater owner. None of them get their way and they all take it out on the customer. - New York Theatre
It has become a hot political issue: $789-million to build a new museum? That feels like a lot to some British Columbians, particularly as the pandemic drags on, family doctors are quitting while citing low pay, and affordable housing remains a pipe dream out here. - The Globe & Mail (Canada)
“An accomplished and widely respected actor, John left an indelible mark on the Seattle theater community and on everyone he collaborated with over his long career.” - Seattle Times
The claim: It's for earthquake protection. The politics: Extremely complicated. The CEO's claim: "Adding up all the issues and what it would cost to upgrade the building and fix its problems it makes more sense to build a new museum." - Toronto Star
"Despite the festival’s public posturing ... Russian buyers are meeting with top sales agents at the Marché du Film. Their numbers are substantially down, but there’s no question that Putin’s Russia is open for business on the French Riviera." - Variety
With a lot of planning and flexibility, of course. And a sense of humor. "Let’s consider this my 'embodied perspective,' however frazzled and distracted that might be." - Hyperallergic
Running from one free trial to another, even news junkies often think information demands to be free - to the consumer, that is. "Only 17% of respondents said they had paid for online news in the past year. ... This was, in fact, an improvement." - Nieman Lab
Claridge "revealed the details of what, to a casual observer, might seem a homogeneous slice of the long-ago," making the ruins speak to any general reader or visitor to the Eternal City. - The New York Times
Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Victor Garber, Jayne Eastwood, Andrea Martin, and Paul Shaffer all walked into a theatre. This is a (rollicking) oral history of the experience. "Jesus starts his narration, and we look up and Andrea has a dinner roll in her mouth." - Washington Post
The comedian-turned-president's video dispatches "have done more than win Ukraine moral and military support. They have created a serialized manifesto—one that makes the case for liberal democracy over oligarchic autocracy." - Wired
Sunday's group was "carrying a banner with the first names of 129 women killed in France since the last time the festival was held. The group, dressed in black, also set off black smoke grenades as they paused on steps in front of the Palais des Festivals." - The Guardian (UK)
During a crackdown over general protests about food prices, the government has arrested or threatened many documentary filmmakers. The government take credit for filmmakers' success abroad - but wants to control them at home. - The New York Times
