“A dinosaur is a muse, then. To contemplate a dinosaur is to slip from the present, to travel in time, deep into the past, to see the Earth as it was tens, if not hundreds, of millions of years ago, when the continents were nearer, when the forests and oceans teemed with strange plants and creatures. In childhood, the mind is alive to the thrill of that perspective shift.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Is Print Theatre Coverage Dead – And If It Is, Should We Be Worried About That?
“It’s sad, but the truth is, it’s not where the audience is. The relationship with the tabloids has been fun and symbiotic, but audiences don’t read papers anymore. We’re pitching online. Even the most unsophisticated Broadway theatergoers are sophisticated online users.”
Matthew Bourne: Why Should The Dance World Be So Snobby About Reality TV?
“A few years back ballet was on the way down as an art form. There was a book written about it by Jennifer Homans, and she made this statement that ballet is dead. Everyone got a little upset. But in a sense she was on to something. Since then things have changed.”
Indie Comics Want In On The TV Show And Movie Action
“‘We are not really a comics company,’ Mr. Richardson said. ‘We are a content company, and we have a great content engine.'”
The High-Wire Walker Who Has A Plan To Take Over The Entertainment World
“He has to pause and kneel on the wire several times, his monitor and headset mic keep slipping off his ear — of all the things that could kill him right now, indulging in light banter has shot to the top of the list.”
The Earliest Photos Of Ancient Palmyra, Long Before ISIS Destroyed Much Of It
“The images were taken by French naval officer Louis Vignes during his journey through the area in 1864. Vignes was trained in photography by the renowned Charles Nègre, an early pioneer in the form. And it was Nègre who created the extraordinarily well-preserved prints — which capture Palmyra’s remarkable architecture.”
The Lawyer Who Defends Brooklyn’s Underground Arts Scene
“I see the potential in my clients. They are becoming very well-respected brands. I think the other attorneys who are working in entertainment might have vast experience in the world, but they’re not from the same generation, whereas I am my clientele. The demographic I’m involved in is who I am as a person.”
Toni Morrison Reads The (Print) New York Times With A Pencil To Correct And Comment
“The exercise would seem fitting for the former Random House editor, but it’s really a response to what she perceives as the media becoming more ‘manipulative’ with words.”
Henning Mankell, Who Made Scandinavian Noir Big With His Wallender Series, Dies At 67
“Mr. Mankell, whose grandfather was a composer, passed on his love of classical music to his famous detective. Wallander spends many lonely nights listening to Mozart operas or walking the windswept beaches of Ystad with his dog, Jussi — named after Jussi Bjorling, the great Swedish tenor.”
St. Ann’s Warehouse Gets A Permanent Home
“The pliancy of the space was essential to Ms. Feldman — keeping the Civil War-era warehouse wide open, using curtains to adjust the stage into different shapes and sizes. ‘We wanted to recreate that same flexibility that seemed to be the thing that made St. Ann’s useful for the last 36 years in New York,’ Ms. Feldman said.”