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Sunday, December 27, 2020

By The Pronouns, Who Designs And Directs In Major Regional Theatres? by Artsjournal2

Well … yes, it's mostly he/him types. But also, 2020 was a real career killer. "Most designers, just like most artists in the field, have no work right now. They are hanging on by their fi…

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Monday, December 21, 2020

It Took A Netflix Movie To Shed Light On Playwright August Wilson's Vision by Artsjournal2

Well, not in the theatre world, obviously " but in the wider world, Netflix carries some pretty solid cultural cachet. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is the first of Wilson's plays to be adapted f…

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Pantos Are Off, But A Christmas Carol Is Saving Some British Theatres by Artsjournal2

Sure, the U.S. is Christmas Carol'd out " but the longtime American theatre Christmas standby is also serving its home country. In Bury St. Edmunds, the play is outside, in the center of tow…

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Sunday, December 20, 2020

Seattle Theatre Leaders Help The Arts World Understand How To Go Far Beyond Lip Service To Anti-Racist Changes by Artsjournal2

Theatre leaders met in May to hash out a response to the Black Lives Matter protests and the extrajudicial killings of George Floyd and other unarmed Black people. "They were beginning a pro…

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The Path From Broadway To Your TV Screen Is, While Now Familiar, Still Bumpy by Artsjournal2

The good: "Musicals " and, in a way, plays too " are now being filmed because of their music, not in spite of it."The less good: "They put us onstage with the story and give us no say." " Th…

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Why Netflix's 'Ma Rainey' Ends With A Scene That's Not In The Play by Artsjournal2

Director George C. Wolfe says of the final scene, "It's a very slippery little slope: When does sharing become cultural appropriation become theft?" " Los Angeles Times

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Monday, December 14, 2020

Christmas Carol Is More Than Humbug, Even For Those Weary Of Tiny Tim by Artsjournal2

Truly. Even this year, or perhaps especially this year. "'Will you decide who shall live and who shall die?' this Ghost of Christmas Present asked Scrooge, a question asked many times this y…

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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Church As Theatre by Artsjournal2

Everything is locked down in Paris, except for Mass. "The ritualistic nature of the event, the dramatic buildup from scene to scene " even the slightly labored monologues " are all part and …

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Movie Musicals Like 'The Prom' Do A Massive Disservice To The Shows' Stage Actors by Artsjournal2

The movie, which premiered on streaming December 11, is an ode to the power of Broadway. Its journey from stage to screen, though, "underscores the inequities underneath the surface of Holly…

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Monday, December 7, 2020

In The Upper Levels Of Irish Government, Talks Continue About Reopening Theatres by Artsjournal2

Cinemas have reopened, but not theatres. Why? "Sources close to Minister for Arts and Culture Catherine Martin pointed to a 'complex environment for indoor live performances.'" " Irish…

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

So Much Christmas Carol by Artsjournal2

This is the year when you could start now, watch a different Christmas Carol every day (streaming, obviously), and keep right on through to 2021. " American Theatre

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Monday, November 30, 2020

TikTok Users Are Creating The Ratatouille Musical Disney Never Did by Artsjournal2

But these aren't just any TikTokkers. "Thousands of TikTok users, including many with Broadway credits, have paid homage to the 2007 Disney Pixar film, about a rat who dreams of becoming a F…

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When 'The Last Gasp' Isn't The Final Breath For A 40-Year-Old Theatre Company by Artsjournal2

The 76- and 71-year-old women who founded and run Split Britches were in London when COVID-19 hit New York hard, so they didn't come back for a while " but where to stay, and how to make the…

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Theatres Are Saving A Christmas Carol by Artsjournal2

Did … did it need saving? Well, perhaps the theatres do; it's been such a large money maker for theatres in the U.S. for, well, many years. Now, as the holiday season kicks into high gear,…

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Sunday, November 29, 2020

More Details Emerge About Why Mosaic Theatre Company Kicked Out Its Founding Artistic Director by Artsjournal2

