Dramatists Guild: NY Musical Theatre Fest Bad For Writers

“In a letter sent last week to members, the guild explained that NYMF’s new contract entitles the festival to 2 percent of the applicant and author’s gross ‘on all income received from the play in excess of $20,000 over 10 years.'” The guild says that’s “too high for a presenting festival that already asks participants to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket.”

Polish National Museum Backs Gay Rights With Show

Already threatened with demonstrations, the exhibition about homoeroticism will mainly “feature classical works from the National Museum’s collection, juxtaposed with contemporary art. The director, Piotr Piotrowski, said its emphasis will lie on eastern Central European art because ‘here the battle for equal rights for homosexuals continues’.”

The iPad’s Marginalia Problem

“One of the guilty pleasures of an actual, ink-on-paper book is the possibility of marking it up–underlining salient passages, making notes in the margins, dog-earing a page. While it’s true that some electronic book platforms for the iPad allow highlighting,” and some e-readers “allow you to type notes, they barely take advantage of being digital.”