“What came out of the discussion was the need for greater visibility; for East Asian actors to make their own opportunities through writing and production; for an end to tokenistic typecasting of East Asian actors as foreigners or Chinese takeaway servers and finally for greater access to training.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
A History Play That Investigates History Plays
“What’s the point of seeing a theatrical work when, because of politics, people are dying every day?”
Is This The Best We Can Do With The Internet?
“A future of frictionless, continuous shopping fits with Google’s vision for a world where we no longer need to search for anything, since we ourselves are perpetually monitored, with the relevant product or information sent to us based on perceived need.”
Yep, Even Literary Authors Are Now Embracing Ebooks
“There is no reason to think the printed book will be the defining literary format. I don’t want to be cautious any more. This is about changing the fundamentals. The worst that can happen is that it won’t work.”
One Actor’s Advice On Surviving SXSW (Hint: Breakfast Tacos)
“You can go for hours, from screenings to panels to parties, before you realize you’ve only had complimentary Lone Star Beer all day.”
Want To Know If Ballet Is ‘Elitist’? The Crowd Will Tell You
The blog Ballet News wanted to know what its fans thought about ballet and elitism, so it asked on Facebook.
LACMA Takeover Of MoCA Is A Good Business Deal
“If you were a wealthy major art collector, and for the price of one classic Jackson Pollock drip-painting or Andy Warhol’s 1963 silk-screen ‘Eight Elvises’ you could acquire a few billion dollars worth of art, including scores of incomparable and irreplaceable masterpieces, would you work to make the deal happen? Of course you would. And so would the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.”
Will The LACMA Takeover Of MoCA Work?
Almost everyone seems to be warming to the proposal in L.A., but “the big question is what Mr. Broad will do now.”
Making Music Work For A Deaf Audience
The sound box: “It was a buzz. It was vibrating, but I felt that when we were actually part of the orchestra, that was enhanced. And it was a weird, odd, fantastic and new experience.”
Vienna Philharmonic Will Publish Details Of Nazi Past
Historians commissioned by the Vienna Phil “are expected to reveal details of 13 musicians said to have been driven out of the orchestra because of their Jewish origins or their stance on Germany’s annexation of Austria. Five of the musicians died in concentration camps.”