The big winners were the musical Come from Away, which won for new musical, the musical Company, and the play Inheritance, which won for new play. – The Stage (UK)
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Emmett Cohen Wins American Pianists Association Prize
Cohen, a 28-year-old jazz piano player, was a finalist the last time the prize focused on jazz – the prize alternates classical and jazz – but won this one after a 14-month process. – The New York Times
A Fed-Up Critic Calls For ‘Grown-Up’ Architecture
Rowan Moore has had it with some extremely popular designers. “I like things such as nuance, complexity, multiplicity and depth, in architecture as in other art forms. It seems obvious and fundamental to me that cities are made of multiple buildings playing off each other, not by autonomous objects. I also oppose a culture that invests little in the dignity and beauty of everyday places – streets, schools – but finds billions in its back pocket for corporate spectacle.” – The Observer (UK)
Mexican Women In Publishing Have Their Own MeToo Moment, And Movement
The women of publishing in Mexico have had it. In a joint statement published in LitHub, they say, “We will remain firm and united until machismo across cultural fields is no longer normalized. We are creating a counter-narrative for gender equality. We are rewriting the future.” – LitHub
City Of New York Places Artists-In-Residence At Social Service Agencies To Develop Art Around Social Issues
One, for instance, will be “working on a project that deals with unequal birth outcomes and maternal mortality for pregnant and parenting black people in the Bronx.” Says an assistant commissioner, “Artists can be creative problem-solvers.” Indeed. – The New York Times
Is English (Finally) Losing Its Grip On Pop Music?
As K-Pop and Spanish rappers start to climb the charts, the utter stranglehold of English over pop is starting to relax a little. “The idea that the [English-speaking] public would listen only if they understood the lyrics? Wrong, it turned out.” – The Guardian (UK)
A New Miniseries Sets Out To Right An Imbalance In Dance History
Is Bob Fosse one of your artistic heroes? Perhaps it’s time to join NPR host Scott Simon in letting go of that idea, in learning more about Gwen Verdon, and in understanding how creative partnerships work on Broadway and in the movies. The writer of Fosse/Verdon: “In our culture, there’s this obsession with the idea of the singular genius, and the auteur, and who created this film or who created this musical. And the truth is, it’s an army of people every time.” – The Atlantic
Here’s What Spotify Probably Should Know About Tencent Music
The Chinese media company is way more than “The Spotify of China” – it’s “a mash-up of music streaming and social networking, enabling users to listen to music, sing with friends, and buy digital merchandise.” Oh, and there’s a digital karaoke app too. – The Motley Fool
The Writers Guild Deadline Gets Extended To Friday
The extension came right before the original deadline of 12:01 am on April 7th, “after a Saturday afternoon meeting with a small group of talent agents, at which the agencies said that they would present proposals to the guild for a negotiated settlement and requested an extension. But the guild warned that the requested extension, 12:01 a.m. April 13, would be a ‘true deadline.'” – The Hollywood Reporter
A New York Club Founded In The 1970s By The Child Of Sharecroppers Is Still Going Strong
At the Sugar Hill Restaurant & Supper Club, owner Eddie Freeman and his family have seen every kind of music and dancing from disco to house music to whatever the white hipsters now gentrifying Bedford-Stuyvesant are into. “One thing has remained consistent throughout all of the renovations and changes in clientele: ‘The music makes you want to dance.'” – The New York Times