Pinkney, "a legend in the world of children's publishing," won the Caldecott Medal, numerous Coretta Scott King Awards, and the recognition of millions of children and adults for his covers and illustrations. - NPR
And the results for arts education are, according to Philip Kennicott, correctly focused. "It feels a bit like a small city in Scandinavia, modest and hodgepodge, a collection of functional, appealing but never ostentatious buildings." - Washington Post
Maybe. "The Harry Potter kids were lucky to be working in the UK industry, which could never compete in scale or ferocity" with Hollywood. "They were fortunate, too, in being outliers, insulated within those same roles and that protective family-like structure for a full decade." - The Guardian (UK)
Many changes came about because actors requested some rethinking of words, lyrics, or choreography. Sally Hemings, for instance, no longer flirt-dances with Jefferson in Hamilton's "What Did I Miss?" - The New York Times
Watson says, "We all grew up with this thing of saying ‘don’t look like a sissy’, ‘don’t dance like a woman, dance like a man’. Now you think, well, what does ‘dance like a man’ mean? ... What is it to be a human on stage?" - The Telegraph (UK)
No, but yikes. "When that initial plume dispersed a bit the first things I could see were dozens of people running in the opposite direction, masked or scrambling to find their masks, and throwing their kids over their shoulders to escape." - Hyperallergic
But the long-term impact of climate change - and festivals' impact on the climate - is yet to come. For large festivals, "They’re basically creating a city. . . . They have to find resources, pack in all the water, equipment . . . and then in a few days, it’s gone." - Washington Post
An assistant director, Dave Halls, handed actor Alec Baldwin a prop gun during rehearsal. "'Cold gun,' Halls yelled. But it was not." - The Guardian (UK)
The reaction to Center Theatre Group's 2021-2022 lineup came quickly. "CTG had received a torrent of calls, emails, and criticism on social media ... and was in the midst of crafting an official response. And then the other shoe dropped." - American Theatre
As some arts organizations retool and expand their hiring, they’re finding that the upheavals of 2020 — the dislocation of the pandemic and a renewed interest in racial and social justice — have created a different pool of job applicants. - San Francisco Chronicle
For a certain sector of the exhibition business, things look, if not blazingly bright, at least cautiously bullish. While not immune to the forces that have affected the greater industry, independent theaters and art houses have managed to weather the challenges with startling success. - MSN
Only 12 days before her death, Henry gave her last performance as the character “A” — an older, dying woman — in Stratford’s production of Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women.” - Toronto Star
