Too Much Art? Pshaw. We Just Need Better Curation

“In a hypercompetitive environment like this one, we need to look out for the artist with the talent and drive to make great art, but without an income stream that will support her as she makes it. The voices of these artists–the gifted but resourceless–risk getting shut out unfairly because many others have the capital and connections to bring their work to the attention of gatekeepers, even if that work is inferior.”

Opera Co. Of Philadelphia Launches Dual Composer-In-Residence Program

“Composers in residence aren’t uncommon in symphony orchestras or unknown in opera companies. Yet the shape and form of a two-composer-in-residence program being announced Thursday by the Opera Company of Philadelphia has enough working parts to be what general director David B. Devan calls a ‘landmark investment in the future of opera’.”

Playwright Lanford Wilson, 73

“Many of Wilson’s highly regarded plays” – Balm in Gilead, The Hot L Baltimore, Burn This – “probed the lives of lost, urban souls. Many of Wilson’s characters were desperate eccentrics whose fears and needs were invariably drawn with sympathy. But Wilson always seemed the most comfortable and revelatory when writing dramas set within a few hours’ drive of the Ozarks, the region of his birth.”

What Happens To The Web In A World Of Apps?

Farhad Manjoo: “I’ve been skeptical of the Web-is-dead idea. The Web has one main advantage over apps: It works everywhere, and that’s important in a post-Windows world. Since our computers, phones, and tablets use different operating systems, we need a single platform to unite them all. … [In the end, though,] the fight between apps and the Web will be rendered moot.”