Archive for February, 2011
Artistic Consequences of Uprisings in the Muslim World
Above, Gustave Courbet’s A Wounded Man (1854), a landmark Realist painting. Below, a wounded demonstrator in Yemen (2011).
By Adam Leipzig
The revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula will mark 2011 as important a year as 1848. The long-term political implications are uncertain. But what will be the consequences More...
Reason for Theatre
By Adam Leipzig
If windmills can be knights in battle, then chairs with wheels can be windmills.
Standing on the shoulders of Cervantes, Kafka and Beckett, the play La Razón Blindada (Armored Reason) is a work of theatre that’s simple and complicated at the same time. The play is simple because it is made out of poverty – two actor More...
Make a Video, Get a Job
by Adam Leipzig
“That’s creepy,” my daughter said. “It’s just an internship. But to apply I have to post a video on You Tube.”
Creepy or not, that’s the future. Two generations ago, you sent a letter of inquiry. One generation ago you sent an email. Today you send a video.
With good reason. We get so much more information with a More...
Theatre in Protest and Community
Guest Column by Bari Hochwald
As we watch the live feed from Cairo's Tahrir Square, I am brought back to similar scenes last December, as the capital of Belarus erupted in protests against a presidential election that international observers said was falsified. Over 1000 people were beaten and thrown into jail. Among them were members of t More...
Indie Films: State of the Union
By popular demand, I have edited together all 3 parts of my indie films series.
By Adam Leipzig
There were some surprisingly hefty deals announced at Sundance 2011, but despite major media reports that indie films are making a comeback, the overall news isn’t that good. If we meet back here in a year, we’ll learn that some of those More...
