Why America Needs A National Theatre (But It Might Look Different Than You Think)

“Why doesn’t the United States have a national theatre? On its face, the question seems ridiculous. After all, we’ve only just arranged for national health care. …The U.K. has a national theatre. So does France, Germany, even China. So why don’t we have one [here]? We put some theories to the test and came up with a solution to America’s arts problem.”

Aix Festival Director To Step Down

Bernard Foccroulle, the Belgian organist, composer and administrator who has run the Aix-en-Provence Festival since 2007 “and has led it through a number of artistic successes, said in a statement that he felt ‘the need to start a new chapter’ after spending nearly a decade in his position, and 15 years at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels before that.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.21.15

Not Who We Were
You know, continuing the thought from last post, my generation of composers (Downtowners at least) was the “no guilty pleasures” generation. … read more
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2015-12-21

Motley & Oller (Part I): Whitney & Brooklyn Museums Embrace Black & Latino Cultural Forebears
Notwithstanding the latest spike of interest in diversifying museums’ displays and personnel, the problem of stimulating greater inclusiveness is nothing new: It has been a source of periodic discussion and sporadic action for decades. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-12-21

John Lewis For Christmas
As promised in early December, the Rifftides staff will not load these pages with jazz takes on Christmas music, traditional or otherwise. We noted that there would be exceptions. Today’s exception is “England’s Carol,” … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-12-20

Misreading
Please don’t read this unless you read me regularly. I had gotten my blog readership down to about 150, 200 hits a day, and the commenters are almost all regulars, and I’m comfortable with that, … read more
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2015-12-20

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