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Archives for March 30, 2014

Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.30.14

AJBlogs Posted: March 30, 2014 10:44 pm

More Troubles For DIA-Detroit
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-30

The Talking Cure, Part II (discussion and debate)
AJBlog: We The Audience | Published 2014-03-30

English director provokes German storm by supporting opera cuts
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-03-30

 Woman’s Point of View from a Tough-Guy Novelist
AJBlog: Straight|Up | Published 2014-03-30

What’s the Matter With San Diego, and a Deadly Impostor
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-03-27

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AJBlogs Published: 03.30.14

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Philip Roth Really Loves His Retirement From Writing

PEOPLE Posted: March 30, 2014 10:34 pm

“Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced the next page defenceless and unprepared. Writing for me was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die”

PEOPLE Published: 03.29.14

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 03.29.14

Are (American) Orchestras Closing The Gender Gap?

MUSIC Posted: March 30, 2014 10:29 pm

“People are apt to hire people who are more like themselves. Ten to 15 years ago, (orchestra) boards were mostly all male. Now they’re mixed. I think that has created a positive evolutionary change.”

MUSIC Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in St. Louis Post-Dispatch Published: 03.30.14

Bach Fans Want To Save His Weimar House From A Parking Lot

MUSIC Posted: March 30, 2014 10:07 pm

Bach fans “are campaigning to buy the site, under which the foundations of Bach’s house remain under heritage protection, and to rebuild the house the composer moved to with his pregnant wife when he was 23.”

MUSIC Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 03.30.14

When The Delaware Art Museum Decided Survival Trumped Its Core Mission

VISUAL Posted: March 30, 2014 10:03 pm

“When the bank called the museum’s bluff last year, demanding full repayment, leaders scrambled to restructure the debt, partner with another arts institution, transform the museum’s operating model and persuade donors with deep pockets to rescue the institution. All attempts failed.”

VISUAL Published: 03.29.14

Read the story in The Delaware News Journal Published: 03.29.14

Why The Effing Eff Do We Censor The News?

ISSUES Posted: March 30, 2014 9:51 pm

“Even when certain words are necessary to the understanding of a story, the media frequently resort to euphemisms or coy acrobatics that make stories read as if they were time capsules written decades ago, forcing us all into wink-wink-nudge-nudge territory.”

ISSUES Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 03.30.14

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s Board May Be Questioning Its Future

MUSIC Posted: March 30, 2014 9:46 pm

“We want to ask our audience, do people really care? We’d like to think that what we do is better than a lot of the competition out there. We deliver high-quality music, and we have great musicians. We think we have a reason to be here.”

MUSIC Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in Cincinnati Enquirer Published: 03.30.14

What Does A Literary Writer Read As A Guilty Pleasure?

WORDS Posted: March 30, 2014 9:39 pm

“Do you realize that asking writers to pick favorite writers causes us physical pain — like asking a 5-year-old to name her bestest best friend while the rest of the class is listening?”

WORDS Published: 03.27.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 03.27.14

The BBC Doesn’t Serve Black Comedians? Fine, They’ll Make It On YouTube

ISSUES Posted: March 30, 2014 9:36 pm

“The internet is a great opportunity for black comedy, Asian comedy and frankly anybody who wants to get their work on TV but cannot get through the gatekeepers.”

ISSUES Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in The Independent (UK) Published: 03.30.14

New March Madness Idea: Set Shakespeare Against Himself

IDEAS Posted: March 30, 2014 8:00 pm

“Here’s some comedy: Twelfth Night over The Tempest. Are you crazy? Who’s gonna stop Prospero when he’s in the zone? Viola? The Duke? Malvolio? Malvolio??

IDEAS Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in NPR Published: 03.30.14

British Theatre And Studios Destroyed By Fire

THEATRE Posted: March 30, 2014 7:30 pm

“We looked round and saw smoke pouring out of the corner of the theatre. We went running over with a fire extinguisher, thought ‘well maybe it’s just a small fire’, went in and the whole building was just well alight.”

THEATRE Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in BBC Published: 03.30.14

A Show At First Hailed For Diversity Now Gets Called Out For Its Lack

MEDIA Posted: March 30, 2014 7:00 pm

“Some say Kaling is being unfairly singled out and held to a higher standard because of her ethnic background. Shows with predominantly white casts, such as CBS’ ‘The Big Bang Theory’ or HBO’s ‘Veep,’ are rarely asked about including multi-ethnic characters.”

MEDIA Published: 03.29.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 03.29.14

What’s Really Going On At Kevin O’Hare’s Royal Ballet?

DANCE Posted: March 30, 2014 6:45 pm

“Can O’Hare’s dazzling company be related to the Royal Ballet which had Equity banging on his door complaining that the dancers were overworked, let alone the company from which glittering principals Tamara Rojo and Alina Cojocaru defected to the rival English National Ballet?”

