Tag: 11.17.15

Store Clerk Wins Playwriting Contest

Katherine Soper wrote ‘Wish List’ as her dissertation play at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She will be back at work at Penhaligon’s perfumers on Regent Street, where she has worked for two years, on Wednesday. “I do that part time, and the rest of the time I try and write,” she said.

Processing Atrocities Like The Paris Attacks, From Afar

“What we should be using as a measure is what we call emotional distance. It has to do with what you hear in the news and the media, and how relevant it is to you, and to what extent you identify. There’s not a general rule to that. … If the victims are people who belong to your social group, who you identify with, it’s one thing. Everyone makes his own emotional distance from traumatic events. Atrocities shortcut the emotional distance – they are universally perceived as something so incongruous that you keep thinking about it.”

The Glory Of Hidden Tracks On Records (Remember?)

“We gained a lot when albums went fully digital, but we also lost a bunch of stuff along the way. Among the things we lost: Record sleeves, media towers, and Tower Records. We have digital equivalents of all these things, so it’s not like we necessarily miss them. But perhaps the one thing we lost that we’ll never get back is the hidden track. It was one of the few things about an album that couldn’t easily be converted to MP3 or Spotify.”

Keeping Kids’ Lives On Track As They Perform In Professional Theater

“Adult actors, cast overseers, teachers, and choreographers make sure no child is left behind when it comes to keeping grades up, feeling protected, and maintaining as much of real life for their young castmates as possible.” A director, choreographer, or touring company manager “must deal with tutors, handlers, and parents as an airport-runway controller would a busy flight plan.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.17.15

Learn-Unlearn
What the field needs to learn and “unlearn” about developing arts audiences by Jill Robinson … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-11-17

In the wavelength
Audience engagement – it’s a weak strategy. Never mind that it can seem to work. A friend sent me notes from the National Arts Marketing Project Conference, with details of the Cleveland Public Theater, and its impressive season, full of plays on subjects that just seem to scream contemporary relevance. But still they wanted to boost attendance on slow nights. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-11-17

Tom Campbell of Metropolitan Museum Responds to L’Horreur in Paris (with video)
It wasn’t as scary as the sight of heavily armed police in a bullet-proof vests Saturday night at Lincoln Center … But (without giving away the details) it was clear to me, when I entered the garage of the Metropolitan Museum to attend its press lunch today, that security measures there had been tightened. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-17

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