“While the most recent critiques of ‘Hamilton’ have focused on race, some scholars have also noted that it’s an odd moment for the public to embrace an unabashed elitist who liked big banks, mistrusted the masses and at one point called for a monarchal presidency and a Senate that served for life.”
Tag: 04.10.16
The Artist Who Fell In Love With A 6-Foot Tall Polaroid Camera
“You pull the film out of the camera from below, you guide it out. There’s something about that gesture that I’ve always said reminded me of delivering babies.”
The British Spy Network Prevented A Leak Of The Sixth Harry Potter Book
“‘The British spy eavesdropping station GCHQ rang me up and said ‘we’ve detected an early copy of this book on the Internet’,’ Newton told Australia’s ABC Radio in an interview.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 04.10.16
Weekend Extra No. 2: Just Because
The Charles Lloyd Quartet having a good day in Europe 50 years ago. Listen for the Stravinsky quote at 1:46. Charles Lloyd, tenor saxophone; Keith Jarrett, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. From Radio… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-04-10
Meeting the Hangman
By Heathcote Williams I used to speak out against capital punishment From a soapbox at Speakers’ Corner. This was when it was thought that hanging people Was helpful in maintaining order. One day someone called… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-04-10
Weekend Extra: Borrowed From Bill Crow
Bill Crow has played bass with several of of the world’s leading jazz artists, Stan Getz, Art Farmer, Marian McPartland and Gerry Mulligan among them. A terrific writer, he has developed a sidebar career as… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-04-08
A new home for a great company
In today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I review two important out-of-town revivals, Writers Theatre’s Arcadia and Repstage’s Hunting and Gathering. Here’s an excerpt. * * * The best regional drama company in America now… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-04-08
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-04-08
Almanac: Shakespeare on the big-lie technique
“He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.” William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well… read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-04-08
“He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.” William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well… read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-04-08
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Editor’s Pick: Five Highlights From This Week’s ArtsJournal
What business success in theatre looks like, our over-obsession with creativity as a catch-all answer to success, how the art markets really work, how taste gets confused with pretension, and machines’ inroads to art.
The Pritzker Prize Winner Gives Us A New Blueprint For Cities
“The most significant project, as the one most likely to justify the Pritzker committee’s hope that Aravena is offering new ways forward, is his role in the reconstruction of the Chilean city of Constitución after the earthquake and tsunami of 2010.”
The United States’ Great State Universities Are Being Pillaged And Dismantled
“Between 2008 and 2013 states reduced financial support to top public research universities by close to 30 percent. At the same time, these states increased support of prisons by more than 130 percent.”
John Cage Turned Black Mountain Into A Performance Center
“Cage wanted a contemporary art that reflects life as it was led. To the Black Mountain traditional modernists, and especially for the émigrés, memory must always be honored, one must never forget.”
‘Hamilton’ Is Now A Big Business – Here’s Its CEO
“The producer Jeffrey Seller struck gold with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit about the founding fathers. Now he has a new challenge – managing a runaway success.”