“What’s not to like about a show in the early or late afternoon? Matinees are sometimes cheaper, frequently easier to secure a ticket for when a show is popular, and the transport options are often easier, too.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What’s Missing From Teen Movies Of The New Millennium? Class
“In the ‘80s and ‘90s, movies and television shows explored storylines on the fray. They were really weird and strangely lit with cryptic-speaking characters and alternative universes — they weren’t beige and unoffensive.”
Are Equity Actors In Los Angeles Afraid To Support A Minimum Wage?
“It’s difficult for them to get up and speak in front of people who may employ them if they feel they might not get employed if they speak the alternate view from what the producers feel. … They’re intimidated.”
Making A Living With Flamenco In Its Most Iconic City
“Juan Ramírez’s days begin and end with flamenco – the iconic, traditional form of folk music from Andalusia in Spain that emphasises percussive guitar, powerful singing, fierce dancing and, above all, potent emotion.”
Doing Theatre Alone, In The Dark: A Solo Performer Explains Why, And How
“Your incredibly important show about your Furby collection will be rubbish. Live a little before you ask us to pay money and/or attention.”
The Terrifying Neuroscience Of Love
“Though falling in love is associated with anxiety and stress, this state—in combination with the belief that there may be reciprocation—is also at times accompanied by intensely pleasant emotions. These emotions arise from an underlying brain chemistry that resembles those triggered by cocaine use.”
Is Capitalism Going To Kill Off Art?
“The rise of art as investment commodity for the ultra-wealthy does seem to distort the process of art-making and -selling for everyone else. A painting was sold last week for $300-million (U.S.), probably to the feudal sheikdom of Qatar; meanwhile across the board, artists’ real incomes are declining. It is rather confusing.”
What The L.A. Phil’s Youth Orchestra Does For The City (And The Musicians)
“YOLA was modeled after El Sistema, the Venezuelan program that supports more than 100 orchestras and has taught hundreds of thousands of students. The Phil’s leaders launched the program in part to help persuade Dudamel to sign on as conductor. Eight years later, it has become central to the L.A. Phil’s community outreach efforts — and a model for similar programs nationwide.”
Jonathan Franzen Is The Book Internet’s Favorite Villain For A Reason
“This idea Franzen posits that literature teaches us you’re not the ‘heroic figure you think of yourself as, that you might be the very dubious figure that other people think of you as’ is as deeply embedded in many big YA novels as it is in Munro stories. To say these books are simplistic is to mistake grandness, ease of narrative, and breathless pace for mere shallowness.”
These Engineers Made Us All Dream In (Techni-) Color
“New makeup had to be created because the makeup used in black-and-white films looked artificial.”