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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

'I'm Not Entirely Sure' How South By Southwest Can Recover From Cancellation, Says CEO by Artsjournal1

Devastated by having to call off this year's event due to the coronavirus epidemic " as it turns out, cancellation due to infectious disease is not covered by the festival's insurance polici…

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Cleveland Orchestra Cancels Entire Tour Of Europe And Mideast by Artsjournal1

"On Monday, the group announced that after careful consideration of news reports and advice from health experts, it has decided not embark next week on a tour slated to include concerts in A…

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National Museum Of American Jewish History Files For Bankruptcy by Artsjournal1

In filing for Chapter 11, the museum is "seeking relief from what museum officials characterize as a crushing debt burden [of more than $30 million] incurred by construction of its home on I…

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What David Hallberg Wants To Do At, And With, The Australian Ballet by Artsjournal1

"The dancing is already at a very high standard, the repertoire is solid and the audience base is dedicated. But I want to add certain things to the repertoire that haven't yet been seen in …

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New World Symphony Subbed Out Last Weekend's Conductor Because He Went To Japan Last Month by Artsjournal1

"'Out of an abundance of caution, the New World Symphony felt it was prudent for Cristian Măcelaru not to conduct the concert [Saturday] night after learning of his recent travels to Japa…

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Mart Crowley, Who Wrote 'The Boys In The Band', Dead At 84 by Artsjournal1

"For much of his career, Mr. Crowley was overshadowed by gay playwrights such as Larry Kramer … and Tony Kushner. … But his 1968 examination of gay identity, repression and self-loathing…

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Video Gaming's First Superstar Auteur by Artsjournal1

"How do you explain Hideo Kojima to someone who has never picked up a PlayStation controller? His admirers have often compared him to filmmakers: Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, George Lucas…

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Stand-Up Guy by Artsjournal1

I am certain Beethoven was a funny guy. The evidence, the jokes are all over the music. " Bruce Brubaker

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Friday, March 6, 2020

'Weimar On The Pacific': When L.A. Was The Capital Of German Literature by Artsjournal1

Alex Ross revisits that odd period when the Nazi regime had driven the cream of pre-war German arts and letters " Werfel, Döblin, Viertel, Brecht, Adorno, three different Manns, along with …

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Joyce Gordon, Pioneering TV Actress (And Voice You Know From Frustrating Phone Calls), Dead At 90 by Artsjournal1

"During the germinal days of television, … [she] became famous as 'The Girl With the Glasses,' for un-self-consciously wearing her signature eyeglasses on camera as she delivered live, on-…

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Settlement Terms Revealed In Lawsuit Over Audible's Captioning Of Audiobooks by Artsjournal1

"Now that it's public, it's still not clear why the parties sought to keep the settlement terms private in the first place, other than the fact that NDAs and confidentiality agreements have …

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Ethics Issue With Ousted Director Is Least Of Cooper-Hewitt Museum's Problems by Artsjournal1

"The turmoil will only further damage an institution that has, for most of its existence, failed to live up to its name while presenting one mediocre exhibition after another." Aaron Betsky …

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Italy's Museums Are Open Again, But You Have To Stay Three Feet Away From Everyone Else by Artsjournal1

Fortunately, thanks to fear of the coronavirus outbreak that has led to this rule, it's easy to comply with. " The New York Times

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture School Changes Its Mind About Closing by Artsjournal1

"More than a month after the board overseeing the School of Architecture at Taliesin announced the school would close after 88 years of operation, the board has reversed its decision and pla…

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Washington Post Names Anne Midgette's Successor As Classical Critic by Artsjournal1

Michael Brodeur, most recently an assistant arts editor and critic at the Boston Globe, starts work next week. " The Washington Post

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How The U.S. Cultural World Is Bracing For Coronavirus by Artsjournal1

"Ushers in some theaters are wearing latex gloves. Museums are installing hand sanitizer dispensers as if they were pieces of art. Audience members are being told: If you have a cough, pleas…

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Cash Crisis At New Orleans Theatre Leads To Layoffs, Cancellation by Artsjournal1

