“The question for arts journalism is, what is the role of the critic in contemporary society?” Charles Whitaker said. “Critics are no longer the influential arbiters of taste that they once were. People are turning to Facebook and their friends to determine where to spend their arts dollars. The role of the critic has been democratized by the fact that everyone has an opportunity to be an influencer, via their own media channels.”
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Justin Davidson’s Brilliant Personal History Of New York’s New Music Scene
“I sometimes wonder why New York still has a new music scene at all, now that composers can go hunting for influences by meandering through YouTube and form a social circle on Twitter. And yet they continue to rely on the happenstance and physical proximity that only a major city can provide. Many do what they must to live here, others pay the electric bill in other states or countries but keep converging here. In music, New York is finally living up to its reputation for globalism, transience, and cosmopolitanism.”
Fired Author Steven Galloway Wins Award From University, But Says His Career Is Ruined
While he takes responsibility for certain actions that preceded his firing as the chair of the University of British Columbia’s creative writing department, the acclaimed author also believes that what happened to him is unconscionable – not just the abysmal, ham-fisted way in which he believes the university handled the allegations levelled against him, but also the fact that charges he’s insisted all along were groundless have left his reputation in ruins.
Two Moscow Theatre Rebels Who Remade The Art In Moscow, And Attacked Putin Relentlessly, Have Died
Playwrights Mikhail Ugarov and Elena Gremina were unhappy with the state of Russian theatre in the early 2000s. Then they went to London. There, “they learned about documentary theater — the use of interviews, oral history and journalistic sources to create works for the stage. Ms. Gremina and Mr. Ugarov embraced the technique, brought it to Moscow and in 2002 established Teatr.doc, a theater company that presented shockingly raw accounts of life in post-Soviet Russia.”
This Principal Dancer At ABT Has A Hugely Popular Podcast About Dance And Being A Drag Queen
James Whiteside, who’s also a pop singer, creates the podcast The Stage Rightside. It’s “one of the most unabashed glimpses behind the curtain of a major American ballet company. During the American Ballet Theatre’s spring performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, Whiteside took listeners backstage as he dove into the ballet season, training an equal spotlight on dancers and those who do not necessarily perform, but are in the dance company.”
Picasso And War Photographer David Douglas Duncan Has Died At 102
Duncan, who had lived near Cannes since the 1960s, “became close to Picasso, gaining rare access and capturing the Spanish artist in relaxed and playful poses at his home and studio, with one of the most emblematic showing him eating a fish clean off the bone in his kitchen.”
What’s Up With Chorus Members Not Being Eligible For Tonys?
Ironically, in the musical devoted to their lives – A Chorus Line, of course – there often is no chorus. But Actors Equity wants to change what chorus members can achieve: “It’s petitioning the Tony administration committee to consider awards for not only choruses, but their counterparts in plays, known as ensembles.”
The Roving Pops Conductor Who Says He Likes Bringing Music To The People
Stuart Chafetz says that while classical fans came because of the orchestra itself, pops fans had a different goal. “‘They were coming for the Bee Gees, or they were coming for Randy Newman, or they were coming for Jurassic Park,’ Chafetz said. ‘I often ask, ‘First time to the symphony, round of applause.’ The whole place erupted, and I thought: ‘There’s something here. … You know, this is my mission.’'”
It’s 2018, And TV Shows Are Still Having Some Trouble Figuring Out How To Portray Abortion
Well, not all of them – East Los High, on Hulu, has had several discussions and storylines on the show, and then there’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and a few others. Perhaps things are changing though: “I’m not sad that Time’s Up is happening and that Me Too is happening, that we’re talking about consent. … It certainly was great in that it started a conversation about female sex and pleasure.”
Parkland Students Show Up To Perform A Surprise Song At The Tonys After Their Drama Teacher Gets An Award
And they brought the house down: “Ms. Herzfeld’s students surprised the audience, singing an emotional rendition of ‘Seasons of Love,’ from the musical Rent. They received a standing ovation, and left some in the crowd in tears.”