Conservation-minded entrepreneurs across America are taking old theatres on the main streets of America and “turning historical movie houses into “cultural destinations.”
Tag: 08.29.03
Plays – Just Slipping Away
“Playwrights have shuttled between Hollywood and the theater for decades. But the commute is looking more attractive lately, with the poor economy affecting the arts, and mass media growing in influence. With the economy not exactly booming, now is not a great time (if there is one) to be trying to earn a living from the theater, note observers – making Hollywood look all the more appealing. In New York, for example, several theaters that focus on new works are doing fewer plays than they did 30 years ago, dropping from two dozen a year on average to six or eight today.”
The Video Game PhD?
Video games are already in the schools. Now they’re becoming subjects in schools. “Long the bane of professors who’d rather students do less game-console thumb-clicking and more schoolwork, video games are entering the curriculum and the realm of academic research – to the cheers of some and the boos of others. Indeed, ‘video game studies’ is an oxymoron to many faculty.”