Studio executives and box-office pundits expected audiences to show up for In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen and West Side Story, and not just fans of the movie musical but general audiences, as well. After a year without movies, audiences would crave the spectacle. It didn’t happen. - The Guardian
"They are the ultimate kitsch, and in this era of hipster aesthetic, they lend themselves well to some ironic display. But does dark velvet truly hold the power of rendering the most masterful stroke into scoffworthy scribblings?" - Quartz
“After studying this phenomenon extensively, we’ve determined that the sound comes from new and more aerodynamic railing that we installed on the west sidewalk. It was part of a Golden Gate Bridge retrofit designed to protect the bridge for future generations.” - The Guardian
Mind, it's not a sequel. Dickens published a series of five Christmas novellas; A Christmas Carol was the first. London's Dickens Museum hopes to get some attention for the third, The Cricket on the Hearth, with an exhibition of the original illustrations. - The Guardian
The basic trajectory of hospital design has, so far, been toward buildings that are ever bigger, more complex and more sealed off from the world. The trajectory of dignity is less linear, and more improvisatory, with a lot of circling back to old ideas. - Washington Post
The return-from-lockdown galas the company did in Sydney and Melbourne were different: each city got to see pieces which were cancelled there before. But closing night in Sydney was less than a week before opening night in Melbourne, where the stage is 40% bigger. - The Age (Melbourne)
Why should it matter that the people who gave us modern architecture in the 20th century had traumatic brain damage and disorders? For one, the information reframes our understanding of how modern architecture came to be. - ArchDaily
"An injection of more than $2.4 billion has already resulted in five major openings since late 2020, with another half-dozen projects well under way. Now … the recipients of all this dosh finally have a chance to show us how it is being spent." - Australian Financial Review
Under legislation to update China’s noise pollution ordinances, to be sent to lawmakers next week, dance enthusiasts will face limits on the volume of their music and times that they are allowed to occupy public spaces. - Washington Post
As summer arrives, COVID is spreading again in New South Wales; experts expect 25,000 new cases per day in the state by late January. Administrators are looking nervously at London and New York, where performances or even runs get cancelled when company members get infected. - The Guardian
"When Valentine Colasante was called up to replace an injured dancer in the Paris Opera's Don Quixote, a three-hour ballet that she had performed exactly once before, she didn't even have time to be nervous." And she was lucky: she had three days' notice. - Yahoo! (AFP)
This fall FCC offered a rare opportunity to apply for new non-commercial signals. Public radio networks in New England, the South, and especially the Intermountain West plan to use the new frequencies to expand coverage in rural areas they haven't yet reached. - Current
While he can't help mentioning some things that he believes mustn't remain as they are now, the title of this piece is "What Shouldn't Change About Classical Music", and it's something of a gratitude list. - The New York Times
The gift from the California foundation Crankstart will enable Juilliard to increase enrollment in its Music Advancement Program from 70 to 100 students, provide free tuition to all of them, and help pay for musical instruments. - The New York Times
After five years, Paige Price will depart at the end of this season, having led the company through a difficult period that included a financial crisis and temporary shutdown even before the COVID crisis. - American Theatre
