“With almost as much gusto as the talkers on cable news channels, the theater world is chewing over the bombastic image and pronouncements of President Trump, albeit with even less concern about the appearance of neutrality. It’s fair to say that among the lively arts, the theater has staked a claim most quickly and aggressively as a conduit for critiques of an administration that the vast majority of artists look upon as a threat.”
The Most-Popular Playwright In America Is An Unexpected Name
Lauren Gunderson recently topped the annual list of American Theatre magazine’s ranking of the country’s most-produced playwrights. (She was second only to August Wilson, who is deceased. Shakespeare receives so many productions every year he is no longer included on the list). Her placement there was remarkable for a number of reasons. She’s one of only a handful of women to make the list, and at 35, she is relatively young to appear there. But Gunderson took the theater world by surprise primarily because she has never had a major production in New York.
Report: Nonprofits Are Stockpiling Huge Amounts Of Cash
“Nonprofits with large endowments are collecting more than twice as much money as they are spending on grants, facilities, and administrative and other costs, a new data analysis of 1,600 organizations by The Chronicle shows.”
They’re Going To Try A Biennial In 30 Cities At Once
“The first International Biennial of Contemporary Art of South America (BienalSur) launches this September across 30 cities … Although its main hub is in Buenos Aires, the show extends beyond Argentina – to Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo, among other cities.”