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Notes from Arden
Life Is a Dream
Sometimes I hit a combination of notes in a prelude – a combination so enticing, I have to stop and say, oh, that’s really nice. It’s like walking in my local meadow when the sun is melting the snow through towering pines, and a coyote dashes off in one direction, and a family of deer in the opposite. That much rustling triggers a flock of quail to take flight. It’s just a moment when you say, oh, that’s really nice. Or, when walking the dogs, a neighbor shouts out your name cheerfully and waves, and you say, oh, that’s really nice. A collection of such moments is a kind of photograph album to be brought out when things get too arduous. And through the clamor of a pandemic, the cacophony of lies, the babel, the losses, the disappointment, the disgust with hypocrisy, you can still find some fleeting snapshot, some snippet of music, and say, oh, that’ really nice.
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Court Dismisses “Ed Asner” Lawsuit
“This is, obviously, quite bad news for the local theater scene and we will need to take some time to absorb just what all this means and how we will react to it. Already, we are seeing several Facebook posts from Equity actors who are vowing to go rogue and act secretly (and, yes, illegally) on 99 seat stages. Others are seriously discussing the notion of going FiCore, a topic discussed at length in journalist Myron Meisel’s excellent earlier Stage Raw article.” –BY PAUL BIRCHALL
Got It Covered
But that is not really what the Committee for the Jubilee is about. According to its announcement on the Howlround website, the idea is simply to obtain pledges from theater companies around the country that during the 2020-21 theatrical season, they will produce only works by “women, people of color, artists of various physical and cognitive abilities, and LBGTQA artists.” All other writers might as well take the year off, apparently. –BY PAUL BIRCHALL
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Around Town
I believe Jean Renoir said it takes about 25 years to know if a work of art is any good, obviating all instant criticism. (Walk through any “contemporary” art museum to confirm.) Certainly they mutate over such a length of time. Context changes, and more importantly, so do we. –BY MYRON MEISEL