“Discipline in preparation makes you free on stage. “Haitink was very free in rehearsals, and, for me at least, that was not the easiest way to play. I like a little bit more structure in the preparation. … Not all the great orchestras are always in great shape. You need to bring them there sometimes.”
University May Sell Off Its Public Television Broadcast Spectrum For Pot Of Money (And Stop Broadcasting)
“The sale has the potential to earn Howard hundreds of millions of dollars that proponents say could help bolster other parts of the university. But it could also spell the end of WHUT.”
The Podcast That’s Basically A Happy Hour With Serious Politics Amid The Laughter
“Adding to the after-work atmosphere, the show also features quizzes such as Frim Fram Fittlesworth, where Clayton tries to guess whether a nonsensical string of letters is the real name of a British white dude or just a figment of Nigatu’s imagination.”
What’s The Next Frontier In Theatre? Seniors
“When’s the last time you’ve seen an older adult who isn’t a wealthy senator/CEO/pundit share their perspective on the issues in a public forum? Or, how often do you see an older adult portrayed in film, theatre, or on TV as not only a dynamic character, but as one who doesn’t die in the end? How often are those stories written by or with older adults, as opposed to younger adults reflecting on their relationships and guessing about what is to come?”
Falling Back In Love With MoMA
“The Whitney is serving as a physical example of a way to cater to the ever-growing crowds that come to museums while also providing calm, useful, pleasurable space to view art. MoMA’s de-installing a whole floor to do the Picasso show perhaps signals that this institution is prepared at last to do whatever it can to serve the art in its collection.”
In An Unlikely Move, Tony Winner Recoups Its Investment On Broadway
“‘The American public continues to impress with how much they’re willing to embrace the new — every time we thought we had reached the limit for the audience base, it turned out we hadn’t,’ said Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater, where ‘Fun Home’ began off Broadway.”
A Map To Point The Way In Motown
“Motown’s finest talent came from nearby neighborhoods at a time when Detroit was booming in population and prosperity due to its now defunct car industry.”
The Best Thing On Broadway Is Hamilton’s Free Preshow Lottery
“This is, as far as anyone can remember, unique. Nobody else has tried to offer the equivalent of a DVD extra, live, on a Manhattan side street, twice a week.”
Top AJBlogs Posts For 12.13.15
Pound Has Been Sung
I’ve built up quite a backlog of unheard music, and now after a long dry spell it’s beginning to flow public-ward again. On December 7 Michelle McIntire sang a pre-premiere of most of my Ezra… … read more
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2015-12-13
Brion Gysin: ‘Poets Don’t Own No Words’
Ian Sommerville programmed software to generate [Gysin’s] computer poems, which was reenacted by Joseph Moore as the “Permutation” software for the exhibition Brion Gysin: Dream Machine (2010) at the New Museum in New York.… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2015-12-13
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2015-12-13
Together As One
Tere O’Connor’s The Goodbye Studies creates a world of hidden depths at The Kitchen. Tere O’Connors’ The Goodbye Studies. (L to R): Oisin Monaghan, Mary Read, Lily Gold, Tess Dworman, and Laurel Snyder. Photo: Yi-Chun… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2015-12-13
Tere O’Connor’s The Goodbye Studies creates a world of hidden depths at The Kitchen. Tere O’Connors’ The Goodbye Studies. (L to R): Oisin Monaghan, Mary Read, Lily Gold, Tess Dworman, and Laurel Snyder. Photo: Yi-Chun… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2015-12-13
In a recent post, Richard Florida looks at the growth in the ‘creative class’ in US metro areas since the year 2000. The biggest increase is in what was, in 2000, a city not known… … read more
During October, I gave four performances in France (Paris, Lyon, Orléans, Paris) in clubs or alternative, non-classical venues. For each of these shows, the piano was amplified (some engineers prefer the term “reinforced”). Mics were… … read more
Euro Film Awards Love Michael Caine And Charlotte Rampling – And Politics
“Oscar-nominated Polish director Agnieszka Holland presented a selection of awards with president Wim Wenders and expressed her ‘deep concern about Europe’ in an emotive speech. ‘We must not forget that the films we make cannot be separated from the world that we live in,’ she said. ‘I made several movies about the second world war, a time when Europe was riddled with hate and I don’t want it to return.'”
Sharing For Fun And Profit
“Although there’s no admission charge, audiences are asked to consider making a donation to benefit a different nonprofit each month. The chosen nonprofit brings concessions, and the audience is invited to ‘Take what you like, give what you can.’ In this model, nonprofits are considered essential partners and not competitors. There’s no mentality of scarcity – only the refreshing belief that we secure a stronger community by working together, and everyone wins in a sharing economy.”
Evidence Is In: Arts Audiences Are Declining
“Following a sharp decline in overall arts attendance that occurred from 2002 to 2008,” one NEA report states, “participation rates held steady from 2008 to 2012” for classical music, jazz, and dance performances. However, ticket sales for non-musical plays continued to slip further during those final four years, and attendance at stage musicals—one of the few art forms that had been holding steady earlier in the decade—declined from 2008 to 2012.