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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Beta Blockers (And How I Became Utterly Hooked On Them) by Artsjournal1

Shannon Paulus discovered them in college and found them a sort of miracle cure for pre-performance anxiety, just as so many performers have. Then she learned the hard way about the dangers …

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Marvel Comics Moves Into Theatre With Series Of Plays For High Schools by Artsjournal1

"As if dominating movie theaters weren't enough, Marvel is about to move into high school theater as well. The publisher has announced a partnership with theatrical publisher Samuel French t…

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Two Houston Ballet Dancers To Lead Estonia's National Ballet by Artsjournal1

First soloist Linnar Looris, a native son, has been named artistic director; Jared Matthews, who was a longtime soloist at ABT before coming to Houston as a principal dancer, will be assista…

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Michael Tilson Thomas's Heart Surgery A 'Complete Success' by Artsjournal1

"The unspecified procedure [at the Cleveland Clinic] was, according to MTT's statement in his announcement of taking medical leave, 'in continuation of treatment for a heart condition I have…

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Deep Engagement by Artsjournal1

As a result of the centrality of government funding for the arts in South America, the emphasis in much of the work in the arts there appears to be on developing connections with communities…

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Propwatch: the telephone in 'Present Laughter' by Artsjournal1

Did you see that video of two teenagers baffled by a dial phone? Nothing is guaranteed to make you feel jurassic like watching the routine technology of your childhood appear irrefutably for…

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

What Happens To Modern Dance Companies " And What Happens To Modern Dance Itself " When The Founders Are Gone? by Artsjournal1

Joan Acocella: "A lot of modern-dance companies are talking about 'legacy' and trying to come up with ways to perpetuate it. Why? Well, the art form is more than a century old. Many modern-d…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Is Upright Citizens Brigade Circling The Drain? by Artsjournal1

Just three years ago, it seemed (at least to the outside world) that the company was turning into an improv empire: multiple locations in NYC and LA, a TV deal, corporate workshops, thousand…

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Oregon Bach Festival's Executive Director Out, Two Years After Firing Of Artistic Director Matthew Halls by Artsjournal1

A Friday afternoon announcement said that Janelle McCoy would be leaving after this year's festival (which begins Friday) and that her job is being eliminated due to budget cuts. In 2017, sh…

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Septime Webre Is Starting To Do For Hong Kong Ballet What He Did For Washington Ballet by Artsjournal1

In the two years he's been artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet (where he arrived one year after leaving the same job in DC), Webre has added to the company's repertoire, brought in high-pr…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM[SHARE]

Calm Down, Folks " Netflix Has Not Locked Down The Future Of Cinema by Artsjournal1

Not, argues David Sims, that you could tell from the big New York Times package on the future of movies. We need to keep in mind that "Netflix is still a young company, one that's sitting on…

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David Esterly, Self-Taught Master Wood Carver, Dead At 75 by Artsjournal1

He'd completed a doctorate in literature at Cambridge and wasn't sure what to do with himself next when, on a visit to London, he saw the 17th-century woodcarvings by Grinling Gibbons in St.…

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How The Mueller Report Was Turned Into A Play And Live-Streamed By A Superstar Cast by Artsjournal1

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan (The Kentucky Cycle) adapted the special counsel's notoriously careful report into a drama titled The Investigation: A Search for the Truth…

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Soprano Measha Brueggergosman Comes Through Emergency Double-Bypass Surgery by Artsjournal1

"[She] wrote a Facebook post late Friday … 'Just 30 teensy hours after a five-hour open-heart surgery (10 years after my OTHER open-heart surgery to repair a dissected aorta), I am tube- a…

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There's A Whole New, And More Diverse, Generation Taking The Helm At British Theatres by Artsjournal1

Susannah Clapp: "There used to be a template for the artistic directors of theatres. A template about as restricted as candidates for the Tory party leadership. White and male. Obviously. Th…

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The Sultan Of Oman Is Trying To Establish A Major Opera House by Artsjournal1

He's already got the building: the spectacular Royal Opera House, Muscat, which opened in 2011 and is reportedly the Omani capital's second-most-popular tourist attraction. The Economist loo…

