“Dancer Daniel Curry, an Equity member, was taken to Bellevue Hospital after his leg became trapped in a hydraulic stage lift.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Rise Of The Author-Performer (You Know, Like David Sedaris)
“The desire for readers to see their favourite authors perform relates to the rise of social media – the accessibility of authors on sites such as Twitter leading to a desire among readers to meet them in person.”
Charges Against Johns’ Assistant Reverberate In The Art World
James Meyer “stumbled into a position with Mr. Johns that lasted 27 years. During that time, he also tried to make his own name as an artist with works whose influences included suburbia and Dostoyevsky filtered through the techniques and sensibilities of Mr. Johns.”
John Whitworth, 91, Who Brought The High Male Voice Back To The Modern World
The countertenor voice “had disappeared from British concert life for the two centuries between the age of Handel and the mid-1940s, when Michael Tippett enlisted the Canterbury Cathedral singer Alfred Deller for his revival of the music of Henry Purcell. By the 1950s, John, too, was a soloist, sometimes appearing alongside Deller.”
When The School Districts Bow Out Of Arts Ed, Local Groups Fill In
“We used to choose the content and say this is what’s good for you and do you want to come and hear the concerts. Now it’s a two-way street. We adjusted everything to make sure we support the curriculum teachers are delivering.”
Dramatically Altering The Way Women Sound, In Hollywood And Beyond
“Our heroine transformed into an It Girl, demonstrating vocal exercises on Conan and doing an interview for The New Yorker in a sauna. Along the way, she’s inspiring a generation of women to stop talking like sexy babies, and raising the percentage of films directed by women a few precious points.”
What’s It Like Writing A Memoir When You’re Almost 90 And You’ve Broken Your Back?
“Five years ago, the [then 85-year-old] author Emma Smith decided she wasn’t going to write any more.” But then she got taken out to lunch … and persuaded.
How Can Theatre Artists Incorporate Tech – And Prosper?
“Theater is just one kind of storytelling technology, and it’s been losing market share steadily for a century. We artists have all sorts of digital tools we can play with now. And if we want to be prosperous, like Erol, we really ought to play with them more.”
How Bloomberg Shaped New York (For Good, Bad, And More)
Want to see how much Bloomberg’s policies reshaped the city during his tenure as mayor? This interactive shows and tells about new buildings, bike lanes, gentrification – and more.
What’s The Problem With Losing Theatre Critics (Or Well-Paid Factory Workers, Either)?
“I worry for the young journalists who should be ramping up to take my place. The new managerial passion to minimize payroll puts them in a permanent limbo, at least until people discover ways to make the Internet a paying market for writers who can think deeply about a subject. Just now the Web is all about breadth, not depth.”