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How Stories Featuring Differently-Abled Actors Are Changing

ISSUES Posted: November 11, 2020 10:27 am

“The vast majority of characters with disabilities, whether they’re played by actors with disabilities or not, continue to represent the same outdated tropes.” – The Conversation

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Alan Rath, Who Created Kinetic Electronic Sculptures, Dead At 60

PEOPLE Posted: November 10, 2020 11:04 am

“Since the early 1980s, Rath has created kinetic sculptures guided by software of his own making. Rath’s robotic structures often feature computer-generated animations of disembodied human body parts — a roving eye or gaping mouth — exemplifying his interest in the relationship between human nature and mechanical and technological systems.” – ARTnews

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How The National Endowment for the Humanities Is Complying With An Executive Order And Restoring Statues

VISUAL Posted: November 9, 2020 9:15 am

“The money is coming in the form of Chairman’s Grants, the NEH’s method of providing emergency funding to safeguard cultural heritage in the face of (what are typically natural) disasters. Instead of courting controversy by re-erecting downed Confederate leaders, however, the NEH will use the money to restore a selection of mostly neutral choices.” – The Architect’s Newspaper

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Chicago Jazz Clubs Flounder Under New Shutdown

MUSIC Posted: November 6, 2020 12:32 pm

“The past few months have been picking up a little bit. We’ve been trying to meet our restricted quota. So people were starting to come out a little more now. Now that we have to close, that’s another nail in the coffin.” – Chicago Tribune

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Historical Interpreter At A Heritage Site Is One Of The Most Challenging Acting Jobs Around

THEATRE Posted: November 6, 2020 10:02 am

These are the people you see in period dress portraying anyone from a Tudor monarch to an aristocrat’s cook “The work is underpinned by rigorous research, often drawing on primary-source material. The results, [one interpreter] says, have a different depth than a guidebook, or an audio guide.” – The Stage

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Time To Take Out The “Word Trash”

WORDS Posted: November 5, 2020 3:01 pm

Here’s why word trash is a problem: If language isn’t specific, it’s hard for us to connect with it—and with each other. And it’s 2020, which for some of us has been a year already devoid of physical contact. – Fast Company

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How To Stay Creative During COVID Lockdown

IDEAS Posted: November 4, 2020 3:01 pm

The sameness and lack of novelty in our Covid existence can negatively impact our creativity — our ability to put ideas together in new, useful combinations to solve problems. Creativity is often enhanced when we’re exposed to new situations. – Harvard Business Review

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When Bernstein, Sondheim, And Robbins Tried To Adapt Brecht

THEATRE Posted: November 4, 2020 9:02 am

It was a decade after West Side Story, and Jerome Robbins got the idea to make one of Bertolt Brecht’s didactic plays into a musical. Though Sondheim in particular required some convincing, it eventually became a promising project, with John Guare writing the book and Zero Mostel engaged to star. Finally, the piece was set to premiere on Broadway in 1968, and then 1969, as A Pray by Blecht. (The title was Lenny’s.) Never happened, of course. Jesse Green recounts the story of how it came together and then fell apart. – The New York Times

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Classical Concerts Under COVID: Where Things Stand In Asia, Australia/New Zealand, And the Americas

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: November 4, 2020 6:34 am

With governments in China, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore mostly able to impose safety measures without too much pushback, case numbers are down and concert numbers are up, though usually with reduced audience. New Zealand is almost back to normal and Australia is getting there, with even a Ring cycle planned for Brisbane this month. Alas, reports David Karlin, “the contrast between Asia and the Americas could not be more stark,” though tentative returns to concert life are happening in Canada, Colombia, and Chile. – Bachtrack

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New Research: Van Gogh’s Mental Illness

VISUAL Posted: November 3, 2020 2:01 pm

“Experts at the University Medical Centre Groningen conducted a psychiatric examination based on hundreds of letters he wrote – the majority to his beloved brother, Theo – as well as existing medical records. They found that the artist probably experienced two episodes of delirium caused by alcohol withdrawal after he cut off his own ear.” – BBC

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Fierce Debate About Whether Iowa Senate Candidate Should Have A Wikipedia Entry

PEOPLE Posted: November 3, 2020 1:32 pm

During the past several months, while Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield debated each other (and gave us viral clips about the break-even price of corn and soybeans), a separate debate raged among Wikipedia’s volunteer editors about Greenfield’s eligibility for a page of her own. – Wired

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“Fullnaming” Famous Composers Is Silly

MUSIC Posted: November 3, 2020 11:32 am

Chris White’s “fullnaming” idea—an invented word for his invented crusade—seems to belong more in a social studies department at a middle school than a music department at a university. Johann Sebastian Bach versus Bach. We get the point. Doesn’t insisting on full names for everyone seem a little pretentious, annoying, tedious, and dare I say . . . elitist? – The Bulwark

