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Five Stories/Trends From This Week’s ArtsJournal: How The Arts Speak To Real Life

September 25, 2016 by Douglas McLennan Leave a Comment

This Week: Why is it so hard to tell if American theatre is thriving or not?... Have art and technology had a falling out?... Perhaps TV is the solution to our political polarization... The music industry seems to be finally getting it together... A cautionary tale about getting swallowed up by the online world. Theatre: The Best of Times or the Worst? Why is it so difficult to judge the … [Read more...]

Howard Mandel on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “Robert Ashley, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Davis, George Gershwin, Philip Glass, Larry Harlow, Jerome Kern, George Lewis, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim,…” Aug 11, 18:18
Ravi Narasimhan on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: ““And I also understand what you’re saying about opera. ” No, I don’t think you do. Opera addresses a small…” Aug 11, 17:38
william osborne on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “that should be “can’t solve”” Aug 11, 13:19
william osborne on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “A good summation of the problems the USA faces. We can solve our problems because our political system is truncated…” Aug 11, 13:19
Ravi Narasimhan on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “America is exceptional – it is a market, not a society. A good chunk of the public does not care…” Aug 10, 16:18
william osborne on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “Thank you for these interesting thoughts. Yes, we have some igreat big bands, but none of them are full time.…” Aug 10, 15:32
william osborne on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “I think it might help overall if people considered the narrowness of our political spectrum and how this affects our…” Aug 10, 15:02
Frank Byrne on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “Thank you, Doug. Your words are Insightful and appropriately provocative, and much needed right now. Many of us appreciate you…” Aug 10, 14:35
Howard Mandel on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “I see you’ve edited your remark, but I didn’t write that I don’t care about opera — I wrote that…” Aug 10, 14:12
william osborne on Five Things to Fix in the Arts: “The funding for opera in Europe correlates to all of the performing arts, and all of the other arts, and…” Aug 10, 12:50

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