“The 340-ton boulder — still shrink-wrapped, lighted with string lights and resting in a steel sling on its custom transporter — pulled up to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at exactly 4:25 a.m., as planned.” More than 500 people were waiting for it and cheering it on.
Author: ArtsJournal2
So You Want To Revise That Famous Musical Or Opera? Follow These Rules
Stephen Sondheim has a few words for would-be revisers – and some of those words aren’t so nice.
Leaving A Theatrical Legacy – With Cash (£200,000 Of Cash)
The former assistant director in North Yorkshire’s Georgian Theatre Royal dies, but goes on caring for his theatre.
Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Goes Dark, Permanently
“The company said Friday that its operation of the 655-seat theatre, adjacent to the much larger Queen Elizabeth Theatre, has built up a debt exceeding $900,000, a spokesman said in announcing the closure Friday.”
What’s In A Domain Name? (Aside From Money)
Writer Delia Ephron’s domain name goes mysterious – and it takes an international effort to even think about getting it back.
She Doesn’t Precisely Sleep With Shakespeare, But She Is Enamoured
The founder and director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater sure does love her man – maybe because she fell for him in middle school.
Chicagoans: Not Shy About Anything, Including The City’s Culture
The city of Chicago invited its citizens to speak out about the city’s cultural plan – and then stood in shock as thousands of people with ideas both crazy and brilliant packed the open meetings.
Restringing The Violin With Spider Gut, Or Rather, Spiderweb
“The strings are said to have a ‘soft and profound timbre’ relative to traditional gut or steel strings. That may arise from the way the strings are twisted.”
Random House Wants To Screw Libraries On E-Books; Libraries Fight Back
Random House might be one of the only big publishing houses in the U.S. to offer e-books at libraries, but that doesn’t make it a saint. In the face of steep price increases for e-book access, librarians fight back.
To Make Good Art, Be Ready To Make Bad Art (In Another Field)
When a playwright gets stuck: “I listen to jazz, particularly new artists I’m not familiar with. I watch films I’ve never seen before. I go to museums. I read science or history. But if I really want to shake the dust off my soul and reinvigorate myself creatively, I don’t just consume culture, I make some: not theater, mind you, but anything else.”