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It’s hard to overstate Taylor Swift’s power right now. This summer, she embarked on the first leg of her earth-shaking Eras Tour which is set to gross over $1 billion and generate $5 billion for the worldwide economy. The tour comes after Swift released three albums and three more re-recorded ones since the start of …
Right Wing Trolls Are Attacking Taylor Swift. Good Luck With That Read More »
I’ve been in the entertainment industry since I was nine. I joined the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) when I was 11 in 1977, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) when I was 22, and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) the following year. I got my start as a child actor on Broadway, studied film …
The Writers’ Strike Settlement Was Good. But Not Good Enough Concerning AI Read More »
So, what’s a subscriber, anyway? With the Writers Guild of America‘s interim agreement details revealed, the stakes are high on figuring that out. The guild’s deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers breaks new ground when it comes to streaming residuals, with writers set to get healthy bonuses if a specified success metric …
Writers’ Settlement Tries To Define Streaming Subscriber Read More »
Right now, many forms of knowledge production seem to be facing their end. The crisis of the humanities has reached a tipping point of financial and popular disinvestment, while technological advances such as new artificial intelligence programmes may outstrip human ingenuity. As news outlets disappear, extreme political movements question the concept of objectivity and the …
Does Academic Pursuit Need a Goal, A “Completed-By” Date? Read More »
The cost of milk is up. So is everything else, it seems. What about ticket prices at the theatre? On Broadway, prices are high and the trend is ever upward. But what about at the nation’s nonprofits, where most Americans see theatre? Ticket prices have risen there too, but not at the rate the Consumer …
Yambo Ouologuem insisted he had done nothing wrong in writing his 1968 novel Le Devoir de violence (Bound to Violence). But he refused to explain why and stalked away from Paris back home to Mali to stew in his fury. Were his borrowings actually a literary technique? – The New York Times Source link
“It’s just a rude word for creative people. I know there are students in the audience: You don’t want to hear your stories described as ‘content’ or your acting or your producing described as ‘content.’ That’s just like coffee grounds in the sink or something.” – The New York Times Source link
It is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, 29 June 1613. A fine sunny Saturday afternoon in midsummer, and the Globe Theatre in Southwark is packed. The play has just started. It’s called All is True, and we are about forty minutes in. Cardinal Wolsey, played (most likely) by the star of the King’s …
The Men Who Saved Half Of Shakespeare’s Plays From Complete Loss Read More »
Second Stage’s Carole Rothman and Lincoln Center Theater’s André Bishop. Photos: Jennifer S. Altman/Chasi Annexy The New York not-for-profit theatre industry could be about to see its biggest changes in leadership in generations, says columnist Howard Sherman Support The Stage by registering or subscribing To continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register …
Kenneth Branagh is set to play, and direct, King Lear and doubtless we shall hear the usual critical cliches about his attempt to scale a theatrical Everest. But is the role of Lear that difficult? The 19th-century American actor Edwin Forrest said: “I play Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth but by heaven, sir, I am Lear.” …
King Lear Is A Strenuous Role, But Not Such A Difficult One Read More »
