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Tag: 08.14.16
Fyvush Finkel, 93, Star Of Yiddish Theatre Before Changing Focus To Little Things Like ‘Picket Fences’
“Known for his 6-foot-3 stature and often expected to play villains, Finkel leaned more toward comedic roles, and he often appeared onstage with his white socks showing. The socks would eventually become his trademark.”
How ‘Grey Gardens’ Transformed Documentaries
“Grey Gardens made quite a splash on its initial release, and not always in a good way. The Maysles were accused of exploiting their subjects and betraying the tenets of the ‘direct-cinema’ movement to which they were deemed to belong, principally by dint of their 1969 masterpiece Salesman, perhaps the pinnacle of the genre.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 08.14.16
Audience Insight: This Week’s AJ Stories About Understanding Audiences
This Week: Cyber-fan bullying makes us scared about who the audience really might be… It’s not enough to “reflect” diversity of a community to be diverse… If you want to build an audience try investing … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts AudiencePublished 2016-08-14
The world is broken. Smile!
Tales from Edinburgh 1 What do you do when the world is broken? You can do worse than laugh. My usual taste is for dystopia, plays for endtimes that will sob you to sleep. … read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2016-08-13
Ystad: The Wrapup
It was impossible to hear all of the music at the Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival. I came as close as festival scheduling and the need for a minimal amount of sleep allowed. Here are brief … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-08-12
False Confidence? A Closer Look at Sotheby’s 2nd-Quarter Report that Lifted Its Stock
The economic picture painted by Sotheby’s in its Form 10-Q second-quarter report (filed with the SEC on Monday) was not as rosy as stock traders seemed to have believed. Notwithstanding the uptick in its share …read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2016-08-12
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Audience Insight: This Week’s AJ Stories About Understanding Audiences
This Week: Cyber-fan bullying makes us scared about who the audience really might be… It’s not enough to “reflect” diversity of a community to be diverse… If you want to build an audience try investing in your community… Pay-as-you-wish ticket schemes seem straightforward but they’re not… Are the arts failing at delivering the audience experience?
Culture Trends: Five Stories From The Week’s ArtsJournal That You Shouldn’t Miss
This Week: Is the music industry’s piracy war really about higher royalty payments?… There are signs the Golden Age of TV might be ending… Theatre’s emotional toll on actors… LA as the next great center of contemporary music… Europe’s tourist glut is damaging its great cities.