Producing new work in small theaters makes it possible. But what happens when demand for the work grows? “So the Donmar is not just thinking outside the box, but producing outside of it now, too – and it could have a galvanising effect on the way the West End works.”
Tag: 08.22.08
Title Creep – Why Book Titles Are Getting Longer
“Colons have been a staple of academic publishers for many years. After all, no academic ever lost tenure by stinting on words. Certainly, with some published theses you get the impression that the academic assessors weighed them in the balance – literally. And their titles reflect it. Now they have colonised even popular non-fiction titles like those above, and I can testify that publishers adorned my own books with subtitles.”
Disturbing Trend – Museums Using Their Art As Financial Investments
“With luck, the chorus of condemnation will forestall any Pollock sale by the University of Iowa. But the larger question remains: How can we turn back the tide of reckless capitalization of museum collections? A sentence buried in the Association of Art Museum Directors’ letter to the president of the Board of Regents suggested a possible solution.”
First Look At Orlando’s New $408 Million Performing Arts Center
The center will house three theaters — a 2,800-seat hall for Broadway tours and other amplified shows; a 1,700-seat acoustic hall for opera, classical music and ballet; and a 300-seat hall for smaller performances — as well as a community room, rehearsal rooms, classrooms and offices.
Has Chinese Version Of American National Anthem For Olympics Has Been Plagiarized?
“Although the Chinese version leaves out some percussion accents that Peter Breiner calls for, it distinctly emphasizes elements that make Breiner’s version so individual. Musically, it advertises the very features that best confirm the theft.”
Does Disney Really Own Mickey Mouse? (New Evidence Says Maybe Not)
“As Mickey turns 80 this fall, the most beloved rodent in show business is widely regarded as a national treasure. But he is owned lock, stock and trademark ears by the corporate heirs of his genius creator, Walt Disney. Brand experts reckon his value to today’s Walt Disney Co. empire at more than $3 billion.” But “film credits from the 1920s revealed imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could invalidate Disney’s long-held copyright, though a Disney lawyer dismissed that idea as ‘frivolous’.”
The Architecture Of Regret
A great building (or a really terrible one, for that matter) hits you in the gut. It provides a kind of aesthetic jolt that is essentially irreversible — regret-proof. The problem for architects, as for critics, lies not in saying the wrong thing but in saying it the wrong way.
Texas Ballet Theatre Cancels Dallas Dates
The financially strapped company has canceled two of the three Dallas performances it had scheduled to kick off the 2008-09 season.
Canadian Government Arts Funding Redirected To Olympics
More than $40-million in savings the federal government will reap from controversial cuts to arts and culture funding will be redirected to the Vancouver Olympic torch relay and two other programs, exacerbating fears that replacement initiatives are not in the cards.
Melbourne Lit Festival At A Crossroads
Four years ago, the Melbourne Writers Festival was in financial strife and its program was lacklustre. Although the 10-day event has clawed its way back from oblivion, a number of publishing and literary identities still consider it the poor relation to its Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane cousins.