Philadelphia mayor John Street says “arts and culture groups in the region need a new revenue stream that he estimates would be between $50 million and $100 million each year, and he is working quietly on a mechanism for putting that funding in place.”
Tag: 02.03.05
A New Direction For BBC Orchestra?
Jiri Belohlavek on what he wants to accomplish as new director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra: “I came to the evaluation that I can offer a focus on the mainstream repertoire, the mastery of playing, sound quality and ensemble playing, qualities that I have focused on over a career of more than 25 years. And I will have a colleague who is focused on contemporary music. But we will not be putting up artificial borders, so that he does only Steve Reich and I do only Beethoven.”
The Oscar Movies Much Of America Can’t See
“The inability of moviegoers beyond both coasts to see this year’s Oscar-nominated films has been a thorny issue for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sponsor of the Academy Awards, and never more so than this year. Film companies have increasingly chosen to let their Oscar prospects trickle into the marketplace, letting the awards hoopla build before they risk advertising dollars on a wider market. ‘It’s a money-driven situation. ‘We’re able to distribute the pictures where we can get box office’.”
West End: TV Guide At The Theatre
“Films have become bankable entities in the West End, sure-fire brands ripe for conversion into hot-ticket shows. It’s hard not to confuse today’s theatre listings with a Christmas TV guide: here are Mary Poppins, The Producers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Saturday Night Fever, Grand Hotel and The Lion King. Even “difficult” movies are getting the treatment.”
A Theatre Plan To Help Scottish Opera
“Glasgow City Council meets next week to consider a financial package to pass control of the Theatre Royal to the Ambassador Theatre Group, one of the UK’s largest stage entertainment companies. The complex deal is designed to rid Scottish Opera, which currently owns the building, of the heavy burden of maintaining it. But it also promises to bring high-profile touring works to Glasgow.”
What Contemporary Art In New York Looks Like
A team of curators has been tramping all over New York for the past twn months looking for art that represents the city. “From more than 2,400 submissions, museum directors and curators will choose the work of 175 artists who they say best capture the city’s contemporary art scene for “Greater New York 2005,” a giant survey show opening on March 13 at P.S. 1. For curators, the studio forays are an exercise in discovery – a chance to break away from the routine of organizing exhibitions by proven names. For the artists, they are a nail-biting exercise, not unlike a callback audition for an Off Broadway production.”