“When he’s not busy, he’ll get his band together for the very loose, improvised three-hour show at an L.A. club called Rockwell. ‘So we have a kind of hootenanny, or be-in, or some kind of a jam session is what they call it,’ Goldblum says, ‘and people seem to enjoy it.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Theatres Owe A Big Thank-you To The Churches That Host Them
“The idea of sticking a theater inside a church or synagogue offers benefits for both sides. Impecunious theaters get cheap space (often in prime locations) and can avoid a whole variety of licensing and other costs by producing within the footprint of a church. Many churches have more space than they need … and arts groups bring in people who might just end up going to services.”
Without HBO’s ‘The Normal Heart,’ Would Any Millennial In The U.S. Remember AIDS?
“Here’s a story about a people, against all odds, when no one seemed to care, who came together, to save their lives.”
The Groundlings At 40: Still Making Los Angeles A Comedy Hotbed
“Students work through five levels over roughly five years before gaining a shot at joining the Sunday company, which itself is a steppingstone to being a Groundling. Only the best are voted in. Though close to 1,000 students are enrolled in the program, there are only 30 Groundlings at any one time — and they write and perform without pay while collectively serving as the company’s artistic director.”
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Want To Binge-Watch Faster? Now You Can
“It might take some time getting used to it, but it’s like you earn ‘extra free time’ to do other activities.”
Should Playwrights Be Nicer To Audiences?
“Nobody intends to drive audiences away, and one of the problems with theatre is that while nobody sets out to make work that is just so-so, an awful lot of that which ends up on our stages is exactly that.”
People Told Artist Bill Viola That Video Would Never Catch On (Oops)
“One line of complaint can be boiled down to the assessment of a critic at the time of the National Gallery The Passions that Viola is ‘a master of overblown, big-budget, crowd-pleasing, tear-jerking hocus-pocus and religiosity.'”
We Can Use Smartphones To Connect More Fully With Each Other – And Ourselves
“The phone has partly taken over the role of the baby blanket as a transitional object mediating between the self and the world.”
E-Readers Are Perfect For Those Who Actually Love Books, Says Author
“The e-reader certainly sorts out the sheep from the goats, and divides those who need to read from those who like to turn the pages.”