“Long a quietly aggressive race, the documentary competition has been growing more rambunctious as nonfiction film has evaporated from theaters.”
Tag: 12.04.14
Minnesota Orchestra’s News It “Only” Lost $650K This Year Is Greeted With Relief
Revenue in the year ending Aug. 31 reached $20.8 million and expenses totaled just under $21.5 million. Smith said the budget for the current fiscal year is about $29 million, compared with several years in the recent past when expenses reached as high as $32.4 million (in 2009). The decrease in musicians’ compensation accounts for $1.7 million, he said.
Toronto Symphony Reverses Reverses And Finishes Its Year With A Surplus
“The deficit era is over,” new CEO Jeff Melanson said in an interview before the TSO’s annual general meeting where it was announced the orchestra posted a modest surplus of $222,349 on revenues of nearly $24 million. It’s a considerable improvement over last year’s deficit of $1.2 million and $800,000 the year before.
Why Theatre Should Take Risks
“Failure is an inevitable part of risk-taking, and you discover things along the way. But of course, failure and success and risk-taking all mean different things in different places and different contexts, too.”
Report: The State Of How We Pay For The Arts
“The average organization brought in nearly $8 in contributed support for every dollar spent on fundraising. Fundraising expenses generated a similar level of total contributions over the years regardless of annual shifts in the mix of organizations.”
Movie Stars Talk About Acting On Broadway
“As much as Broadway now relies on Hollywood actors to bring in the crowds, so A-listers increasingly view stints onstage as integral to a rich career. Here, seven award-winning actors” – Bradley Cooper, Glenn Close, Jake Gyllenhaal, Patricia Clarkson, Martha Plimpton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Alessandro Nivola – “on their new roles.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.04.14
Rush Post: Financial Health Of the Arts Industry
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Another hot book
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2014-12-04
Brubeck A La Russe
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2014-12-05
Words I’ve Waited to Read My Whole Life
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2014-12-04
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Wheat People vs. Rice People: Why Are Some Cultures More Individualistic Than Others?
A group of sociologists argue that the difference between the analytic, independent-minded societies in Europe and the Americas and the more interdependent, self-effacing societies of Asia has its roots in the way they cultivate their staple crops.
Is Getting An Oscar Really Worth All The Expense And Trouble It Takes?
“How does all the money that goes into these campaigns – estimates run at more than $100 million for the season – measure against the revenue they supposedly generate?” The Times‘s new Carpetbagger blogger “put the question to studio heads, directors, actors and producers, some of whom agreed to chat on the record, others off (several confiding that awards season was something they dreaded and loathed).”
Maybe It Wasn’t North Korea That Hacked Sony
As one cyber-security expert puts it, “State-sponsored attackers don’t create cool names for themselves like Guardians of Peace and promote their activity to the public.”