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Whiteness, Patriarchy, and Resistance in Actor Training Texts: Reframing Acting Students as Embodied Critical Thinkers

Uncategorized Posted: August 21, 2019 7:34 pm

Amy Steiger: “Not only do students recognize misogynist and colonialist language in acting textbooks — as well as an insistence on the gender binary that sometimes makes them wonder if there is room for them in theatre — they glean ideas about how theatre artists understand their own work and how students are expected to learn. Students’ role in the drama of the classroom is key to shaping and defining their position in American culture and the kind of work they produce within it. Have American actors ever been represented in textbooks as intellectuals, dissenters, or agents of change?” – HowlRound

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Michael Feinstein On Championing Music

PEOPLE Posted: August 21, 2019 2:29 pm

Feinstein has been unique in advocating for this music not only onstage and via albums but also through his books, PBS specials and NPR broadcasts, plus his Great American Songbook Foundation and eponymous cabarets and, of late, his work as principal pops conductor for the Pasadena Symphony. – Chicago Tribune

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Owner Of Pulse Nightclub Wants To Put Up Museum To Massacre There. Survivors Are Not Having It

ISSUES Posted: August 16, 2019 5:33 am

Says one who was wounded in the 2016 shooting, “They’re talking about a theme-park environment where you buy memorabilia.” Of the club’s owner, who runs a foundation (which pays her a six-figure salary) to build and operate the proposed museum, the mother of one victim said, “These [young survivors] can’t afford their co-pays, they’re not getting PTSD therapy, and meanwhile you’re profiting and you want an admission-charging, souvenir-selling, tour-bus-visiting hate museum.” – Orlando Sentinel

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Producer Edward Lewis, Who Helped Break Hollywood’s Mccarthy-Era Blacklist, Dead At 99

PEOPLE Posted: August 15, 2019 9:04 am

His movies earned 21 Oscar nominations over his four-decade career, and he garnered one himself for Best Picture for Costa-Gavras’s 1982 film Missing. But he’s best remembered for breaking the blacklist by hiring Dalton Trumbo to write the screenplay for Spartacus — and crediting him for it by name. – The Washington Post

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Manchester’s Leading Theatre Builds A Pop-Up Stage To Take Plays To City’s Neighborhoods

AUDIENCE, THEATRE Posted: August 15, 2019 8:03 am

“The Royal Exchange is one of Manchester’s best known theatres, the venue resembling a lunar landing craft located inside The Great Hall on St Ann’s Square. … The Den is a lightweight, 180-seat portable auditorium designed to be built and dismantled … by members of each host community who will become its ushers, its box office, technical team and audience.” – BBC

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Reconsidering The Musical Genius Of Erich Korngold

MUSIC Posted: August 14, 2019 2:31 pm

Alex Ross: “A master of late-Romantic opulence, Korngold shaped the sonic texture of Golden Age Hollywood. To say that his work sounds like movie music is an elementary fallacy, a confusion of cause and effect.” – The New Yorker

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And What Have The Hong Kong Protesters Adopted As Their Anthem? A Broadway Show Tune

THEATRE Posted: August 14, 2019 12:02 pm

“In a video recorded during the airport protest Friday, hundreds of demonstrators can be seen participating in a sit-down and heard singing and clapping to an a cappella version of ‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’ from the 1987 blockbuster … Les Misérables.” – The Washington Post

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Western Classical Music Is Booming In China. Here’s How Much

MUSIC Posted: August 14, 2019 11:30 am

From 2013 to 2017, the number of orchestras in China leaped from 32 to 82. In 2019, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 140th season, and the orchestra, along with its conductor, was recently signed to the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label for a multi-year deal. – Ludwig Van

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How The Royal Ballet Trains Pigeons To Play The Title Roles In A Frederick Ashton Ballet

DANCE Posted: August 14, 2019 11:03 am

The eponymous avians in Ashton’s The Two Pigeons are meant to be living symbols of the relationship between the two human leads, called the Young Man and the Young Girl. Reporter Jennifer Lu talks with Emma Hills, who trains the pigeons who have been doing the show for a decade, about how she teaches them and what mischief they occasionally get up to. – Pointe Magazine

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World’s Biggest Movie Industry Is Finally Embracing Sci-Fi

MEDIA Posted: August 14, 2019 9:01 am

“[Science fiction] isn’t a new genre in Indian cinema, but it has nothing like the profile it has in the West. … While Hollywood has a long tradition of making more naturalistic films about space travel – from 2001: A Space Odyssey, to Gravity and First Man – it’s only now, with the enormous strides in India’s own space exploration, that such films are beginning to resonate with the public.” – The Guardian

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Even New Operas Are Still Treating Women As Sacrificial Lambs. When The Hell Will It Stop?

