Yearly Archives: 2023
Theatre’s Labor Shortage Woes Are Growing
Put simply, it has become extremely difficult for theatres to find enough competent craftspeople, even to recruit untrained laborers who can hammer sets, paint...
Will Atmos Revolutionize The Way We Listen To Music?
For Dolby, the audio company that developed Atmos, and Apple Music — which has invested heavily in it — the technology could lead to the most...
Stoppp!: There’s Way Too Much Streaming
To the average consumer, streaming companies have maneuvered with what appears to be only rapid growth and blind excess in mind. Sure, we reap...
Berlin Biennale Postpones 2024 Edition: Too Much Going On
“Because other international biennials were also postponed to 2024 due to the pandemic, a competition for resources can be expected, which will ultimately result...
Sweden Building World’s Largest City Of Wood
Mass timber—panels and beams made from layers of wood stacked together for extra strength—avoids the massive carbon footprint of standard construction materials like concrete...
Why Today’s “Best” Writers Don’t Have Readers
Want to be a novelist here in 2023? Well, there are thousands of people on hand to encourage you, tutor you and wave you on your way....
The Problem With “It’s Pablo-Matic”? The Exhibition Itself Doesn’t Agree With Hannah Gadsby About...
Well, besides Gadsby's "'neener-neener-you're-a-weiner' style of commentary." Ben Davis: "After spending four hours in it, I started to suspect that what makes the show...
Museum Attendance Is Down All Over The World. Is There A Lesson?
Anecdotal evidence suggests that, post-Covid and the other assorted turmoils of the past couple of years, galleries and auction houses around the world have...
An Unknown, Unfinished Novel By Françoise Sagan Arrives On Shelves
"The Four Corners of the Heart … was discovered seven years after Sagan's death in 2004 by her son, and ends on a cliffhanger....
The Emotional Toll Of Dying Onstage Every Night
“Halfway through the Broadway run, I started to feel the weight of doing this every single day. Everything was tight, so I talked to...
The Unsung Hero Of Wes Anderson’s Movies? The Key Grip.
"It's a rough job, pushing and pulling a camera mounted on a dolly — a setup weighing up to 900 pounds — along hundreds...
Disney Used AI For Opening Credits Of The New Marvel Movie. Backlash Ensues
In an interview with Polygon on Wednesday, director Ali Selim confirmed that AI operated by a company called Method Studios produced the opening sequence to the...
They’ve Put Up A Geodesic Dome At The Dalà Museum in Florida. Here’s Why.
"We now have the answer: 'Dalà Alive 360°,' a new immersive experience showcasing the Spanish surrealist's works. It opens sometime this summer." - Tampa...
Artistic Exodus From Seattle — Seattle Opera Head Is Latest To Go
Christina Scheppelmann’s departure announcement comes amid leadership vacancies, or impending vacancies, at other high-profile Seattle arts organizations. - Seattle Times
North Carolina’s Triad Stage Is Closing Its Doors
"This spring, the professional regional theater in downtown Greensboro stopped selling tickets to shows while examining its options amid financial struggles. The group's volunteer...
A Depressing Report On Freelancing In The British Theatre Industry
"A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work … reveals significant disparities in pay between male and female workers, amounting to a gap...
San Francisco Has Changed Its Arts Funding Priorities, And Some Groups Have Gotten Quite...
"Many arts organizations," including such flagships as the San Francisco Symphony, "have seen their city funding reduced drastically or eliminated altogether. At the same...
Motion Picture Academy Changes Rules For Best Picture Oscar
"Under the new rules, … a film will need to continue its run beyond the current requirement, a one-week theatrical release in one of...
Kennedy Center Honors 2023 To Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Queen Latifah, Barry...
"You know you’ve made a cultural impact when Henry Kissinger quotes your own joke back to you. That's what happened to Billy Crystal. …...
Philadelphia Orchestra-Kimmel Center Asks Court To Throw Out Philly Pops’ Lawsuit
"With an outstanding $1 million debt and a 'long history of contractual default and related broken promises and commitments,' the Philly Pops is trying...
France’s Highest Court Clears Filmmaker Luc Besson Of Rape Charge
The ruling by the Court of Cassation "marks the fourth and final judicial instruction in this case. The legal battle started with (actress Sand)...
Taylor Swift’s Billion-Dollar Machine
"If the current spending pace continues through the end of the tour, the Eras Tour will have generated an estimated $5 billion in...
Indignities Of The Old-School Book Tour
One day in 1990, I was flown first class from Dublin to Phoenix, Arizona, to read at the Irish Cultural Centre there. Five people...
How AI Will Unlock Now Artistic Worlds
Some 19th-century artists saw the advent of photography as a threat to painting. Instead of replacing painting, however, photography eventually liberated it from realism,...
The Ways Riccardo Muti Became Part Of Chicago
That Riccardo Muti became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at all is a miraculous anomaly due to a perfect storm of unexpected...
