The Chicago Blues Experience, scheduled to open in spring 2019 just a block from Millennium Park, will include three floors and a lounge with music by a house blues band.
Tag: 03.27.17
Novelist And Playwright David Storey Dead At 83
“Though Mr. Storey struggled for recognition at first, he went on to win Britain’s premier fiction award, the Man Booker Prize, in 1976 for his novel Saville, in which a miner’s son breaks away from his background. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the award. Three of his works were named best play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle, all within four years in the 1970s. He also earned two Tony nominations.”
‘The First Theatrical Landmark Of The Trump Era’
Michael Schulman offers an essay on Lynn Nottage’s Sweat.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.27.17
Max Hollein, Monet And Baseball
When baseball fans go to a game, they usually come prepared: they know the players, their records and their statistics. They know all about batting order strategy. The same for, say, horse-racing – even more so, because good bettors study the odds. But when people go to art museums, they often know nothing in advance – at least nothing very specific … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-03-26
Moody: Groovin’ High
The Rifftides staff almost let March 26 go by without acknowledging that this is James Moody’s birthday. The master of several saxophones and the flute was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-03-26
What Algren’s Legacy Doesn’t Need …
… is a museum for tourists that perpetuates clichés about him. … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2017-03-27
Stephen Hawking Was Looking For A New Voice So He Auditioned A-List Theatrical Talent
Candidates included Lin-Manuel Miranda and Liam Neeson. See who he auditioned and who he chose.
London’s Globe Theatre Revises What It Wants In A New Artistic Director
“The news that Emma Rice would be leaving in April 2018 was accompanied by a commitment from the Globe’s board that it would return to more traditional practices following her tenure. The candidate brief for the new artistic director emphasises this, and claims that a review is currently being undertaken to ensure that the “mission, vision and values are better articulated and reflect more effectively [its] commitment to the unique architecture of the Globe”.
Hollywood Studios Are Getting Rid Of Their Leaders. Here’s Why
“Three of the six major studios — Paramount, Sony and Fox — have removed or replaced their top executives in the last year. Jim Gianopulos, the longtime head of the 20th Century Fox movie studio, lost his job. Some of the current leadership turnover reflects long-term struggles at the individual companies, especially Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment, which have yet to replace their chief executives. But the management shake-ups also signal wider challenges in the movie business amid fast changing viewer habits.”
Is Uwe Boll The Worst Director In The History Of Movies?
Uwe Boll made his name, such as it is, mostly by dragging the already abhorred genre of the “video-game movie” to previously unthinkable new lows. His video-game adaptations BloodRayne, In the Name of the King, and House of the Dead are rated 4 percent on Rotten Tomatoes; Alone in the Dark has a 1 percent rating. In 2007, BloodRayne received Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie) nominations for worst director, worst picture, worst actress, worst supporting actor, worst supporting actress, and worst screenplay. Two years later, Boll received a “Worst Career Achievement” Golden Raspberry Award.
Claim: Romanian Artists Are Stuck In A 70-Year-Old Time Warp
“By many accounts, Romania has not made dramatic progress in revising the status of the artist since the fall of Communism in December, 1989. The rusty machinery still rumbles, continuing to produce art and to recognize a social status for artists set in place close to seventy years back.”
A Holocaust Survivor Collected More Than 7,000 Pieces Of Anti-Semitic Art
Arthur Langerman’s father died in Auschwitz, and he has spent years collecting statues, postcards, posters, cartoons and other examples of anti-semitic European art. Now some of it is on display in Norway because the collector sees the situation as urgent: “Langerman believed antisemitism was on the decline when he began his collection. Today, he’s no longer so sure.”