“The highly anticipated Off Broadway production of the musical American Psycho has been canceled after the show’s commercial backers pulled the rights from Second Stage Theater … No explanation was given.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Small Philadelphia Museum Losing Big Maurice Sendak Collection
“Nearly half a century ago, the Rosenbach Museum and Library began building a relationship with the young author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who very quickly started using [it] as a repository for his original drawings, manuscripts, proofs, and rare editions. Through the years the numbers mounted, and today about 10,000 items of Sendakiana … fill the Rosenbach – the museum’s best calling card with generations that grew up with his books. But now that card is being recalled.”
Budget Cuts For All Arts Orgs In Northern Ireland (Though They Could Be Worse)
“Belfast’s Lyric Theatre, Grand Opera House and Ulster Orchestra are among the 31 arts organisations that will receive a cut of at least 2.3% this autumn from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the funding body has confirmed today. The ACNI said the decision” – the result of a mid-year budget cut from the provincial government – “would mainly impact on education and outreach programmes.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.15.14
What is this thing called meaning?
AJBlog: We The Audience | Published 2014-09-15
Answer to the Ever-Present False Dichotomy About Museums
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-09-16
The revolution will not be staged
AJBlog: Performance Monkey | Published 2014-09-15
Adoring the impossible
AJBlog: About Last Night | Published 2014-09-15
Meet the Smithsonian’s Incoming Secretary: Jazz Flutist David Skorton (with video)
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-09-15
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The Notorious Million-Word Novel Is Now Finished
“Comics legend Alan Moore has finished the first draft of his second novel, Jerusalem – and it runs to more than 1m words. His daughter, Leah Moore, made the announcement on Facebook on Tuesday, adding with a wink that ‘now there’s just the small matter of copy editing’.”
27 Writers On Whether Or Not To Get Your MFA
“It’s [a conversation] that we should be having, considering the explosion of the MFA in the past 40 years: from a mere 79 programs in 1979 to 854 today.”
Stonehenge – There’s Lots More Of It Underground, Say Scientists
“An astonishing complex of ancient monuments, buildings, and barrows has lain hidden and unsuspected beneath the Stonehenge area for thousands of years. Scientists discovered the site using sophisticated techniques to see underground.”
Bucket Lists: “The YOLO-ization Of Cultural Experience”
Rebecca Mead: “As popularly conceived, however, the bucket list … partakes of a commodification of cultural experience, in which every expedition made, and every artwork encountered, is reduced to an item on a checklist to be got through, rather than being worthy of repeated or extended engagement.”
San Francisco Opera Signs Contract With Orchestra – And No Acrimony!
“With a minimum of strife or public posturing, members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra have ratified a new contract with the company that provides the musicians with annual raises of 3 percent a year for the next four years … [and] changes to the musicians’ health coverage that are expected to save the company $300,000 to $400,000 annually.”
Why Justin Peck Is The New It-Boy Ballet Choreographer
“Peck stands apart for his ability to channel an almost conservative approach to ballet through an athletic idiom that’s easy for newcomers to appreciate.” Says New York City Ballet ballet master in chief Peter Martins, “He’s willing to break the rules but stay within the classical vocabulary.”