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New York City's Public Libraries Drop Access To Streaming Movie Service by Artsjournal1

The Brooklyn, Queens, and New York Public Library systems began offering cardholders free access to the well-regarded service Kanopy in 2017, and last year about 1% of cardholders used the s…

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Guelph Treasure Case: Berlin Museums Will Appeal To US Supreme Court For Dismissal by Artsjournal1

"The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the organisation that oversees Berlin's state museums, says it will appeal to the United States Supreme Court to dismiss a claim for the Guelph Tr…

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The Website That Broke The Aziz Ansari #MeToo-Or-Bad-Date Story? It Was A Mess, And Here's How It Collapsed by Artsjournal1

Babe.net, which marketed itself as "for girls who don't give a fuck," was an HR professional's nightmare, and a journalism professor's nightmare, too. Allison P. Davis reports on how its big…

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Other Buyers May Be Ready To Pay More Than $2.66 Billion For Sotheby's by Artsjournal1

"The 275-year-old auction house " which agreed … to sell itself for $2.66 billion to French telecom tycoon Patrick Drahi " could soon get at least two counteroffers from rival investors, T…

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In The Age Of Amazon, The Few Queer Bookstores Left Are Lifelines For Queer Teens by Artsjournal1

Even as the number of LGBTQ stories told in young adult literature keeps growing, there are still many teens whose libraries don't offer it and who don't feel comfortable asking for that sub…

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That Queer Sex Video Jair Bolsonaro Tweeted? It Was Guerrilla Performance Art, Say The Men In It by Artsjournal1

In March the Brazilian president posted a video clip shot at a gay street party during São Paulo's Carnival, tweeting, "We have to expose the truth so the population are aware of their pr…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 23, 2019

New theatre company aims to make pubs and clubs more inclusive for women and non-binary people by Artsjournal1

"Co-founder of [the company] Part of the Night, Olivia Munk, said: 'My co-founder Jessica Bickel-Barlow and I realised that while we weren't comfortable going to a pub or club alone, we alwa…

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How the Welsh-language national theatre has blazed a trail for women playwrights and directors by Artsjournal1

"In its 15-year history, more than half of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru's productions have been directed by women and close to half have been written by female playwrights. Notably, of the comp…

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'It's Our Turn' " Terence Blanchard's New Opera Is Rooted In Black Experience by Artsjournal1

"Terence Blanchard knows from experience that an opera that sounds and looks different from the classic repertory can bring new audiences to an old art form. 'An elderly African American man…

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Know a Theatre: Tennessee Women's Theater Project of Nashville by Artsjournal1

"Among the throng of honky-tonk bars in downtown Nashville is the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre " home to the Tennessee Women's Theater Project. American Theatre caught up with company's foundi…

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Friday, June 21, 2019

The Library Tucked In A Pakistani Arms Market by Artsjournal1

"This tribal district, located about 85 miles west of Islamabad, is best known for its sprawling weapons bazaar. … A local book lover, Raj Muhammad, hopes it becomes known as the home of t…

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How To Avoid A Sexist Tax On Tampons? Sell Them In Books by Artsjournal1

In order to avoid the unreasonably high VAT on tampons in many European countries, a startup in Germany (where the tax is 19%!) has started packaging 15 tampons with a 46-page booklet about …

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Can Public Radio And TV Help Bring A Sharply Divided America Together? Should It? by Artsjournal1

Andrea Smardon: "To answer these questions, I talked with innovative producers who are working on projects that attempt to bridge political and cultural divides. This work is going on across…

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'125th And Freedom': A Marathon Dance Piece Stretching Across Harlem's Main Thoroughfare by Artsjournal1

"Stopping at sites including the Harriet Tubman Memorial and the former Lenox Lounge " now a Wells Fargo " the 16-part ritual tells the story of a tribe fighting for its freedom with the hel…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

Want To Make Orchestral Auditions More Inclusive And Less Discriminatory? This Is How by Artsjournal1

Writing in the house magazine of Local 802 (the New York City chapter) of the American Federation of Musicians, Shea Scruggs and Weston Sprott both suggest ways to change the mindset around …

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