It’s not just because it’s a picture of a naked lady, because there are plenty of those.
Author: Matthew Westphal
How Do You Get Ticket Pricing Right When You Know It’s Not Just About Maximizing Revenue?
“Premium tickets for Broadway shows can cost north of $200. Adjusting for inflation, the $25 ticket in 1984 should cost only about $58 today. Something is not sufficiently aligned. The questions I often ponder are: How do high ticket prices limit accessibility? How much profit is profitable?” Marshall Jones III, producing artistic director of the Tony-winning African-American troupe Crossroads Theatre Company, discusses the ways he and some of his colleagues have addressed this issue.
‘Creative Hubs’ May Be The Thing Every City Wants, But They’re ‘Still Largely Misunderstood And Undervalued’, Says Report
“The British Council report, ‘Creative Hubs: Understanding the New Economy’, finds the tendency to conflate creative hubs with cultural quarters, clusters of economic activity and creative zones ‘unhelpful’.”
Jens Risom, Who Brought Scandinavian Design To The U.S., Dead At 100
“His most famous design emerged out of material restrictions imposed during World War II: The 1943 Risom Lounge Chair originally had a curved frame made from wood scraps and a seat and back woven out of a parachute producer’s rejected nylon straps.”
The Only Black Dancer In Tel Aviv Comes Home To Brooklyn
Shamel Pitts had spent seven years with Batsheva, Israel’s most famous dance company, when he created a solo work to a spoken-word soundtrack he assembled and recorded himself. A director friend of his filmed the work, and now Pitts is back in New York, touring the film and live show around the Western Hemisphere.
Is This The World’s Coolest New Library?
Inside, there’s the collection of books, a center for city government services,
a computer center, a cafe, lecture halls, playgrounds, and an interactive floor; outside, there’s an even bigger playground and a giant tubular bell that rings every time a baby is born in town. Down below is a parking lot run by robots.
Actress Michèle Morgan, 96, Legend Of French Cinema
She gave her star-making performance in Le Quai des Brumes at age 18, went to Hollywood at 22 (where “RKO didn’t know what to do with me”), returned to France after World War II and became the first-ever best actress winner at Cannes.
A ‘Massively Good Settlement’: UK Equity Negotiates Healthy Raise For Actors, Stage Managers
“Wages for actors and stage managers working in subsidised repertory theatre are expected to increase by £50 per week, under what Equity is calling a ‘massively good settlement’. The union estimates that the new agreement could result in ‘at least’ an additional £1 million going into members’ pockets by 2019.”
This Is The Closest We Earthlings Will Come To Encountering Intelligent Aliens
“An encounter with an octopus can sometimes leave you with the strong feeling that you’ve encountered another mind. But that mind – if mind it is – has evolved along a route entirely different from the one that led to our own. The most-recent common ancestors of humans and octopuses lived about 600 million years ago, early in the evolution of animal life.”
Why Should Sexual Assault Allegations Against Nate Parker Sink His ‘Birth Of A Nation’ While The Ones Against Casey Affleck Don’t Affect ‘Manchester By The Sea’?
Michael Schulman wonders if the Academy voters don’t need their own rabbi or ethicist.