“In 1961, partly inspired by traditional pleasure gardens and working men’s institutes, [Joan Littlewood] tried to build a venue where visitors could enjoy performances, learn practical crafts and skills, watch events on giant screens or just eat and drink.” More than 50 years later, theatres in the UK mounted 120 productions in her honor.
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Having An Extraordinary Experience Can Make You Extra Sad Later
“People who had enjoyed something unusually wonderful ‘had little in common with their ordinary peers, who had a lot in common with each other, which made the extraordinary experiences both alien and enviable, which left them feeling excluded and sad.'”
No, 99-Seat Theatres In Los Angeles Can’t Survive An Attempt To Make Them All The Same
“Theaters are not fast food restaurants and the artists are not minimum wage employees. They are artists trying to create art. We do it for love. We do it to feed our souls. We know we are not going to make our livings doing this work.”
Taking On The Films That ‘Nobody Wants Made’
Steve McQueen: “The world is perverse. And sometimes perversity happens in the most beautiful places. That is what it is all about.”
Does The World Need Yet Another Young Dancer Competition?
“As carefully as this competition has been worked out, as admirable as its panel of judges may be, there are flaws in the whole concept that no amount of sensitivity and good sense can overcome.”
How Do You Build A Gay Art Museum?
“What we hope that we can do — and what we care a great deal about — is treat and deal with issues of gender and sex in a professional museum setting that is done in a straight forward and honest manner. So that other museums have the courage to do so.”
Ten Tips To Being A Bestselling Author
“Writers are very fragile, they’re like butterflies or perhaps moths; they can be easily crumpled. If you’re very sensitive, which I am, it only takes a raised eyebrow or a chance remark about an idea for you to lose confidence.”
The Final Step In Dealing With An Artistic Crisis
“I want to take a moment to talk briefly about unexpected opportunities. Just as it is important to formally state your desires and goals, it is equally important to remain open to the unexpected.”
Federal Mediators Will Join Atlanta Symphony Negotiations (For Real This Time)
After a false start last week, both musicians and management confirm that Allison Beck, who helped end the impasse in the Metropolitan Opera contract talks, will lead the effort to end the lockout and settle terms of a new labor agreement.
Atlanta Symphony Lockout: Ex-Board Member Charges That Parent Org Has “Taken Over Running The Symphony”
“Right now the feeling of the symphony board is frustration and anger and sadness. The ASO board no longer seems to have any power. WAC [Woodruff Arts Center] is calling all the shots. … They have gradually taken over all authority for running the symphony.”