MUSIC Posted: August 14, 2019 8:02 am

Joshua Kosman: “Here’s my request for today to creators of contemporary opera: How would it be if we had a new work that did not turn on a female character sacrificing herself to redeem a man? … The Bay Area’s operatic stages this month have been weirdly rife with women eager to throw themselves overboard for a man’s sake, and honestly my patience is starting to wear a little thin.” – San Francisco Chronicle

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More Than 70,000 People Used New York City Libraries’ Culture Pass In Its First Year

AUDIENCE, ISSUES Posted: August 14, 2019 7:04 am

Of those 70,000, 12,000 signed up in the first week alone. “Cardholders at the Brooklyn, New York and Queens public libraries can gain free admission through the program at participating cultural institutions that include museums, performance venues, botanical gardens and historical societies.” – The New York Times

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How Far Are Institutions Obligated To Protect The Art In Their Possession, And What Can The Public Reasonably Insist Those Institutions Do?

VISUAL Posted: August 14, 2019 6:37 am

Reflecting on the contretemps over the Life of Washington murals at a San Francisco high school as well as the decision by one small Northern California museum to sell much of its art and another to end an exhibition program, Charles Desmarais considers “what I think of as a kind of cultural duty of care — with the avoidance of negligence or harm to works of art maintained by an organization for the public good.” – San Francisco Chronicle

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Los Angeles Opera To Investigate Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Plácido Domingo, Who Has Been Its General Director For 21 Years

MUSIC Posted: August 14, 2019 5:34 am

The company, which will “retain outside counsel” to look into the accusations, said in a statement that Domingo “has been a dynamic creative force in the life of LA Opera and the artistic culture of Los Angeles for more than three decades. Nevertheless, we are committed to doing everything we can to foster a professional and collaborative environment where all our employees and artists feel equally comfortable, valued and respected.” – Los Angeles Times

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San Francisco Opera Cancels Sold-Out Plácido Domingo Gala

MUSIC Posted: August 14, 2019 5:34 am

Just hours after an AP story featured allegations of sexual harassment against the opera superstar, and shortly after the Philadelphia Orchestra disinvited him from its season-opening gala next month, San Francisco Opera cancelled an Oct. 6 concert headlined by Domingo. (Meanwhile, the Salzburg Festival is standing by him.) – San Francisco Classical Voice

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The Berkshires: Big Time Cultural Center

ISSUES Posted: August 13, 2019 3:03 pm

Justin Davidson: “The Berkshires, the bucolic swath of Western Massachusetts where urban refugees can get their weekend dose of gardens, waterfalls, and even the occasional moose sighting, enjoys the cultural life of a major city, spread out over an area half again as vast as Houston.” – New York Magazine

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Early Newspapers Were Essentially Letters To The Editor, Messy And Boistrous

IDEAS Posted: August 13, 2019 2:35 pm

“Printed news started out as, essentially, collections of letters to the editor. Newspapers did not routinely employ full-time reporters until the 19th century. At that point, the older meaning of ‘journalist’ – someone who keeps a journal – disappeared, and the word began to refer solely to news-gatherers. Similarly, interviews and in-person reporting did not become common until the 19th century.” – Aeon

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Frisco Frescoes: What to Do About Controversial WPA Murals at George Washington High School

AJBlogs Posted: August 13, 2019 11:55 am

My own views on this contretemps are conflicted. By all accounts I’ve seen by art professionals, this is a powerful work, intended by the Russian-American artist to be seen as a critique of the historic cruelty suffered by African-Americans and Native Americans. In cases like this, I give myself what I call the Holocaust Test. – Lee Rosenbaum

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Can Theatre Motivate Action On Climate Change?

