“It’s unthinkable. The Globe is the center of the whole communications structure in the city. People say, oh, you can go online. Well, there’s no journalistic standard there. It’s not the way civilization should be organized. It’s very disturbing to me.”
Tag: 04.05.09
Broadway’s New Plan: Bring Me A Celebrity!
“This has become a hard-and-fast rule for Broadway producers. Perhaps anxious that thrifty theatergoers will be shopping only for brand names this spring, they have stuffed the season with famous actors in plays new and old.”
Investments – Arts Organizations In A Real Estate Crisis
“Dance Theater Workshop is one of many organizations that have invested in buildings in recent years, hoping for homes in which to safeguard their artistic mission. But these spaces have become burdens, contributing to escalating deficits and distracting the institutions from their core purpose.”
Non-Profit Theatres Brace For Even Worse Times
“We certainly have been through downturns before — with the city fiscal crisis in the ’70s, another one in the ’80s, the tech bubble in 2000, and after 9/11. But this is the first time that all quarters of the economy that affect theater are taking a hit at the same time.”
Time For A New Approach To Education?
“The learning process is a fumbling and painful one, administered not by teachers but through schoolyard intrigues and emotional outbursts. And in this part of our education, we are largely on our own. School is set up for one kind of learning, but when it comes to emotional matters, the assumption has always been that these are instincts we have to develop for ourselves.”