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Bent, or Give That Boy a Hand

Didn't notice until I pressed flat on a table and wondered if that hand were mine.... Read more

AJBlog: Out There Published on: 2021-05-14
The moment’s over

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review the New Group’s Zoom-based webcast of Waiting for Godot. Here’s an excerpt. * * * What plays were best suited to home viewing at the height of... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-14
Replay: Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett

Harold Pinter reminisces about Samuel Beckett and performs part of Beckett’s The Unnamable on TV in 1990: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-14
Almanac: Goethe on living in the present

“Nothing is worth more than this day.” Goethe, Maxims and Reflections Continue reading Almanac: Goethe on living in the present at About Last Night.... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-14
Do we know how changing prices affects the income-diversity of audiences?

In the very first few weeks of Econ 101 students are introduced to the “demand curve”, relating how changes to the price of a product affect the quantity demanded of the product,... Read more

AJBlog: For What it's Worth Published on: 2021-05-13
Almanac: Goethe on ignorance and power

“Nothing is more frightful than to see ignorance in action.” Goethe, Maxims and Reflections Continue reading Almanac: Goethe on ignorance and power at About Last Night.... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-13
Snapshot: Buck Owens sings “Together Again”

Buck Owens and His Buckaroos perform “Together Again” on a 1966 episode of Buck Owens’ Ranch Show: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-12
Almanac: Goethe on doubt

“Doubt grows with knowledge.” Goethe, Maxims and Reflections Continue reading Almanac: Goethe on doubt at About Last Night.... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-12
A Soldier’s Tale for Today — Premiered

In PostClassical Ensemble’s new version of Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale, a “cautionary fable” for today, the Soldier weds the Princess – and the narrator continues: But where’s the fiddle – which won the bride? It... Read more

AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published on: 2021-05-11
The WPA is history

New York City has announced a new (well, sort of) arts program. Hyperallergic reports: The City of New York will put some artists to work this summer with a $25 million program... Read more

AJBlog: For What it's Worth Published on: 2021-05-11
Lookback: visit to an old hangout

From 2014: When I was a boy, I lived in an old-fashioned small-town neighborhood, the kind where your house is close enough to the school you attend that you can see the... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-11
Almanac: Goethe on the development of taste

“One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.” Goethe, Conversations with Eckermann Continue reading Almanac: Goethe on the development of taste at About Last Night.... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-11
Just because: Stephen Sondheim appears on Password

Stephen Sondheim and Lee Remick appear as a celebrity guest team on an episode of Password, originally telecast by CBS on December 11, 1966. They are playing opposite Peter Lawford and Audrey Meadows:... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-10
Almanac: Cesare Pavese on loneliness

“Give company to a lonely man and he will talk more than anyone.” Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living Continue reading Almanac: Cesare Pavese on loneliness at About Last Night.... Read more

AJBlog: About Last Night Published on: 2021-05-10
Gabriela Muñoz Speaks About the Importance of Collaboration

Gabriela Muñoz, Senior Program Coordinator of the National Accelerator at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts speaks about the impact of collaboration and fellowships on students.... Read more

AJBlog: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-05-08
The Late Eli Broad: My Talk with the Under-Appreciated Overachiever Who Energized LA’s Cultural Life

Eli Broad, who died a week ago in Los Angeles at 87, knew full well that his abrasive, no-nonsense approach towards achieving success—both in his businesses and in transforming his adopted city’s... Read more

AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published on: 2021-05-07
The Diversity of Performing Arts Audiences: Weighing Organizational Factors and Business Decisions

A year ago this month, Zannie Voss and Jill Robinson produced one of the first action-oriented research reports about COVID-19’s impact on arts organizations. In the report, titled In it for the... Read more

AJBlog: Measure for Measure Published on: 2021-05-06