The “Mimi” Award “is presented biennially to an American playwright whose body of work has made significant contributions to the American theatre.” Parks, who won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Topdog/Underdog, joins a list of laureates that includes Tony Kushner, Lynn Nottage, David Henry Hwang, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Sarah Ruhl.
Tag: 10.03.18
Jacob Weisberg Recalls The Founding Of Slate Magazine
“Remember, when we started, you didn’t just have to tell people what an internet magazine was. You usually had to tell them what the internet was. We thought Slate would be like a weekly magazine and people would print it out, and we mainly thought of the web as kind of an instant distribution mechanism.”
We’re Attracted To “Interesting” Experiences. But How To Define Them?
What does it mean for an experience to be interesting? First, to say that something is interesting is to describe what the experience feels like to the person undergoing it. This is the phenomenological quality of the experience. When we study the phenomenology of something, we examine what it feels like, from the inside, to experience that thing.
Bay Area Artistic Organizations’ Leadership Suddenly Facing Massive Change
As the Philharmonia Baroque announces retirement plans for Nicholas McGegan, who provided leadership there over the past third of a century, other Bay Area performing-arts organizations are experiencing a tsunami of changes after many years of apparent permanence.
How To Make (And Not To Make) Choreography Funny
“Humor is subjective, and it can be tough to get right. Though there are many moments of brilliant comedy in dance, there are also so many failed attempts that, well, it’s not even funny. There’s no exact formula for grabbing a laugh. But experimenting with these ingredients can help you tap into your funny.”
Termination or Continuation? Parsing the Uncertain Status of Federal Arts & Humanities Appropriations
While Congress and President Trump continue to kick the budgetary can down the road, federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities remains temporarily intact, with its future in doubt.
The Belated Emergence of Billy Strayhorn
He was one of the great hidden figures in musical history, and he seems to be a bit less invisible every year.
Heidi Waleson And Justin Davidson: Why New York City Opera Failed
City Opera faced two major problems. First, by the mid-1990s, the audience that had sustained the company in its early years had gotten considerably older. Younger people were coming in — a thrill-seeking audience, interested in unusual works — but not enough of them. Which brings us to the financial problem. Ticket sales were flat and costs were going up because of inflexible labor contracts. These trends affect companies everywhere.
Hollywood’s Box Office Income From China Down 24% In A Year
“[It’s] the largest drop since the country’s box-office boom era began. Trump’s trade war with China has yet to directly impact the entertainment business, but Hollywood’s position in the massive Middle Kingdom marketplace is becoming somewhat precarious.”