“In just three and a half weeks, workers here built one of the world’s largest cultural performance spaces inside an abandoned power plant. There are stages for theater, dance and music, as well as multiple art galleries and a high-end French restaurant. And after 17 days, they’re going to tear it all down.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Hollywood, Why Are You So Ignorant About Girls?
“There’s a silver lining to all this: With more alternative forms of film and TV release available, there are myriad options to showcase independent work. To compete in the children’s movie market, big studios may need an action-adventure spectacle with merchandise; but HBO and Netflix could do for children’s programming what they’ve already done for grown-up shows.”
The NYT On The Tonys: ‘CBS Did About What You’d Expect’
“The appeal for tolerance and the salute to the inclusiveness of the theater community fit seamlessly into a broadcast that promoted the diversity of the Tony field in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite. (Though when the camera ventured into the orchestra seats of the Beacon, the hashtag could have been #AudienceSoWhite.)”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 06.12.16
Let’s Change to The Positive At the Met–Something “Divine”
Flash back to 1984, and to this excerpt from an article–no, a brief, really, which in itself says something–in The New York Times: Also of interest this week: ”The Flame and the Lotus: Indian and… …read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2016-06-12
Sunday With Adams And Shorter
This morning’s cycling expedition took me across a freeway overpass whose height allowed a perfect view of Mount Adams sixty miles to the southwest. When I decided to share it with you, I wondered what… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-06-12
Once Upon a Time. . .
American Ballet Theater mounts Alexei Ratmansky’s The Golden Cockerel. It occasionally happens that a ballet from another era comes to us tangled in its own history, even as it tries to make sense of… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-06-11
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The Tonys: Who Won, Who Cried, Who Told Their Story?
“First-time Tonys host James Corden began the night with a message for the Orlando victims: ‘Your tragedy is our tragedy. Theater is a place where every race, creed, sexuality, and gender is equal, embraced, and loved. Hate will never win.'”
Hamilton Is Too Expensive For The 99 Percent, But Broadway Has Some Less Expensive Alternatives
“Start off by figuring that if you have a reasonable life expectancy, you can wait for ‘Hamilton’ ticket prices to settle and sink. (This is not, contrary to what you might think, a star-driven show.)”
When A Nonfiction Book Goes Rogue (And Becomes A Novel)
“The process of editing was so different as well, because when I’m writing my nonfiction books I’m quite open to it, but of course it’s very different when it’s a story that you’ve invented. When someone’s saying: “I’m not quite sure why”, you think: do I want to clarify that or is that telling me that I need to deepen the mystery around it?”
Here Are A Few (Hamil)Tony Live Coverage To Follow
There’s Playbill, of course, and here are more:
The Broadway Black Twitter account
And here, Heavy.com shows you how to watch the Tonys for free online (though basically, Twitter can easily fill you in on anything at all).
Why It Matters (Remember The Bush Years?) That The Dixie Chicks Are Touring Again
“The rise and fall of the Dixie Chicks, with its extreme highs and lows, seems practically scripted for maximum drama.”
Artist Francoise Gilot On Her Life, Her Art, And Her Time With Picasso
“For most of her life, Gilot has been waiting for the world to catch up with her. She has always pointed out that it does her a great disservice as an artist to identify her as ‘Picasso’s lover’ or ‘a friend of Matisse’.”