Ari Roth was fired from Theatre J after 18 years as an AD, and so he quickly founded his own company " Mosaic. Recently, he resigned under pressure from Mosaic. Why? A liaison with Equity sa…

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Monday, November 23, 2020

Black Theatre Needs More Than Just Different Playwrights by Artsjournal2

The form must also meet the content, say critics and scholars. They discuss "an under-theorized element of the discussion on Black theatre: its form. Oftentimes, Black theatre is relegated t…

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Sunday, November 22, 2020

Creating A Campus Play When That Play Is 'Spring Awakening' And There's A Pandemic On by Artsjournal2

Says a former theatre student of Baldwin Wallace University's Victoria Bussert, "Theatres have shut down everywhere, and this woman is just like, 'Fuck that! We're doing a play, we're doing …

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In-Person Theatre During Covid-19: Quarantine, Ventilate, And Be Ready To Quit by Artsjournal2

A recent New Jersey show demonstrates that, if the perfect factors come together, Equity theatre can happen " though it will be more rare in the winter, certainly. "The whole time we were wo…

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Monday, August 31, 2020

Boston Center For The Arts Pushes Back Artist Evictions To 2022 by Artsjournal2

OK, so, the Center for the Arts' "Studio 551 initiative was conceived to create opportunities for visual and performing artists in an increasingly expensive city, offering a range of tempora…

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Need Some Reading Direction? by Artsjournal2

Here the map of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. And the recent uptick (well, massive increase) in business "is both 'lucrative' and 'bittersweet,'" say some owners. " Oprah Magazine

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How The Virus Could Refashion Australia's Central Cities by Artsjournal2

The thing is, "Suddenly, an awful lot of work can be done from home and, once you get that idea in their heads, it stays." What will happen to all of that office space in the central busines…

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The New York Phil Rejoins Public Performances By Way Of A Pick-Up Truck by Artsjournal2

Despite a thunderstorm that caused administrators to hold umbrellas over a slightly tressed trio, the musicians didn't want to stop playing. "It's a charge. … This is the thing, to groove …

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Figuring Out Love, And Intimacy, In The Middle Of A Pandemic by Artsjournal2

Writer Akwaeke Emezi and photographer Texas Isaiah, with the help of many couples, try to figure it all out. "I have never spent this much time with myself;to become my own favorite companio…

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How Chadwick Boseman Made Dignity Look Interesting by Artsjournal2

That's a hard task for any actor, and Boseman had to " got to " play Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and Jackie Robinson (not to mention embodying the fictional King of Wakanda, T'Challa). "…

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Banksy Funded (And Painted, Using A Fire Extinguisher) A Refugee Rescue Boat by Artsjournal2

The boat ran into trouble over the weekend " every refugee aboard was rescued by another boat " because it was overloaded, but: "Named after Louise Michel, the 19th century French feminist a…

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Tracee Ellis Ross On Finding Her Way In Hollywood by Artsjournal2

To be fair, she wasn't lost. The system was. "Representation isn't the same as legitimization. When Girlfriends aired, shows featuring Black casts were categorized as 'Black,' a label …

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The Coming Coronavirus Changes To Museum Architecture by Artsjournal2

Some ideas: "Study the chokepoints, bottlenecks, and pinch points that museums share"such as the entrances, queuing zones, and access area for exhibits. … Look at ways that all food may be…

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She Said She Would Write The Essay Herself by Artsjournal2

On reading, and really feeling, Virginia Woolf as a middle-aged writer. " LitHub

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Fake Rembrandt May Be Fake News by Artsjournal2

In other words, the painting fragment consigned to the basement of the Ashmolean at Oxford may be a real Rembrandt. " The Guardian (UK)

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The British Museum Moves A Bust Of Its Founder by Artsjournal2

Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection first formed the basis of the museum, gained much of his wealth by enslaving people. The museum moved his bust "from a plinth to a smaller display case acco…

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How 'Orange Is The New Black' Changed Some Of Its Actresses' Lives by Artsjournal2

"Eight years ago, Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba were struggling New York actors working service jobs when they auditioned for a new series from a movie-rental service-turned-streaming site call…

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