G. Willow Wilson “was a white kid with no religious upbringing, but converted to Islam during the height of the War on Terror. She’s lived in Egypt, done foreign correspondence for the New York Times, penned a memoir, written an acclaimed novel” – and created a female Muslim superhero who’s a commercial and popular success.
Archives for March 20, 2014
How to Run a Major Contemporary Art Museum Before You Have Art or a Museum
The team of managers and curators at Hong Kong’s M+, part of the long-delayed West Kowloon Cultural District, “is faced with two daunting tasks: It has to assemble a major collection and has to engage the public through temporary offerings, years before the museum building is completed.”
A New Specimen of That Rare Species, the Broadway Romantic Lead
Steven Pasquale “has generated excitement as the kind of bona fide leading man Broadway perpetually hungers for and has trouble holding onto.” Says a leading casting director, “They just don’t exist – leading men in musical theater who can sing. They’re snatched up by television and movies.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.20.14
Tax relief for British theatre
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-03-21
A Curator For Black Artists?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-21
Falling in love
AJBlog: Sandow | Published 2014-03-20
“Nur,” About Islamic Art, Sheds Light On Broader Curatorial Goals
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-20
It’s over in Hannover for enterprising music director
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-03-20
Embattled Minnesota Orchestra CEO Steps Down (But Not Till August)
New Study: All-Nighters May Cause Permanent Brain Damage
Concern about brain changes from lack of sleep has mounted in recent months with the publication of several other key studies. In January, sleep researchers at the University of Surrey linked sleep loss with disruptions in gene function that could affect metabolism, inflammation, and longterm disease risk to body and brain.
Are Opera Education Programs A Waste Of Time?
Considerable amounts of money, effort, resources and curriculum time are expended on these projects but to what end? Certainly not the development of new audiences and a future stock of those all-important punters who are freely prepared to part with good money to see a show. Thirty years into the “opera in education” mission and I have never encountered anyone who said to me: “I was turned on to opera by a school education programme.”
Here’s The Biggest-Selling Author Every Year Since 2001
“To call James Patterson prolific would be an understatement. The ad man-turned-author has put his name to 130 novels, 15 of which have publish dates in 2014 alone. But even when you divide his estimated 300 million booksales by that number, it still results with a healthy 2.3 million copies sold per title.”
Museums Worry About Their Funding As New Generation Comes Of Age
“Generational change is always occurring as new blood takes the place of the old. But as the boomers’ children take over, there is concern among administrators and trustees that millennials are not poised to meet the financial and leadership demands of increasingly complex — and expensive — museums.”
Symmetry Matters (And We Judge Quality Of Content By It)
Dreamworks To Invest $2.4 Billion In Shanghai Entertainment Center
Barack Obama, Patent Troll Slayer?
Music Streaming Revenue Doubles In 2013, Passes $1 Billion Globally
“There are now an estimated 450 music rental services around the world, and while many people still listen for free, a desire for more choice is persuading more music lovers to part with their cash. In a three-year period the number of paying subscribers rose from 8 million to 28 million.”
Straight To No. 1: Song’s Lyrics Can Predict Its Popular Success
Major New Tax Breaks For UK Theatres
Here’s The Most Overused Word On The Internet
Warning: UK Arts Organizations Are Trapped In Funding Death Spiral
Art Taken From Museums By Ukraine’s Ousted President Is Returned
The Terror Of One-Star Book Reviews
San Diego Opera to Shut Down
One of Canadian Ballet’s Top Male Stars Moves On
When America Was Really Crazy for Shakespeare
“The 25-year period around the Civil War was the most extraordinary. You have John Quincy Adams on Desdemona having sex with Othello, Lincoln reading Macbeth, and another president, Grant, rehearsing the role of Desdemona at a military camp. You couldn’t make this stuff up. This is how central a preoccupation Shakespeare was at the time.”
