Yearly Archives: 2023
In Defense Of Fan Fiction
Esther Yi's Y/N is a reference to "a type of fan fiction that allows readers to insert their name into that slot and imagine...
Musicals Are Just As Good As Plays, So Why The Snotty Response?
"Plays deal in words and silence. Musicals use more. Music and dance don’t defeat drama, they amplify it." - The Guardian (UK)
Rising Star Jonathan Majors Arrested For Assault And Harassment
The actor, who recently starred in Creed II, "was arrested on Saturday in Manhattan and charged with assault and harassment after what the police...
Making Theatre As The Waters Rise
"How can our art form, perhaps the most ephemeral of its aesthetic siblings, impress upon audiences the necessity for action? And, conversely: Why is...
The BBC, Overwhelmed With Funding Offers, Pauses Its Closure Of The BBC Singers
When the BBC announced plans to close the UK's only full-time professional chamber choir right before its century mark, 140,000 people signed a petition...
A Short List Of Times The Screen Adaptation Was Better Than The Book
True, it's not common, but still - this exists, even when the source material itself is quite good (sorry, Susan Orlean, Sarah Waters, et...
Is Blockbuster Mounting A Comeback?
The website is - bizarrely, sometimes - live again. After the viral popularity of Bend, Oregon's last blockbuster social media ad during the Super...
Attorneys For The ‘Rust’ Armorer Try To Block Special Prosecutor
The lawyers for "weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez Reed are seeking to block the appointment of a new special prosecutor after a state lawmaker who...
After A Stroke, Falling In Love With Playing Piano
"Some people believe students can only learn music well when they're young. Financial problems meant I never had that chance as a child. But...
A Music School For Syrian Refugees Survived The Earthquake In Turkey
Its students are deeply relieved. One said, "This school is my sanctuary from the stress of life as a Syrian refugee in Turkey. ......
The Life Of A Background Actor
"We arrive before the sun comes up. Most often to a large studio parking lot or enclosed garage that is called the 'holding area'...
How Would, Or Will, Hollywood Deal With A TikTok Ban?
A ban now "could deal a massive blow to the entertainment industry, forcing movie studios, record labels, casting directors, Hollywood agents, and actors to...
A Fired Marvel Executive Claims Disney Didn’t Like Employing ‘An Outspoken Gay Latina’ Like...
Victoria Alonso's lawyer says that Alonso, "a gay Latina who had the courage to criticize Disney, was silenced." Disney, on the other hand, said...
The Pop-Up Shops And Business Book Nooks Getting Books To Kids In Florida
At Ben and Jerry's one night in Melbourne, Florida, it was the opening of the Banned Book Nook. Then there are the little free...
Hollywood Has Fallen Out Of Love With Greek Mythology
That's just weird, considering how filled with battles and adventures and grand quests it all is. What's the deal? - The Guardian (UK)
A Composer Responds To California’s Water Crises
"Reena Esmail acknowledged the irony that we were talking about her new choral work — 'A Requiem for Water,' inspired by California’s water crisis —...
The Meanest Literary Profile Of The Year, And The Writer’s Response
When a journalist doesn't find the story he wants, the thing to do probably isn't to write a long piece that pokes fun at...
This Woman Game Designer Would Appreciate Credit For Her Game In A Popular Novel
The novel? Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin. The irony? The novel is partly about women not getting enough credit for their...
Dance, Revamped At The 92nd Street Y
The newly revamped space "is a boon for a New York dance scene still recovering from the setbacks of the pandemic. But it’s also...
So, How Is ChatGPT At Writing Movies?
The dialogue is abysmal, but experiments point "to a future where programs like ChatGPT don’t actually write movies, but generate plot ideas that could...
A Full List Of The National Book Critics Circle Winners
Ling Ma won for her short story collection and Isaac Butler for his nonfiction work The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act....
Nicholas Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer And Son Of Andrew, Dies At 43
The oldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber had "a protracted battle with gastric cancer," representatives said. "We are all totally bereft," said Webber, who...
Book-Banning Crusades Are Energizing Indie Bookstores
As book banning efforts intensify—along with assaults on women’s bodily autonomy and on the AP African American studies curriculum—old-school feminist bookstores and new intersectional...
Are Expensive German Opera Training Programs Worth It?
There’s no guarantee that the programs will help young singers get roles in the first place. - Van
Marty Baron: In Defense Of Journalistic Objectivity
These critics of objectivity among journalism professionals, encouraged and enabled by many in the academic world, are convinced that journalism has failed on multiple...
