Yearly Archives: 2023
Dance Data Project’s First-Ever Gender Equity Index: The Results Are In
"We have ranked the Largest 50 U.S. ballet companies based on their equity score. ... Included are DDP's 'Best of' Awards for companies in...
The Number Of Broadway Shows That Closed This Past January Isn’t As Bad As...
"By the end of the month, 12 Broadway productions in total ended their runs. It may sound bleak, and many have reported these numbers...
Trying To Save A 112-Year-Old Toronto Theatre From The Wrecking Ball
"The theatre is set to be razed and redeveloped into a 76-storey, mixed-use building. ... The smallest of Mirvish's four venues, the 700-seat CAA...
Britain’s Coronation Throne Has Been Through An Awful Lot In Seven Centuries
"Of the hazards that Westminster Abbey's 700-year-old Coronation Chair has survived – a suffragette bomb, schoolboys with penknives, thick brown paint, the violent theft...
Restoring The 700-Year-Old Throne On Which Charles III Will Be Crowned
"The ancient throne, known as the Coronation Chair, has been at the centerpiece of English coronations for centuries, including those of Henry VIII, Charles...
100-Year-Old Historic Toronto Theatre To Be Torn Down
The proposal comes as a rash of other live performance venues have shuttered across the city in recent years. If the project moves forward, theatre...
The Machines With An Unconscious?
Writers, someone once said, are already writing machines; or at least they are when things are going well. The whole point of the metaphor was to...
A Reader/Writer Laments: “I’ve Lost The Pleasure Of Reading”
I continue to struggle with an imaginative leap into a world that is entirely not my own. I can’t quite seem to achieve the...
Objects Have Feelings Too?
In her view, we are often pushed around, one way or another, by the stuff we come into contact with on any given day....
Technology Changes The Ways We Think About Creativity. Take The Lowly Drum Machine…
A good music technology becomes a new source of creativity; it can be hacked and bent in ways that its own designers may not...
Why Black Playwrights Canceling Productions Of Their Plays Has Become A Thing
"The steps by playwrights to halt productions of their own work reflects concerns by Black artists frustrated by what they see as a failure...
Video Games Are Mainstream And Growing. So Why Are Gaming Journalists Losing Their Jobs?
A ton of journalists on the games beat have suddenly found themselves out of jobs. The field is in the midst of a brutal,...
In Italy, The Actors Who Dub Foreign Movies Can Become Big Stars
"Imagine walking into a room to be confronted by Helena Bonham Carter, Meg Ryan, Ashley Judd and Michelle Yeoh. It would be a pretty...
UK’s National Lottery Fund Will Refocus On Longterm Heritage Benefits, Less On Quick Hits
Perhaps the key difference will be for the fund to look for longer-term benefits. Short-term benefits are easily measured, but research by the fund...
Walter Mirisch, A Major Hollywood Producer (Who Was Actually A Nice Guy!), Is Dead...
"The Mirisch Company, which (he) founded in 1957 along with (two brothers), grew to be an industry powerhouse, greenlighting films by leading directors —...
Why Wall Street Is Bullish On Movie Theatres Again
“The pendulum is swinging back to some sense of normalcy and balance as market watchers see theatrical box office returns from major releases ...
How The New York And California Wage Transparency Laws Will Affect The Dance World
"In the dance industry, where gigs are often underpaid or unpaid, and where most performers string together many opportunities over the course of a...
The Culture Of Politics Inside Orchestras
“I’m always conscious that there’s always someone watching how you’re behaving and listening to how you’re playing. The politics of where to sit on...
Barnes & Noble And Waterstones Have Turned Around By Becoming More Like Indie Bookshops
"He empowers booksellers at each location to curate books based on their own quirky, idiosyncratic tastes. It's a strategy that leads to more engaged...
Appropriation, The Andy Warhol Case, And Five Centuries Of “fArt”
Blake Gopnik makes a case that the appropriation of imagery — at the heart of the legal dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and...
Ukrainian Architects Get To Work On Rebuilding, Even As Russian Missiles Keep Coming
"In a demonstration of remarkable Ukrainian resilience, several rebuilding initiatives are taking place across the country despite continued Russian attacks on civilian areas. ......
As The War Drags On, Odesa’s Opera House Keeps Running
"During a rehearsal at the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Odesa, it's easy to forget that Ukraine is a country at...
Actors’ Equity Report Finds “Modest Improvement” In Diversity/Equity In US Theater Industry
"The latest installment of Actors' Equity Association's annual hiring and wage report – covering the year 2021 and titled 'Progress During an Atypical Year'...
Philadelphia’s Arts Community Gets Nervous As Attendance Is Slow To Rebound
"Arts leaders are unsure what the new normal might be after attendance numbers took a hit from the pandemic. Much hinges on the answer,...
International African American Museum Sets Another Opening Date (And This Might Be The Real...
"After more than two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction, the International African American Museum in Charleston finally has an opening date: June 27,...
