Wrote the jury chairman, “A later jury cannot re-open, or second guess the work of an earlier jury, and none has ever done so … Let us assure you, however, that Ms. Scott Brown remains eligible for the Pritzker Award [in future].”
Tag: 06.14.13
Why New York Theatres Should Be Eligible For Regional Tony Awards
“The regional Tony Award, which began from an initiative from the American Theater Critics Association to recognize theater outside New York, is the only chance for these theaters to get significant national attention — which many then parlay into a fund raising tool for their institution.”
Defecting Cuban Dancers Start Over In U.S.
“These dancers could be among the young talent of any ballet company, but for now they are something else: Immigrants in the United States trying to land dancing opportunities while navigating cultural differences. The ballerinas fled from the Cuban National Ballet while on tour in Mexico.”
3D Movies Seem To Be Losing Their Allure
“On the big family films there seems to be a lower proportion of people opting to choose 3D. There were very successful films like Madagascar 3 and Brave, and only about a third of their total revenue came from 3D ticket sales.”
Are Three Starchitects Ruining Germany?
“How is it possible that these grand masters are responsible for construction sites where many things have been going wrong for years? What are the reasons that public building sites in Germany so often turn into scenes of disaster?”
What’s The Deal With ‘Digital Engagement’ And Youngsters?
“Luring millennial generation theatergoers has meant experimenting with a variety of outside-the-box events and tactics that center around a single conviction: Young patrons, Woolly believes, aren’t content to show up at theater and passively watch a production.”
Is Kanye West The Andy Warhol Of Hip-Hop?
“He said crazy stuff in this interview, but he also referenced making his album by going to the Louvre five times. He talked about architecture and design. When was the last time you read that in a hip-hop interview? You know, he’s just – he’s a genius.”
Note To Self: Do Not Believe Historical TV Shows Are Actually About History
Blackadder, the (hilarious) British series, “can be viewed as a kind of satire of school history books and the weird mishmash of fact and exaggeration that is left in many people’s heads a couple of decades after their last history lesson.”
It’s The Golden Age Of Television, Blah Blah Blah — Really?
“People really got smart about this and realized that the material should dictate the medium, not the other way around. That all of our shows here would not make good movies.”
Conflict Art May Be Beautiful (And Necessary), But Will Anyone Buy It?
“The social pendulum has swung back towards the ethos of the 1960s. We are seeing a reaction against the big, shiny, flashy tendencies of the past decade; people are making more meaningful work.”