“But when you’re young, gifted, gay and black and the theatrical world is toasting you as the next great one, it makes sense to proceed with caution. You never know when the fickle star-making gods will turn on you.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Teenager From Alaska Who’s Studying At The Bolshoi
“Though she noted that the academy feels both sheltered and separate from the Bolshoi company, she and her family are far from ignorant of the current political situation not only in Russia but at the Bolshoi.”
Apparently, Martin Amis’ German And French Publishers Don’t Want His WWII Novel
“Amis went on to say that he felt the publisher had failed to understand the main character in the novel.”
Hey, Artists And Sportsters, Native People Called – They Want Their Imagery Back
“Another body of artwork out there — produced by Native American artists and entrepreneurs — asserts ownership over the images associated with their culture.”
How Virginia Woolf Invented Modern Literature (And The Contemporary Essay Too)
“Her drive to observe her own perception, to take an ice-core sample of an instant, or of a day, or of a memory, is at heart a restorative gesture in the face of her era’s intensified speed, instability, and violence.”
Why Is ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Still So Incredibly Popular?
“Rarely offstage, rarely on hiatus, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ has already been back on Broadway for four revivals, played London’s West End four times and remains among Broadway’s 16 longest-running shows ever.”
The Academy Plans To Recognize Miyazaki, Whether Or Not He’s Really Quitting Films
“Miyazaki is the first Japanese filmmaker to receive a lifetime achievement award from the organization since 1990.”
Will Self Declares George Orwell ‘A Literary Mediocrity’
“It’s this prose style that has made Orwell the Supreme Mediocrity – and like all long-lasting leaders, he has an ideology to justify his rule.”
Will Our Digital Future Be Virtual – Or Integrated?
“Interfaces will migrate away from our handheld devices to hard surfaces like walls, countertops or even products themselves, making it possible to access information through gestures or spoken commands.”
The San Diego Opera Downsizes, But, More Importantly, Survives
“The rise-from-the-dead drama that has unfolded here is being applauded as a hopeful sign in what has otherwise been a decidedly dispiriting stretch for opera, what with the closing of New York City Opera and the bitter labor battle that was recently resolved at the Metropolitan Opera.”