Tag: 05.06.21
A Wild Spoof Sends Up The Absurdity Of Academic Science Publishing
"Take a bunch of clever, ambitious people and tell them to get as many papers published as possible while still technically passing muster through...
Why American Remakes Of Foreign Films Don’t Always Go To Plan
Art house films in particular bear the marks of their specific directors and writers - and that often doesn't translate (sorry, Another Round and...
Young Vic Says “Theatre Has Changed Forever” And Will Livestream Its Work
Kwame Kwei-Armah told the Guardian the pandemic had changed theatre forever, with the livestreaming of plays becoming “hard baked” into how the industry operates....
Discovered: When Tennessee Williams Wrote A Fan Letter To Eugene O’Neill
“An impassioned letter from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O’Neill is an astonishing find in the world of American drama studies. Just when it seems...
NYC To Launch $25 Million Artist Corps Program To Hire 1,500 Artists
"We're going to hire artists, musicians, performers, and they're going to be out in communities doing public art, public performances, pop-up shows…creating murals, you...
Matthew Bourne Starts New School To Prepare Minority Dancers For Professional-Level Work
Cygnet School, based in Canterbury, "is designed to bridge a gap that Bourne had noticed between young people who excel in dance at a...
What If An AI Bot Curated The Whitney Biennial?
"A new online art project based on data from the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Liverpool Biennial attempts to imagine 64 different...
AMC Theatres Loses $567 Million
Revenues at the world’s largest exhibition chain topped out at $148.3 million, down 84.2 percent from the year-ago period, while the company logged a...
How, And Why, Barry Jenkins Went Through With Ten Episodes Of ‘The Underground Railroad’
"There was only one time when he seriously thought about quitting. The project … had just been announced, in the fall of 2016. Within...
Short Opera Videos Are One Pandemic Innovation We Should Keep
Over the past months we've gotten "a range of short films that showcase top talents in American opera, highlight contemporary composers and recruit other...
Hollywood Is Hiring Rage Coaches To Teach Awful Execs Some Self-Control
"How to be a better boss is a question that has come under new scrutiny in Hollywood thanks to some high-profile examples of spectacularly...
New York Launches $25 Million City Artist Corps
"The program … will give money to artists, musicians and other performers to create works across the city, whether through public art, performances, pop-up...
La Scala Begins Construction On New Building
"The foundation stone has been laid for new building, which will be constructed to the rear of the existing structure." The project, designed...
One Of London’s Leading Theatres Says It Will Keep Live-Streaming Productions Permanently
" Kwame Kwei-Armah told The Guardian the pandemic had changed theatre forever, with the livestreaming of plays becoming 'hard baked' into how the industry...
Investors Are Buying Up Vast Catalogues Of Music
Over the last year, dozens of music's biggest artists have cashed in the rights to their entire catalogues of songs, netting tens or hundred...
Power Of The Press? From Op-Ed To Federal Writers Project Bill In Congress
Like his forebears under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, David Kipen rolled up his sleeves and went to work. He started writing letters...
The Diversity of Performing Arts Audiences: Weighing Organizational Factors and Business Decisions
The pursuit of audiences and artists who come from, and speak for, various subgroups can enrich any shared arts experience aesthetically, emotionally, and socially....
Cuomo: Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that Broadway will reopen on Sept. 14, with some tickets going on sale beginning tomorrow. Theaters will...