"You can’t start orchestrating much before the rehearsals begin because things haven’t settled. Until you get into rehearsals, you may not know what key a number is in or how much intro you need. So we have a lot of time pressure, put it that way.” - American Theatre
“Her most recent film, The Cowboy and the Queen (2023), examined the unlikely friendship that blossomed between a Texas cowboy and Queen Elizabeth II after she learned of his unconventional approach to rearing horses.” - The New York Times
Might it be time to reread The Masses? "2025 isn’t the first time our neighbors have delighted in violence against a minority, it’s not the first time censors have told us what we can and cannot read.” - LitHub
Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In): “Pedro speaks about the characters as if they were people he has already lived with for years, people he knows very closely, who he loves and defends regardless of the role they play in his stories.” - The New York Times
Turns out, for those who live in the country, their opinion about this question depends almost fully on their political party identification. (But there are also, you know, some facts.) - Nieman Lab
“The lobbying effort has led to unusual alliances, particularly in the wake of the strikes, with both studios and Hollywood unions rallying on the same side.” Will California show the studios the money? - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
But the tale is bigger than tapestries, or story cloths: "In the Twin Cities, Hmong culture isn’t just present in the tapestries. It’s everywhere, including the first Hmong judges and state elected officials, the culinary scene, farmers markets, and the arts.” - The New York Times
Zero humans believe that claim, of course. One bookstore owner: “I just rolled my eyes and thought, Of course they did. We can’t even have one day where it’s just us — Amazon has to swoop in.” - Vulture
“Barbie was self-aware and auteur-driven, and demonstrated that there was a way to slightly elevate miserable brand properties. So now we live in a world where JJ Abrams is making a ‘grounded and gritty’ Hot Wheels movie.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Everything feels so precarious, … and suddenly there’s these songs that put you in dialogue with people going back over hundreds of years. That’s a really beautiful antidote to the precarity and uncertainty.” - The New York Times
But the judge seems OK with it, with a caveat. “Osborne ordered Hudson's Bay to provide him and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs with a catalogue at the soonest opportunity.” - CBC
“Something that always has to be true is: Will this story make the world a better place in some way? It’s a big question—but why tell a story if it isn’t going to move the audience forward?” - American Theatre
