“Sony Pictures is planning a film adaptation of the Broadway musical … Tom Hanks and his producing partner Gary Goetzman will produce through their Playtone banner along with Paul Blake, the lead producer on Broadway.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Yiddish ‘Death of a Salesman’ Headed Off-Broadway
“An earlier version of Mr. Miller’s story centered on a salesman named not Loman, but Schoenzeit. An actor, Joseph Buloff, translated the play into Yiddish and put on a small production of his translation in Brooklyn in 1951, titled Toyt fun a Salesman. This new production hopes to draw and expand on Mr. Buloff’s.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.23.15
Dynamic pricing and market segmentation at the theatre (and the hospital)
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2015-03-23
Keep Talking About What Art Means
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-03-22
Crystal Bridges Reshuffles PostWar Galleries With 2014 Acquisitions
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-03-22
Spike Wilner On Playing For Listeners
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-03-23
An Arts Advocacy Conversation in Lynchburg, VA
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-03-23
An Arts Advocacy Conversation in Thayer, MO
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-03-23
An Arts Advocacy Day Conversation in Hartford, CT
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-03-23
An Arts Advocacy Conversation in Salt Lake City, UT
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-03-23
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Laughing At ISIS: Syrian Refugees Move From Fear Of Extremists To Video Mockery
“‘The entire world seems to be terrified of ISIS, so we want to laugh at them, expose their hypocrisy and show that their interpretation of Islam does not represent the overwhelming majority of Muslims,’ says Maen Watfe, 27. ‘The media, especially the western media, obsessively reproduce ISIS propaganda portraying them as strong and intimidating. We want to show their weaknesses.'”
A (Female) Bach Scholar Takes Down The Anna-Magdalena-Wrote-The-Cello-Suites Theory For Good
Ruth Tatlow: “My decision to undertake this analysis of Written by Mrs Bach was not taken lightly. I had to weigh up the pain of writing critically about the well-meant research effort of an acquaintance, against the temporary relief but longer-term discomfort of remaining silent. I offer this analysis in the hope that it might help clarify some of the confusions and defuse some of the widely-felt frustrations.” (pdf)
French Police Widen Net In Manuscripts Investigation
“The scandal in France involving manuscripts’ dealer Gérard Lhéritier and his company Aristophil is growing daily. Earlier this month, he was charged with fraud, money laundering, creating false accounts and embezzlement. Bail was set at €2m. … Experts have started to inventory the company’s huge collection of around 135,000 documents, and two legal firms have begun registering complaints from the company’s 18,000 clients.”
What Does Art Smell Like?
“Imagine you’re in an art gallery, studying a portrait with a red background. Does your interpretation of it change if you taste ketchup while you look? Or smell blood? Or both? Tate Sensorium, an upcoming exhibition at the London museum Tate Britain, is attempting to answer these questions by using interactive technology to experiment with how senses change the way people interpret visual art.”
The Top 10 Reasons To Support The Arts In 2015
Randy Cohen on his annual list: “Changes this year include updating #3 with the BEA’s new Arts in the GDP research, #8 to include a statement about the benefits of the arts in the military, and #10 includes the new Creative Industries data (now current as of January 2015).”
Arts Education And Cognition: A Caution And A Path Forward
“Trying to find causation between arts education and better academic performance within other disciplines is a bootless errand. I do not believe that it is an effective strategy for arts educators to justify our existence through the improvements the arts may or may not contribute to learning in other disciplines. So what do we do?” Peter Duffy offers some ideas.
A Rothschild Is Selling Two Rembrandts For €150M, Causing Controversy In France
The portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit were acquired in 1877 by Baron Gustave de Rothschild. Eric de Rothschild is putting them on the market, and the French government has granted an export license – making some art lovers in the country furious at both of them.