“Yes, we’ve inherited a working definition of ‘William Shakespeare,’ but no one can pin it to an individual in Elizabethan England with absolute certainty.”
Tag: 11.18.07
Echo Chamber – A New Music
“It’s music, in a sense, for meta-musicians — players who can turn the tiniest movements of their fingers into waves of sound so gigantic they can fill a cathedral.”
Why Giving Away Your Work Is Better
“The accessibility of creative work on the Internet is changing traditional ideas about intellectual property, and some major artists are beginning to respond.”
Hollywood Writers’ Strike Is A PR Battle
“Public-relations tactics and labor action in such a high-profile industry could conceivably be a combustible mixture. Both sides are aware that a popular strike may have long-term political repercussions for producers in the event Congress takes up related issues such as technology or residuals.”
Four Major Poetry Awards To Black Women Poets
“Fueling this trend are a growing number of literary organizations that nurture the work specifically of black writers.”
Can Museums Be Corrupted By Commecial Galleries?
“Should nonprofit art museums accept money from commercial galleries with a clear financial stake in the artist’s career, and in some cases in the artworks on display? More generally, can the willingness of galleries to pony up subtly influence what a museum sets out to exhibit?”
Vaclav Havel’s First Play In 18 Years
Havel insists the work is not autobiographical and says he began working on the five-act play back in the 1980s.
Blockbuster Video Grapples With The Digital Age
“Technology is usually seen as Blockbuster Inc.’s enemy. Why would anyone drive to a store when they can order online and have movies mailed to their home or transmitted straight to their television set by video on demand?”
The Family Business (Theatre Producing)
“The new stage scions, though, profess a desire to prove themselves independently and avoid charges of nepotism, which isn’t the easiest matter in the small world of the theater.”
Broadway Strike Talks Break Down
“Out of respect for our public and our loyal theatregoers, many of whom are travelling from around the world, we regret that we must cancel performances through Sunday Nov. 25.”