“The awards were for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions that opened during the 2015-16 season. Excluded was ‘Hamilton,’ which is up for a record-breaking 17 nominations at the Tony Awards on June 12 but originally opened during the 2014-15 season at the Public Theater Off Broadway. (It won seven Drama Desk Awards last year.)”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Can Maya Rudolph Make Variety Shows Cool Again?
“‘Maya and Marty,’ a collaboration with the producer Lorne Michaels, grew out of her successful 2014 NBC special ‘The Maya Rudolph Show,’ which drew 7.2 million viewers. Every week, the new show will feature a lineup of skits and celebrity guests. The first episode included Miley Cyrus, Larry David and Mr. Hanks and brought in 6.4 million viewers.”
Art Is Doomed (Says The Guardian’s Art Critic)
“The selfie age is a tragedy for art. … We now want paintings to deliver the same cheap and instant illusion of connection selfies do. To fit into this age of rampant populism, all art has to do is descend into this vacuum of deluded sociability.”
Even Ben Kingsley Is Calling For More Women To Direct Movies
Of course, it’s about how women can be useful to male actors: “I do feel that it is through the prism, the lens, the perspective of the female eye – the loving female eye – that a man is almost given permission to be vulnerable.”
Massive Plagiarism In The Age Of Self-Publishing
“The offending books often stay up for weeks or even months at a time before they’re detected, usually by an astute reader. For the authors, this intrusion goes beyond threatening their livelihood. Writing a novel is a form of creative expression, and having it stolen by someone else, many say, can feel like a personal violation.”
The Future Manchester That Never Came To Be
“I admire the chutzpah,. … Today, urban development lacks ambition. But you look at some of the st’ff from the 1960s, and you think: ‘Even if it didn’t work, these people were really going to do something, weren’t they?’ There was massive ambition there.”
This Painting Was Supposedly Wrecked ‘Beyond Repair,’ But Now It’s Restored
“A glowing landscape framing a tender scene of the Adoration of the Shepherds, by the Italian Renaissance master Sebastiano del Piombo, has re-emerged from three centuries of overpainting, attempts to solve the original disastrous decision to lift it off the 16th century wooden panel and transfer it to canvas.”
Uh-Oh: Movie Audiences May Be Tired Of Sequels
Or recent sequels – excepting “Captain America: Civil War” – may simply suck.
This Is The Guy Who Knows What Broadway Stars Like To Drink
“A few weeks ago, Mr. Estevez, 72, told the restaurant’s main owner, Max Klimavicius, that he was planning to retire. The word spread quickly, and during Mr. Estevez’s last shift, on Saturday, more than two dozen regulars gathered to wish him a fond, raucous goodbye.”
The Public Theater Has Had A String Of Hits, But Will That Last Next Season?
“What’s really impressive is the way the company, which was founded by Joseph Papp 62 years ago, has prospered artistically, doing fresh, challenging and entertaining work, while staying faithful to a mission to reflect the multicultural fabric of society. It should also be mentioned that the theater keeps a shrewd eye on the box office.”