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Jeremy O. Harris Has Gotten HBO To Pay For Experimental Theater Stagings

MEDIA, THEATRE Posted: November 3, 2020 10:04 am

“Harris, who is 31, has moved fast through the New York theater world — in a truncated season, Slave Play garnered 12 Tony nominations — and he now has a contract with HBO, the much-anticipated film Zola in the can, and Hollywood at or near his feet. But he hasn’t dumped the old toy for the shiny new one. As part of his HBO deal, Harris has secured a discretionary fund for experimental-theater production, essentially a weird-art slush fund.” – Vulture

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AMC Theatres Report 90 Percent Decline In Revenue

MEDIA Posted: November 3, 2020 9:31 am

The world’s largest exhibitor suffered a brutal 90.9% drop in revenues during the most recent earnings period, with sales clocking in at $119.5 million. Losses hit $905.8 million or $8.41 cents a share. In the prior-year quarter, a time when cinemas were open around the globe and world-altering pandemics were largely the stuff of Hollywood thrillers, AMC logged revenues of $1.3 billion on a net loss of $54.8 million or 53 cents a share. – Variety

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The Mark Twain Election Story That Was Required Reading In Communist Chinese Schools

WORDS Posted: November 3, 2020 9:01 am

“‘Running for Governor’ is barely known in the United States. Samuel Clemens was editor of the Buffalo Express when it was published. It is the story of his run for governor, as Mark Twain, in 1870 — well, fictional run, of course.” The story was placed on the school curriculum soon after the People’s Republic was founded and remained there for half a century. – The Buffalo News

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Artists And Our Cultural Divide

ISSUES Posted: November 3, 2020 8:30 am

What role can artists play in the healing of a nation wounded by a viral pandemic and the chronic diseases of racism, inequality and rabid partisanship? Even for the proponents of art for art’s sake, politics is inescapable. – Los Angeles Times

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Quibi’s Closure Announcement ‘Blindsided’ People Who Actually Make Its Content

MEDIA Posted: November 3, 2020 7:33 am

Said crew members on one of the service’s original short-form series, “We were blindsided. We had just signed contracts and turned down other jobs to keep working on this show. … Our own execs had to constantly hound Quibi for further information.” – The Hollywood Reporter

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A Recap of Trump’s, Pence’s, Biden’s, And Harris’s Records On the Arts

ISSUES Posted: November 3, 2020 6:01 am

“The arts, writ large, rarely represent more than a footnote in election discourse (if we’re lucky). … But for those wondering what the election will mean for creative industries specifically, we’ve laid out the candidates’ respective histories with art — their policies, voting records, donations, and more — in a digestible breakdown below.” – Artnet

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Which Museums Have Closed As Europe’s Second Wave Of COVID Worsens

VISUAL Posted: November 3, 2020 5:48 am

“Countries such as Belgium, Germany, and France have imposed new lockdowns and forced the closure of institutions for a month and, in some cases, potentially longer. Below, a look at some of the major institutions that have planned closures in response.” – ARTnews

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Rehearsals And Streamed Performances May Continue Under New Lockdown In UK

ISSUES Posted: November 3, 2020 5:35 am

As Culture Minister Oliver Dowden clarified on Twitter, “Arts venues are places of work, so people can come into them for work, if it cannot be undertaken from home. This includes rehearsals and performance. Audiences are not permitted.” – Yahoo! (Press Association UK)

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Are You Stuck Missing Galleries And Museums?

VISUAL Posted: November 2, 2020 8:00 am

No worries, London will bring the art to you – and to everyone else, as long as you can get to the central city. “Details have been announced of an art programme on a spectacular scale, involving 2,000 sq metres of 8K resolution, 360-degree screens near Tottenham Court Road tube station.” – The Guardian (UK)

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Johnny Depp Loses Libel Case Against British Tabloid

MEDIA Posted: November 2, 2020 7:30 am

After the tabloid The Sun called Depp a “wife beater,” the actor sued. But the judge in the civil lawsuit ruled that “the great majority of alleged assaults of Ms Heard by Mr Depp have been proved to the civil standard.” – The Guardian (UK)

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A Site Built To Compete With Amazon, But For Indie Bookstores, Makes Moves In Britain

WORDS Posted: November 2, 2020 6:45 am

Bookshop opened in the U.S. in January, hoping to build its site slowly while helping independent bookstores in the States. Five weeks later, cue COVID-19 shutdowns. “By June, Bookshop sold $1m worth of books in a day. The platform has now raised more than $7.5m (£5.7m) for independent bookshops across the US.” Now it’s starting to partner with independent bookstores in the UK as well. Why not? Amazon certainly threatens their existence as well. – The Guardian (UK)