DANCE Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in The Independent (UK) Published: 03.30.14

Dynamic Pricing Actually Means Theatres Doing Their Own Scalping

THEATRE Posted: March 30, 2014 6:30 pm

“After all, scalping—or price-gouging, if you prefer—already works for airlines and sports teams and hotels and Broadway shows and nobody seems to complain—at least, not those that can afford them. And furthermore, like it or not, pretty soon everybody will be doing it. So hey, why fight it?”

THEATRE Published: 03.27.14

Read the story in HowlRound Published: 03.27.14

Treasure Trove Of American Silent Films Discovered In Amsterdam

MEDIA Posted: March 30, 2014 6:15 pm

“After World War I, many of the film companies in Europe had taken a big hit, and the U.S. government supported the film industry by helping to send over films overseas.”

MEDIA Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 03.30.14

How Is Child Star Martha Plimpton Dealing With Her Forties?

PEOPLE Posted: March 30, 2014 6:00 pm

“There are just more interesting parts for women in the theater. There’s just more to do. I could play Hedda Gabler on stage, but no one will ever hire me to play Hedda Gabler in a movie. … I don’t have the face of a movie star. I have a face of a character actress.”

PEOPLE Published: 03.30.14

Read the story in Buzzfeed Published: 03.30.14

The Book Barge Was Sinking. Would Amazon Step In To Help?

WORDS Posted: March 30, 2014 10:32 am

“An experiment like this, I thought, could also be a useful corrective to the easy acceptance that value for money has just one currency. Consumers have come to expect discounts. In fact, most feel positively cheated if a price tag hasn’t been visibly slashed. By offering goods without any money at all exchanging hands, The Book Barge could become an attractive proposition to buyers.”

WORDS Published: 03.29.14

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 03.29.14

Portland’s Theatres Band Together To Present All Of Shakespeare In Two Years

THEATRE Posted: March 30, 2014 10:28 am

“I think it’s going to be a fun experiment for the Portland arts community which is very diverse but often falls into the trap that everyone’s competing for the same dollars, the few art dollars out there that are still left,” says organizer Peter Platt. “Instead there’s strength in numbers. You can come together, collaborate, create festivals and programming that shares expertise, talent and overhead.”

THEATRE Published: 03.28.14

Read the story in Oregon Public Broadcasting Published: 03.28.14

If You Wonder Where All The Victorian Fairies Got To, Blame The Usual Suspect

IDEAS Posted: March 30, 2014 10:10 am

“Fairies were abundant in print until 1926, whereupon they suffered what population ecology types would call an overshoot, followed by a die-off. In other words, we crested ‘peak fairy.'” Then we created cars.

IDEAS Published: 03.28.14

Read the story in The Smart Set Published: 03.28.14

How Old Hollywood Made New Beverly Hills

MEDIA Posted: March 30, 2014 10:05 am

The city’s only a hundred years old – and the land it’s on was a ranch where coyote and bobcats used to roam. But everything changed when two investors decided to look for oil.

MEDIA Published: 03.29.14

Read the story in The Hollywood Reporter Published: 03.29.14

Now We’re Going To Print Our Own Houses

IDEAS Posted: March 30, 2014 9:59 am

“With 3D-printing, there is zero waste, reduced transportation costs, and everything can be melted down and recycled. This could revolutionise how we make our cities.”

IDEAS Published: 03.28.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 03.28.14

Is It Time To End The Story Ballet?

DANCE Posted: March 30, 2014 9:56 am

“Let’s do a brand-new story that works well for dance, and commission new music, new sets. Have it be a big production. Hire someone to write the libretto. Put a lot of care into it. Even take the time to workshop a lot of it. I’d take an approach that plays or Broadway musicals take, where there can be many phases of development for it, so it’s not rushed.”

DANCE Published: 03.28.14

Read the story in Washington Post Published: 03.28.14

Canada Is No Longer Cool With Unpaid Interns, And Magazines Aren’t Happy About That

ISSUES Posted: March 30, 2014 9:08 am

“Two of Canada’s highest profile magazines have been told by the Ontario Ministry of Labour to immediately end their internship programs after complaints about unfair labour practices.”

ISSUES Published: 03.27.14

Read the story in The Globe and Mail Published: 03.27.14

Felix Fibich, Dancer And Choreographer Who Brought Jewish Dance Traditions To The U.S., Dies At 96

PEOPLE Posted: March 30, 2014 9:03 am

“As a young actor in Poland’s Yiddish theater troupes, Mr. Fibich observed a wide range of expressive gestures and dances in Jewish communities. After moving to the United States in 1950, he and Judith Berg, his wife and first dance teacher, became known through concerts and workshops as experts in theatricalizing Jewish dance traditions.”

PEOPLE Published: 03.28.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 03.28.14

Book Editors Say Life’s Too Short To Read Bad Books

WORDS Posted: March 30, 2014 8:53 am

“There’s no set way to approach a manuscript. Nobody tells you, ‘This is how to edit. Follow these steps.’ Everyone comes to a manuscript with a different perspective, and you quickly learn that each editor has his or her own personal preferences — conventions they love (and maybe even overuse) and things that are huge pet peeves.”

WORDS Published: 03.26.14

Read the story in The Millions Published: 03.26.14

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