“What’s interesting about this piece more than anything for me has been — obviously, I’m not at the beginning of my career, I’m at the end of it. I’m looking at this more as an actor discovering something. It’s an amalgamation of 20 years of dancing.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Prizewinning Writer Says African Authors Must Diversify – And Publish Their Own Journals – To Survive
“We have to be persistent even with little resources because there are so many stories to tell and no one else to tell them.”
A Violinist In Exile, In Germany [VIDEO]
“The Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music was renowned throughout the Middle East. But when war broke out many of its members had to flee.”
Keeping Low-Income Students In College Requires More Than Just Financial Aid
“While nearly 75 percent of respondents said their school had some sort of emergency-aid program, most also said that need outpaces resources, and few actually use data to figure out which students are most at risk of quitting, in part because they’re already overwhelmed by requests.”
You Can Still Watch The ‘Hamilton’ Original Cast Final Curtain Call
“As the crowd gave the cast a standing ovation, the four departing actors hit center stage and bowed to fans. Then, as the orchestra played the theme from The West Wing, Miranda himself grabbed the spotlight alone, and nodded to the audience one last time.”
Saying Goodbye To Lin-Manuel Miranda As ‘Hamilton’
“Despite the rain, many people were reluctant to leave, greeting other cast members at the stage door and holding out for another possible appearance by Mr. Miranda. Inside, he had gotten his hair cut, now that he no longer needed to keep it long for the role.”
Kids And Teenagers Can Make Startlingly Good Theatre – If Only They Have The Chance
“Like women on Reclaim the Night marches, the mere presence of these girls on stage reminds us that it is not women’s freedom (to be themselves, to dress as they want) that should be curtailed, but rather the prurient way that they are perceived. What’s required is a shift in perception: a piece of hair twirled or teeth biting a lip is not an invitation to something else.”
The Large-Scale Trolling Of The Berlin Biennale
“Their plan to embody and exacerbate the present (DIS calls our period ‘post-contemporary’) is a funeral with neither corpse nor mourners: the curators deliver, under the sign of a provocative ‘re-presentation’ without expertise, an ultimately inaccurate, homogenised and universalist account of what our epoch entails, such that their embodied present is virtually meaningless.”
The Bizarrely Wonderful Universe Of Subversive Garfield Hacks
“That same tabby whose suction-cupped paws once graced the windows of family station wagons across the nation has also spawned a very odd subculture — one that draws from the worlds of avant-garde art, complex mathematics, and deliberate stupidity.”
The Woman Who Put L.A. On The Art Map
“The events helped fuse a young and geographically disconnected L.A. art scene. And debauchery unfurled on a grand scale. Guests would stream out to their cars the next day, wincing in the early-morning sunlight; others would stay for weeks on end, until the next party blossomed.”