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Teaching The Arts To Students Via Zoom Requires Every Last Piece Of Teacher Creativity

ISSUES Posted: November 2, 2020 4:00 am

And arts teachers in public schools are creative, no doubt about it. One middle school teacher quickly “created online tutorials on how to make art supplies at home, like glue and paint, from materials that could be found in a kitchen or recycling bin. She delivered content to her student by using her classroom’s Instagram and YouTube accounts, posting videos and images on topics like community art.” Music teachers do the same, with berry containers and rubber bands. It’s not easy. – Oregon ArtsWatch

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  • Almanac: Ambrose Bierce on the President of the United States
    “PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom—and of whom only—it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary Continue reading Almanac: Ambrose Bierce on the President of the United States at... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-21
  • Ominous Juxtaposition? Biden Flanked by Duncanson’s “Rainbow” & Statue of a Murdered President
    In a jolting inauguration installation, marred by unintentionally dark symbolism that, hopefully, wasn’t discerned by the Bidens, this afternoon’s celebration after the joyful swearing-in of the new President and Vice President included a brief walk through the Capitol rotunda led by Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, chairman of the Senate Republican... Read more
    Source: CultureGrrl Published on: 2021-01-20
  • Snapshot: FDR’s 1933 inauguration
    Sound footage of the presidential inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) Continue reading Snapshot: FDR’s 1933 inauguration at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-20
  • Almanac: Ralph Ellison on power
    “Power doesn’t have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.” Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Continue reading Almanac: Ralph Ellison on power at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-20
  • Lookback: “Call me Bartleby”
    From 2006: I woke up this morning at nine-thirty, an hour later than my normal get-up-and-go time. As I descended from the loft in which I spend my nights, it struck me that I had nothing whatsoever to do today: no deadlines, no shows to see, no meals with friends,... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-19
  • Almanac: Thomas Fuller on memory
    “We have all forgot more than we remember.” Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia Continue reading Almanac: Thomas Fuller on memory at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-19
  • Just because: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Ravel
    Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays the slow movement of Ravel’s G Major Piano Concerto, accompanied by Sergiu Celidibache and the London Symphony:  (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) Continue reading Just because: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-18
  • Almanac: Jean Anouilh on beauty
    “Things are beautiful if you love them.” Jean Anouilh, Mademoiselle Colombe (trans. Louis Kronenberger) Continue reading Almanac: Jean Anouilh on beauty at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-18
  • Trey Devey share his passion for Arts Education
    “If we are empowered with creativity, with collaboration, with all of the skills that come from practicing the arts… that will lead to the breakthrough ideas.” Trey Devey, President of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, speaks to the power of arts education.... Read more
    Source: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-01-16
  • The pandemic process
    A new episode of Three on the Aisle, the podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for listening or downloading. Here’s American Theatre’s “official” summary of the proceedings:  This month, as the scale of the economic devastation facing arts professionals continues to... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Classics for free
    In today’s Wall Street Journal drama column, I review two theatrical webcasts drawn from important New York productions of the past by the Hunter Theater Project and Shakespeare in the Park. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Sometimes you have to dig to find the best theatrical webcasts, while others are hiding... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Replay: Laurence Olivier in Uncle Vanya
    A scene from the 1963 film of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” directed by Laurence Olivier and starring Olivier, Rosemary Harris, and Michael Redgrave: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) Continue reading Replay: Laurence Olivier in... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Matthew Loden discusses the mission of orchestras
    “There’s a fundamental mission drive and, in many instances, I think a moral imperative to actually do what we’re doing for as many people as possible and to do it intelligently and in a way that is actually going to bring some kind of either musical relief or solace.” Matthew... Read more
    Source: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-01-14
  • Let’s Talk About Literary Exposure
    Some would call it visibility. If you’re talking books, how about millions upon millions of Youtube views for a reading from Supervert’s "Necrophilia Variations.' A dozen years ago when that video had two million views, I called it “viral reading.” Three years later, on Dec. 30, 2015, the video had... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-01-14
  • Connect
    The viability of our industry depends upon developing relationships–making connections–with many new communities. The bases for success are respect and humility.... Read more
    Source: Engaging Matters Published on: 2021-01-12
  • Jim Haynes, RIP
    Brad Spurgeon memorializes him: "End of an Era, but not of a Philosophy of Life." I never met Jim. But he was extraordinarily welcoming when we corresponded by email about the strange case of Orwell's typewriter.... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-01-12
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