“The orchestra pays rent in Verizon Hall, and if it returned to the Academy, which it still owns, it could shave expenses, the argument goes. But a return to the Academy would not be likely to save the orchestra much – if any – money, an examination of tax records and other documents suggests.”
Tag: 05.04.11
First Asian-American Named To Head Major Regional Theater
“Chay Yew, the playwright and stage director who headed Center Theatre Group’s Asian Theatre Workshop from 1995 to 2005, was named Tuesday as the next artistic director of Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater, making him the first Asian American to head a major regional theater.”
Character Actor Nicholas Selby Dead At 85
“[A]lthough he was a familiar face on television, playing majors, judges and elderly peers … he was linked with radical theatre work at the Royal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he was one of the earliest associate artists.”
Amazon Sues College Book Stores Over Textbook Ads
“Amazon sued the National Association of College Stores Inc. in federal court in Seattle, saying the trade group is trying to prevent it from advertising lower prices. The association filed a complaint in March with the Better Business Bureau in New York calling Amazon’s claims false and misleading, the online retailer said in its filing.”
City University Of New York Trustees Block Honorary Degree For Playwright Tony Kushner
“The vote on Monday evening came after a CUNY trustee said that Mr. Kushner had disparaged the State of Israel in past comments, a characterization that the writer attacked on Wednesday.”
Why Are There So Few Black Actors In Big Hollywood Films?
In short, white moviegoers seem convinced that films with black stars are not made for them.
Director Of American Folk Art Museum Quits After Museum Misses Payments
The museum, a few feet west of the Museum of Modern Art on Manhattan’s W. 53rd Street, missed $3.7 million in payments to a debt service fund connected to bonds issued to construct a new building, it said in a January filing. It didn’t expect to make payments into the fund “for the foreseeable future,” the museum said.
San Diego Quits Public Arts Funding
“The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to suspend about $630,000 in public arts funding at the behest of Mayor Jerry Sanders, who says the spending can’t be justified when the city needs to close a $56.7 million deficit in its $1.1 billion operating budget.”
Study: Arts Graduates Find Work, Satisfaction In The Arts
“Graduates of arts programs are likely to find jobs and satisfaction, even if they won’t necessarily get wealthy in the process — according to a new national survey of more than 13,000 alumni of 154 different arts programs. The survey results also painted a picture of artists as highly entrepreneurial: more than 6 in 10 were self-employed, and 14 percent had founded their own company.”
Waltons Give $800 Million For Arkansas Museum
Of that, about $350 million will go to an endowment to meet operating needs, which are expected to run $16 to $20 million a year. $325 million will go to the general endowment and $125 million will go for future capital needs. All will be earning money for museum use.