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Can We Even Call This Thing ‘Television’ Anymore?

“The soul of television has escaped the box, and is now flowing and taking on a whole range of different shapes, each with its own unique characteristics.”

A 21st Century Version Of A Blockbuster 18th Century Shakespeare Museum

“The three-room Shakespeare Gallery, opened by the publisher John Boydell in 1789 on the fashionable Pall Mall in London, closed in 1805. In its day, it was a sensation, attracting emotional crowds who came to gawk at enormous canvases depicting scenes from Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies and history plays, commissioned from Britain’s leading painters and hung cheek by jowl on the pale blue walls. ‘It was the Georgian equivalent of binge-watching Shakespeare,’ said Janine Barchas, an English professor who led the project.”

Congress Is Investigating Private ‘Museums’ That Get Tax Breaks But – Sometimes – Don’t Actually Let The Public In

“Museum lovers rely on the benevolence of elite collectors who give their artworks and collections up for public consumption. The law encourages collectors to give to museums. What concerns Congress is the prospect of tax shelters that do little more than flatter wealthy collectors.”

A Modern Issue, Unfortunately: Archiving Public Grief

“‘We need to leave some of the objects, and at the same time, we need to make room for the sidewalk, sometimes even the road, so that life can go on,’ said Guillaume Nahon, director of the Paris archives. ‘It’s a day-to-day process, and a contradictory one too, because these memorials are supposed to be ephemeral, but people still need a place to mourn for now.'”

The Australian Ballet’s Director Talks About The Hidden Side Of Sydney

“When you go up Argyle Street and there’s that big arch, you feel like you’re taking a step back in time. There’s a real sense of history there. I like when you’re off the tourist path and there are these beautiful old terrace houses.”

Should Legacy Groups Like The Hartford Symphony Learn To Innovate?

“Is this folly as Rome burns? The symphony is bleeding $1.3 million a year and nearing the end of its cash reserves. It’s asking for pay concessions from the musicians’ union, which is, to say the least, not thrilled with this new digital scheme, as some musicians fear it could divert money or devalue their skills.”

A Tale Of Two Sculpture Groups, And Two Public Art Fates, From Philadelphia

“Both sets were fabricated from terra cotta, so this becomes a tale of two castings: one set preserved and cared for, the other ignored and lost until found in the most unlikely circumstances.”

‘Harry Potter’ Sequel Play Has A Cast, And A Surprise To Some

“In the films, Hermione was played by Emma Watson, a white woman, but [Noma] Dumezweni’s casting continues a tradition of imagining the character as a woman of color — her race isn’t specified in the novels and her status as ‘Mudblood’ in the wizarding world puts her in a similar position to many marginalized people in white institutions today.”

Detroit Is An Underappreciated Theatre Town

“I have found an artistic home in Detroit as it has launched my professional theatre career in many ways. It is the first place I was paid to act, direct, and write. Without Detroit, I would probably still be in SoCal working at the YMCA, and hoping for a big break … or any break.”

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