“Audio description is a program for the blind that translates visual images into spoken language. While it isn’t new – Wheelock Family Theatre pioneered the service in New England nearly 20 years ago and a number of area theaters, including the Huntington, New Repertory Theatre, Citi Wang Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, and Central Square Theatre, offer some access programming for the blind and deaf – Broadway Across America is increasing access, as are other cultural organizations in the region.”
Tag: 12.13.09
The Meaning Of LA Theatre
“New York City and Chicago may have better reps as theater towns, but in the universe of Equity-waiver theaters, L.A. is the epicenter. Unlike Chi, there’s a bottomless reservoir of film and TV actors here or, at least, people who call themselves actors. In some ways, the L.A. scene recalls the network of tiny Manhattan theaters that used to exist in SoHo and the Village in the 1970s.”
Youth Kick – British Orchestras Hand Reins To The Wonder Kids
“British orchestras are increasingly defying tradition by hiring a fresh generation of brilliant young maestros. Of 19 professional orchestras in this country, nine have principal conductors so young that, until only recently, they would not have been taken seriously either by orchestras or audiences.”
A-List Actors Who Sing – A New Trend?
So how do so many actors just happen to be able to carry a tune?
Denver Artists Struggle Along With Galleries
“Bad times for dealers mean bad times for artists. According to a national study conducted last summer, more than half of American artists — two-thirds of whom made less than $40,000 last year — reported a drop in income from 2008 to 2009.”
Expecting The Worst, Denver Center Survives Better Than Expected
“The report shows plenty of fallout from the current economic downturn: in attendance, ticket revenues, subscribed seats and giving. But there’s nothing approaching disastrous, mostly because of smaller-cast shows and individual sacrifice, such as across-the-board salary cuts of 1 to 3 percent.”
The Glass Ceiling Over The Director’s Chair
Hollywood actresses are covering themselves in glory this year, and so-called “women’s pictures” are proving good box office. However, writes Manohla Dargis, “[of] the almost 600 new movies that will be reviewed in The New York Times by the end of 2009, about 60 were directed by women, or 10 percent. … I bet you never heard about, much less saw, most of them.”
NY Times Magazine Looks At The Year In Ideas
“Like a magpie building its nest, we have hunted eclectically, though not without discrimination, for noteworthy notions of 2009 … from A to Z, the most clever, important, silly and just plain weird innovations we carried back from all corners of the thinking world.”