tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post112481765738017860..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Arts & Leisure watch: 8/21Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1124857963227696652005-08-24T00:32:00.000-04:002005-08-24T00:32:00.000-04:00An addition because I thought of this post when re...An addition because I thought of this post when reading http://www.newyorker.com/goingson/recordings/articles/050801gore_GOAT_recordings2<BR/><BR/>Aaron Copland declared in 1941: “The composer who is frightened of losing his artistic integrity through contact with a mass audience is no longer aware of the meaning of the word art.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1124856273429768292005-08-24T00:04:00.000-04:002005-08-24T00:04:00.000-04:00Well said, Playgoer. Together, the articles feel l...Well said, Playgoer. <BR/><BR/>Together, the articles feel like one long lament about the lackluster investment climate today on Broadway. <BR/><BR/>Not exactly news--even if both pieces had appeared where they belong in the <I>Business</I> section. (Incidentally, the business writers tend to do a better job with this kind of piece.) But these are supposed to be the <I>Arts</I> pages for crying out loud!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1124838429646049432005-08-23T19:07:00.000-04:002005-08-23T19:07:00.000-04:00Good comments on the biz and the biz of the biz, a...Good comments on the biz and the biz of the biz, as usual.<BR/><BR/>Serious art on Broadway will continue to be an intermittent bonus. Serious theater and theater are two different things for most people, the latter being the only one they know of and want. Profit lies one way, art another. Such is life, alas, more often than not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com