Herre are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Q&A: Should we keep producing 'Miss Saigon'?
Datebook: If theater were to excise from its canon every problematic work of art — every play espousing racism, sexism, nationalism or some other nefarious belief — we’d not only have a paltry repertoire, we’d also rob ourselves of the chance to learn from our classics’ failures.
A Sobering Look at the Production Industry
TPi: In the live entertainment and touring industry, addiction is common. “I wanted to share my story, not for a pat on the back, but hopefully there is someone who can identify and who may be going through the same thing. It’s a tough industry with long hours, high pressure and often being away from home. Much of the time, alcohol, drugs and even over-eating is a coping mechanism. My message is that if you have a niggle in your mind that something is wrong, it’s not a niggle. Something is wrong. If I can do it, you can do it too.”
EU Copyright Regulations May Prevent Artists from Sharing Work on Social Media
Artsy: Imagine it’s the summer of 2021, and an artist based in Berlin is uploading an image she created to express her support for the candidate vying to be Germany’s next chancellor—whomever she or he turns out to be—in the style of Shepard Fairey
’s iconic 2008 Barack Obama Hope campaign poster to Facebook. Before the image hits the news feed, a recently introduced Facebook upload filter checks the artist’s image against a vast database of copyrighted materials, turning up Fairey’s poster and countless other images in a similar style. The artist’s upload is denied; she can appeal the filter’s decision, but the process could take weeks, by which time the election will have passed and the image may be irrelevant. She gives up on sharing her artwork.
A white artistic director pretended to be black – it would be laughable if the consequences weren’t so damaging
The Independent: "It has emerged that an artistic director at one of the UK’s few black-led theatres has been masquerading as black. Anthony Ekundayo Lennon describes himself as an “African born again” and stated in 2012 that “although I’m white, with white parents, I have gone through the struggles of a black man, a black actor”.
The arts are a shadow health service – here's why
theconversation.com: The UK’s Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has said that doctors should prescribe dance classes and trips to concert halls as well as pills and physio – and set out plans to make this “social prescribing” a reality. He clearly gets how the arts can benefit health and well-being. But there is more to do. The health benefits to be gained from creative practice are enormous and universal – and so need widespread investment.
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