THEATRE Posted: August 13, 2019 11:30 am

“It’s all about awareness and action. The artist’s job is to raise consciousness and cut through the complacency. I asked playwrights to meditate on the theme of, ‘Wake up—act now!’ We’re creating awareness, and stimulating action.” – Pacific Standard

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Philadelphia Orchestra Cancels Placido Domingo Appearance After Harassment Claims

MUSIC Posted: August 13, 2019 10:32 am

“The Philadelphia Orchestra Association has withdrawn its invitation to Plácido Domingo to appear as part of its Opening Night concert on September 18, 2019. We are committed to providing a safe, supportive, respectful, and appropriate environment for the Orchestra and staff, for collaborating artists and composers, and for our audiences and communities.” – Philadelphia Inquirer

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Nine Women Accuse Plácido Domingo Of Sexual Harassment

MUSIC, PEOPLE Posted: August 13, 2019 5:01 am

“For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.” – Yahoo! (AP)

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  • More on live jazz streaming, Chicago to Zurich and beyond
    Saxophonist Chico Freeman, a third-generation Chicago jazzman, live-streams his new international band from Zurich on Saturday 2/27 at 2:30 pm ET, and I moderated their Zoom talk of coming together for the... Read more
    Source: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published on: 2021-02-26
  • Joseph Brodsky on the Life of Books
    On the whole, books are less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors. ... Often they sit on the shelves absorbing dust long after the writer himself has... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-26
  • Simply splendid Sondheim
    In today’s Wall Street Journal, I review Signature Theatre’s Simply Sondheim and the Mint Theater Company revival of Hazel Ellis’ Women Without Men. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Lovers of large-scale musicals have been... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-26
  • Almanac: Tennessee Williams on theatrical characters
    “The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one’s office for a job.” Tennessee Williams... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-26
  • What Patricia Highsmith wrought
    In today’s Wall Street Journal, I write about Patricia Highsmith. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * The next time you watch a movie or TV series about a heartless serial killer, say a silent word... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-25
  • Almanac: Samuel Butler on sickness
    “I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.” Samuel Butler, The Way of... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-25
  • The Relativity Switch
    This story may sound like a metaphor. But it’s actually a case-in-point: When preparing to launch the Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) in 1977, the NAVSTAR GPS engineering team was in a... Read more
    Source: The Artful Manager Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti Dies at 101 His Pictures of a Gone World Remain
    A literary era passes. It was already past, yet it still has influence. Maybe the biggest. Because ArtsJournal was down yesterday—I know not why—I couldn’t post this. The world didn't miss it.... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Jazz beats the virus online
    Chicago presenters of jazz and new music, and journalists from Madrid to the Bay Area (plus Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist and his associates), discussed how they’ve transcended coronavirus-restrictions on live performances with... Read more
    Source: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Snapshot: Lieber and Stoller appear on What’s My Line?
    Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller appear as the mystery guests on What’s My Line? John Daly is the host and the panelists include Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Vincent Price. This episode was originally... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Almanac: Robert Benchley on sneezing
    “I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar and throws your hair into your eyes,... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-24
  • Gary Lee-Nova: ‘Oblique Trajectories’
    A survey exhibition of the artist's work over more than four decades. The exhibition at the Burnaby Art Gallery in Burnaby, B.C., Canada, will run until April 18, 2021.... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-23
  • “Black Art’s” Blackout: Who’s Absent from HBO’s Survey of “Today’s Top African American Artists”?
    We haven’t reached the promised land. We’ve got a long way to go. The above marching orders, alluding to the words of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s last speech, are the last words... Read more
    Source: CultureGrrl Published on: 2021-02-23
  • Lookback: on not getting too big for your britches
    From 2010: The twin successes of Pops and The Letter have left me with an exhilarating sense of possibility, a feeling that I can do anything to which I set my mind. When you’re feeling that... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-23
  • Almanac: Graham Greene on the danger of changing standards
    “It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.” Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene on the danger of changing standards at About Last... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-23
  • Just because: Graham Greene talks about The Third Man
    Graham Greene is interviewed by Jack Mangan in an outtake from a 1950 episode of Ship’s Reporter in which he talks about The Third Man: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-22
  • Almanac: Graham Greene on facing reality
    “People don’t like reality. They don’t like common sense. Until age forces it on them.” Graham Greene, Loser Takes All Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene on facing reality at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-02-22
  • The Library Is Closed
    ...and thoughts come in verse: 'The stone lion at the gate / wears a mask like mine. / This is where I used to wait / for books that bind / that... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-21
  • The Sleep of Dreams
    A contemporary artist visualizes an idea by the 17th-century 'father of modern philosophy.'... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-02-21
  • Clarion
    Someone’s calling, maybe me. C. C sharp? D? My scalp tightens, which makes me wonder where I am, and who, too. I’ve had this reaction before when I’ve been offered rare sounds... Read more
    Source: Out There Published on: 2021-02-20
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