“We are at the mercy of prosecutorial and judicial discretion to avoid the implementation of draconian laws that could implicate average Americans in a crime subject to up to a $500,000 fine and up to five years in prison.”
Month: January 2013
Massive Shifts In The Way Theatre Deals With Young People
“Now, participation is far more open, an artist or a theater can be an individual member of the international association, or you can participate through networks of researchers or playwrights. In the future, people will have far greater choice.”
The City Of Westminster (That Is, London) Joins The Arts Funding Carnage
The funding slash would include cutting out programs at Soho Theatre – and the English National Ballet.
Honing Your International Art English
“If you’ve been to see contemporary art in the last three decades, you will probably be familiar with the feelings of bafflement, exhaustion or irritation that gallery prose provokes.”
Defining The ‘American Sound’
“Here we don’t have hundreds of years of classic music sensibilities limiting creativity. In fact, it is beneficial if you create something popular. After all, America is a capitalist society.”
London Olympics Designers Finally See Gag Order Lifted
“The architects of the highly visible Aquatics Centre and velodrome were among those who could not talk about their involvement.”
Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Biographer Of Puccini And Verdi, 86
“She conjured her subject’s life from her years of sifting through records in libraries, church registries, provincial town halls and family archives. The fruit of her labor, reviewers agreed, was a forthright portrait of a complex personality, set against the background of his renown as the composer of Rigoletto.”
‘Event Cinema’ Is The New Blockbuster In The U.K.
“La Bohème beat Gangster Squad into third place at the box office this month. And The Nutcracker came ahead of the latest Bond film, Skyfall, when it was shown last month.”
Is This (Sort Of) The Year Of The Female Director At Sundance?
Maybe, but those directors say “they are looking forward to a day when no one makes a big deal about how many women filmmakers there are at Sundance.”
Robert Silvers Fights (With Charm) For Long, Thoughtful, Serious Reviews
“Reviewers have a different calling from authors, he argues – being obliged above all to be ‘interesting’ – quoting Hardwick – about even the most apparently boring subjects.”