Kimberly Akimbo for new musical, Leopoldstadt for play, and Topdog/Underdog for play revival. The whole list is at the link. And Ariana DeBose hosted it all without a script. "In the end the telecast aired without pickets, without scripted banter and without a hitch." - The New York Times
Corey Hawkins was nominated "for leading actor in a play alongside co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The duo played brothers in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog. 'We had to trust each other implicitly, because there’s no other lifeline on that stage.'" - Variety
Indeed, the story is now, thanks to an LA Times investigation, famously ridiculous - which is completely unlike all the other "product" movies this summer, of course. - The New York Times
At least not to the U.S., where sincerity is important. "To make sense of this, allow me to explain the Australian cultural phenomenon that is the elegantly simple 'yeah, nah.'" - Slate
It's both exciting and worrying. Though "there are key differences between using R.A.V.E. to synthesize new versions of a collaborator’s voice and using A.I. to anonymously imitate a living musician," that difference will likely be blurred over time. And it's the same for composers. - The New York Times
One TV exec: "I think we were always thinking about a guy. If I'm being honest, I don't know why. But I think that's, you know, what we were conditioned to think." - Salon
Or so surveys of one Very Large Company (yes, the one that's always in the news for trying to bust unions and not cooling its warehouses, etc.) says. - Fast Company
Rehearsal, of course. And then, one photographer of a thousand Broadway shows says some of her favorite shots are never seen. "It's not just reporting what the show is. It's like what's going to sell the show, too. So, it's not a totally pure aesthetic." - NPR
"'How many enslaved people is a psychiatric hospital worth?' This question, etched into a mirror and displayed in the panopticon of a psychiatric hospital in Porto, Portugal, prompted the administration" to close the whole exhibition down on opening day. - Hyperallergic
Thorington created "the auditory equivalent of an art installation" many times. "Radio art was a niche medium when Ms. Thorington started out, but she helped bring attention to the form — through her work ... and later as the founder of a project called New American Radio." - The New York Times
Many IATSE members are, have been, or will be out of work while the writers are on strike. This fund is to help them make it through. - Yahoo News (Deadline)
"This is Yellowstone’s gambit: It grounds its defense of the cowboy way of life in an identification with the very Native peoples those cowboys dispossessed." - Vulture
Jonita Gandhi was 16 when a judge told her to return once she figured out her style. Now, she's an outright Bollywood star who "exploded to fame" after her voice was featured in the film Chennai Express. - CBC
