“Today, it’s impossible to imagine contemporary musical theater without Rent‘s influence, but as with any new musical, its evolution was far from smooth. Here, the cast of characters who brought Rent to life recall the winding path that led to Broadway history.”
Tag: 05.02.16
Baltimore Museum Of Art Names Its Next Director
“[He’s] Christopher Bedford, who at age 39 already has achieved art world coups.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 05.02.16
Five Notable Stories From Last Week’s ArtsJournal: Alternative Reality Edition
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AJBlog: diacritical/Douglas McLennan Published 2016-05-02
This Week In Audience 05.01.16
What are the boundaries in artist/audience relationships these days? Do you have a problem with inclusiveness if you can’t define what it is? … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-05-02
Bedford in Baltimore: Christopher is Third Contemporary Expert Recently Tapped to Lead a Major Art Museum
Are we seeing a trend here? Anne Pasternak at the Brooklyn Museum; James Rondeau at the Art Institute of Chicago; now Christopher Bedford at the Baltimore Museum of Art. In all three recent cases, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-05-02
McNeill & Burroughs: Art Meets Occult
Hieronymous Bosch had nothing on Malcolm McNeill. And that’s not even counting the underlying theories McNeill has about time travel, biological mutation, and evolutionary transition … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2016-05-02
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Alternate Realities: Five Notable Stories From Last Week’s ArtsJournal
When an arts center stumbles over its definition of inclusivity. Arts as a bridge between cultures? Lessons from mega-culture projects. The mega-gallery mogul. And a dogged poet who spent decades trying to get her work in The New Yorker.
Buck A National Trend, Boston Arts Audiences Are Getting Younger, More Engaged. Why?
“At a time when orchestra audiences nationwide are growing smaller and grayer, nearly 30 percent of BSO concertgoers this season have been under the age of 40. And while ticket sales at nonprofit and regional theaters across the country have been falling for a decade, the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and the Huntington Theatre Company have posted record single-ticket and subscription sales the past two seasons.”
The Artisans Who Make, And Repair, The Instruments Of India’s Classical Music
“With preferences substantially tilting towards electronic instruments such as keyboards, electric guitars and recorded sounds at processions and devotional functions, Suresh says its future is bleak. ‘Nobody likes to work in this field now. From about 12 shops in 1940 of dhol-tasha makers in Lalbaug, just three or four remain.'”
The Guy Who Makes Such Amazing Noises With His Mouth And Nose That People Consider Him A Spiritual Guru
“Mr. Tkachenko-Papizh, for his part, allows that ‘angels speak to me’ while he is performing. Still, he is very much human, he said, and is thus now dealing with the aftereffects of becoming an overnight web sensation.”
Hollywood Has The So White Issue, But Also The So Hetero Issue
“Last year saw a resurgence of outright offensive images of LGBT people; more films relied on gay panic and defamatory stereotypes for giggles.”
The Unlikely Rise Of The Novella
“When I suggest that we may soon see the end of even defining whether a work is a short story, novella or novel, Earls says for writers the distinction can still be meaningful.”
Poet, Genius, Depressive, Insurance Man – Wallace Stevens
“Stevens’s seraphic art and his plodding life … merge as sides of a coin: philosophical, in his continual grappling with implications of the death of God – a loss that he tried to remedy by making poetry stand in for religion – and psychological, in his constant compulsion to cheer himself up.”