“The Contemporary’s board voted unanimously to suspend its work, cutting short an exhibit scheduled to continue through May 27, and letting go executive director Sue Spaid and four part-time staffers.” Said the board president, “We are not shutting down. The museum is ceasing its programs for the time being. How long that’s going to be is everyone’s guess.”
Tag: 05.25.12
Actors’ Equity London Realises That It Has An Image Problem
“Equity has agreed to engage with its critics after warnings that the union is seen as ‘stuffy, ineffective, disconnected, impotent’ by some parts of the industry. The West End Deputies’ Committee… said that the hostility derived partly from ‘perceived weaknesses’ of the union’s dealings with the Society of London Theatre.”
Human Creativity Is Way Older Than We Think
New discoveries in German caves say early modern humans – that is, those around between 40,000 and 45,000 years ago – played the flutes and perhaps sang around their campfires at night.
The Pulitzer Effect – Even In A Year With No Fiction Prize
Poetry and nonfiction sales climb after the prizes; each of the three finalists in fiction sees a hefty bump in sales as well.
You Didn’t Know ‘Star Wars’ Was So Welsh, Did You?
The BBC lets the secret Wales connections out – including a telling detail about the Church of Jediism.
Critics Hit Back At Playwright’s Attack On Critic In Australia
Ashleigh Wilson, on Douglas Day Stewart’s attack on The Australian‘s critic for panning his musical An Officer and a Gentleman: “And some say theatre critics no longer have the power to provoke.”
Even Playwrights Join In Scolding An Officer and a Gentleman Author’s Whinge About Bad Review
James Millar: “Suck it up, buddy. She just didn’t like it.”
Dia Art Foundation Announces Its Plan To Return To Manhattan
“Almost a year ago, after years of negotiations, Dia bought the former Alcamo Marble building at 541 West 22nd Street in Chelsea for $11.5 million. The purchase was a coup for Dia because that building sits between its former space at No. 545, and its existing six-story building at No. 535. With this additional site Dia can build a substantial 22,000-square-foot Manhattan home.”
A (Slightly) Contrarian View Of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Terry Teachout: “Mr. Fischer-Dieskau was also one of the most controversial artists of his age, or any other. For every vocal connoisseur who praised him to the skies, another dismissed his singing as ‘mannered’ and ‘croony,’ and it was not until after he retired in 1993 that the carping ceased and he came to be regarded as above criticism.”