"The Southern Rep Theatre company has laid off six staff members and canceled an upcoming play as it struggles to pay expenses and debt, artistic director Aimee Hayes said Thursday. The 34-y…

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Classical Concerts Are Too Damn Long, Says Critic by Artsjournal1

Jeremy Reynolds took a couple of friends to their first symphony concert and sent them home at intermission " and not because they were misbehaving or ill. Here he explains why. (Even interm…

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A New 'Neoclassical Ballet Collective' In London by Artsjournal1

Says choreographer Andrew McNicol, "With McNicol Ballet Collective I wanted to create a new type of company that offers world-class dancers a flexible performance platform that's able to fit…

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

'I Was In 'Riverdance' " A Dance Critic Fesses Up by Artsjournal1

Siobhan Burke: "Divulging this information has never been simple, not during the four and a half years I spent touring, on and off, with the Irish dance extravaganza, and not in the decade s…

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What's The Hot New Sustainable Building Material? Stone! by Artsjournal1

"'Stone,' says architect Amin Taha, 'is the great forgotten material of our time. In 99% of cases, it's cheaper and greener to use stone in a structural way, as opposed to concrete or steel,…

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Is This Playwright 'The American Noël Coward'? by Artsjournal1

"Noël Coward's fantastic, but all I could think was: What's the use of having an American one?" says Richard Greenberg. To him, writes Kurt Soller in this profile, "that comparison has al…

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Is It Possible To Take The Ethnic Stereotypes Out Of 'La Bayadère'? Ángel Corella Is Trying by Artsjournal1

This Imperial Russian tale of an Indian temple dancer may be the most egregious collection of outdated orientalist caricatures in the entire ballet canon. But it remains popular, and many da…

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Henry Cobb, Architect Who 'Designed Modern Boston' And Longtime Business Partner Of I.M. Pei, Dead At 93 by Artsjournal1

Co-founder of the firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Cobb did have well-known buildings in other cities: Place Ville-Marie (Montreal), Fountain Place (Dallas), the U.S. Bank Tower (Los Ange…

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Louvre Reopens Following Coronavirus Strike by Artsjournal1

"Since Sunday, the Louvre's staff had been refusing to work, fearful they might catch the coronavirus from someone among the museum's more than 30,000 daily visitors. … The museum's manage…

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Sheri Greenawald, Longtime Leader Of San Francisco Opera's Young Artist Programs, To Retire by Artsjournal1

"Greenawald's position has put her in charge of both phases of the San Francisco Opera's training wing, which attracts young opera singers from around the world. Each summer, around 30 artis…

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Portlanders Hate The City's Arts Tax. So Do Portland's Major Arts Organizations by Artsjournal1

The $35 annual levy passed in a 2012 referendum by 62% to 38%; now its unpopularity is a running joke in town. Regular taxpayers don't like it because it was badly designed and implemented, …

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Patricia Barretto, CEO Of Chicago's Harris Theater, Dead At 45 by Artsjournal1

After a career spent largely in Toronto, most recently running the city's Opera Atelier, Barretto came to the Harris as a marketer in 2015 and became CEO in 2017. One of her "singular achiev…

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'Post-Traumatic Literature' Is What We Really Need To Get At The Truth(s) Of #MeToo by Artsjournal1

Lili Loofbourow: "We don't have much of a vocabulary for what happens in a victim's life after the painful past has been excavated. … What is the situation of survivors who saw the injury …

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Iran To Imprison Director Who Just Won Golden Bear At Berlin Film Festival by Artsjournal1

"Mohammad Rasoulof's [one-year] sentence came from three films he made that authorities found to be 'propaganda against the system,' his lawyer [said]. … Rasoulof [received] the Berlin Fil…

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Everything You Always Wanted To Know (Or Have Forgotten) About The Theremin by Artsjournal1

"The story of the theremin and its inventor has it all: drama, suspense, geopolitics, and, above all, tragedy. It's a wonder Hollywood hasn't yet made a movie about it." " Quartz

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