Many of the theatre’s founding investors in 1766 made that money directly from the city’s slave trade. The Old Vic’s artistic director: “The theatre is undeniably a part of the slave trade legacy in Bristol. … The building came out of that economic boom and I don’t think it is enough anymore to just assume that people then did not know the trade was wrong.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Anthony Bourdain Wins Six Posthumous Emmys
And here’s the list of everyone else who won Creative Arts Emmys. Saturday Night Live and the live presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar also did quite well.
Terry Crews’ Accused Abuser Is Finally Gone – And Crews Wants Hollywood To Listen Up About Sexual Assault
After Crews wrote tweets about being groped by an agent, he thought he’d be the one facing serious, possibly career-ending consequences. “‘The first thing I did when I came home after tweeting those tweets, I told my wife, ‘Hollywood is over. I think we may have to leave.’ That was the reality,’ the actor said. Still, he felt it was his duty to speak out. ‘Hopefully, me coming forward with my story will deter a predator and encourage someone who feels hopeless,’ he wrote at the time.”
Tito Capobianco, Longtime Director Of The Pittsburgh Opera, Has Died At 87
Capobianco was with the opera from 1983 to 2000. In that time, he “brought the company from an operating budget of $900,000 to $5 million, added an endowment of $6 million and founded the training program for young singers now known as the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists Program. He saw the move from Heinz Hall to the more spacious stage accommodations of Benedum Center. He introduced the use of supertitles by the company, and created the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, to replace the awkward scheduling required by the previous use of the Pittsburgh Symphony.”
What Happens When You Just Let Netflix Do Its Thing?
When you let the algorithm go in Netflix Roulette, things can get interesting. “No one could have predicted binge-watching, which means that once again reality has outstripped our wildest, grimmest imaginings.”
What’s It Like To Be A Screenwriter In The Superhero Biz?
That depends: Are you a woman? Then you’re one of a very few. Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who wrote the third Tomb Raider and has written the 2019 Captain Marvel, says that can be an issue. “I’ve had male directors tell me, ‘I just want her to be a normal girl,’ for their hero. … And that’s really depressing because what’s a normal girl? Have you met a normal girl?”
Amanda Kyle Williams, Mystery Writer, Has Died At 61
Williams was dyslexic but instead of getting tested, she was told she was lazy and stupid. She dropped out of school and got addicted to drugs – but when a psychologist gave her the learning disability diagnosis, her life changed. Then, “becoming fascinated by how the written word could convey a story, she went on to publish her first book at 28 and eventually landed a $1 million contract to write a mystery series about a tough female private investigator named Keye Street.”
Let’s Take These 15th Century Wooden Church Sculptures And Paint Them Neon, OK?
Said no one ever … except this woman in Spain, who gave Mary eyeliner and a bright pink headscarf, and who said, “I’m not a professional, but I always liked to do it, and the figures really needed to be painted. So I painted them as I could, with the colours that looked good to me, and the neighbours liked it.”
L’ubomir Gašpar’s Cimbal Project: Jazz At The Crossroads Festival
Jazz fusion from Slovakia on a sort of hammered dulcimer? Yes.
Alfonso Cuarón Wins The Golden Lion At The Venice Film Festival
That’s amid a festival crowded with male auteurs – and only one woman director, who won a prize and exhorted more women to direct movies.