{"id":835,"date":"2016-04-10T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T21:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/?p=835"},"modified":"2016-04-11T12:22:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:22:25","slug":"art-is-always-messy-edition-five-highlights-from-this-weeks-artsjournal-04-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2016\/04\/art-is-always-messy-edition-five-highlights-from-this-weeks-artsjournal-04-10-16.html","title":{"rendered":"Art-Is-Always-Messy Edition: Five Highlights From This Week’s ArtsJournal 04.10.16"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rembrandt\"<\/a>What business success in theatre looks like, our over-obsession with creativity as a catch-all answer to success, how the art markets really work, how taste gets confused with pretension, and machines’ inroads to art.<\/p>\n

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  1. Theatre is a big gamble but when it hits it REALLY hits:<\/strong>\u00a0We’re used to being dazzled by the huge budgets and box office of movies. Theatre not so much. Mostly, theatre is a risky business. But when a Broadway show becomes a runaway hit, it really hits. Enter “Hamilton”, which is poised to make enormous amounts of money and will be big business. Here’s an insightful look<\/a> into the business of a Broadway success.<\/li>\n
  2. Why “creativity” and “innovation” WON’T make you successful:<\/strong>\u00a0It’s sexy. It’s interesting. But our obsession with creating and innovating and imagining that these are the only keys to success could be a problem. It’s a mindset that can skew who wins and who loses<\/a>.<\/li>\n
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