“The defunct Ohio Ballet wants to use endowment gifts to pay $470,000 in bills. But not so fast, say the foundations that provided the money.”
Month: June 2008
Where Are Music’s Women Geniuses? (They’re Out There)
Popular culture’s rich pantheon is heaving with lady geniuses, but reading the music and mainstream press you wouldn’t know it.
Why The Furor Over Nude Pictures Of Teens?
“Coming of age is the subject matter of the bildungsroman; most of our art is concerned with it one way or another. The chief inspiration for any artist is her childhood and youth, yet even when young people give their own account of their experiences, the result is deemed indecent. Meanwhile the models on our catwalks are, or pretend to be, gangling adolescents.”
Ghosts Of A Chance
“These are boom times for celebrity authors and the ghostwriters who, in most cases, stand in their shadows. The growth of celebrity fiction in both the adult and children’s markets has led to a wider acknowledgement of the ghostwriter, who has partially come in from the cold; celebrities, their publishers and those who buy their books are quite knowingly and willingly colluding in a kind of illusion.”
Video Games Proving A Boost To Music Industry
Downloadable tunes for music-based games “Guitar Hero,” “Rock Band” and “SingStar” have become as vital as iTunes itself — and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.
Why Musicals Swamp Plays In The West End
“It’s true that London has something very special to offer; it is the theatre capital of the entire world. But the variety on offer in the West End is being completely eroded. The reason for that is marketing and the ways that these enormous musicals are promoted; televising the casting of musicals is having a great impact on straight theatre, because we just can’t use those sorts of gimmicks to sell tickets. The length of runs is also problematic.”
These Tonys Looked Much More Like America
“In one of the fastest-paced, happiest Tony shows in memory, what stood out was how, in conclusion to a troubled season, the theater’s most commercial awards looked for once a lot like the viewers watching it across the nation.”
Study: Average Teen’s MP3 Player Filled With Illegal Music
“Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people’s music ownership has found.”
Why Everyone Hates The Tonys
“While it’s true that corny, old-fashioned song and dance is enjoying a resurgence thanks to “High School Musical,” that phenomenon has nothing to do with the Great White Way. For kids with a throbbing thing for Zac Efron, I suspect the Tonys is a square, graying old dame, like spending an evening with the school librarian.”
Bill Rauch’s New Vision For Ashland
“The director has removed many familiar faces from the acting and directing company and taken the repertory in bold new directions at this 73-year-old festival, one of the nation’s longest-running and largest repertory companies.”