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For new musicals, help is on the way
Writers and composers of new musicals face many challenges including growing production costs, skeptical producers and a dwindling number of venues. Though a few festivals and projects in major cities have stepped up to help, the future of new musical theatre might be found many miles from the bright lights of Broadway, in places such as Indiana University Bloomington. This summer, the university will seek to help raise the fortunes of one such aspiring musical as it launches a New Musical Development Workshop. Full StoryQ&A: IU student actor John Armstrong on acting, singing, playing music
John Armstrong, a master of fine arts acting candidate in the IU Bloomington Department of Theatre and Drama, speaks to "Live at IU" about his numerous and diverse summer and fall projects. He is currently performing in the toe-tapping family musical Smoke on the Mountain at the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville, Ind., and next month will participate in IU's inaugural New Musical Development Workshop, which will provide support for new musicals that otherwise might never get produced. In the fall, he will star as one of dramatic literature's most legendary characters -- John Proctor -- in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, to be performed at IU Bloomington in November. In this interview, he talks about the challenges of creating and switching roles, singing gospel tunes, taking part in a national tour and learning -- for the first time -- to sing and play an instrument simultaneously. Full StoryHome is where the "art" is
Tim Kennedy lectures on painting, drawing and design at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Fine Arts. An accomplished and award-winning artist, he recently staged a solo exhibition of his paintings, "Inside/Outside," at First Street Gallery in the historic Chelsea area of New York City. The gallery is one of New York City's oldest artist-run galleries. Kennedy's "Inside/Outside" exhibition reflects his fascination with the Craftsman bungalow in which he lives and its surrounding neighborhood. The paintings showcase intimate interiors and yard landscapes, as well as people involved in everyday domestic activities. In an essay about the exhibition, Kennedy discusses how the home and its many pleasures have become central to his art. Full StoryA completely different approach
IU Southeast Professor Dru Pilmer is one of fewer than 140 designated Linklater Voice teachers in the world. "I am endlessly fascinated with the connection of the moment, when someone is allowing the breath down into their belly -- which means to the bottom of their lungs -- for the first time in years," Pilmer says. Full StorySnapshots of history: The Cushman Photograph Collection
In the fall of 1999, an IU archivist came across several suitcases -- hidden in the university's archives for 23 years -- containing a treasure trove of photographs taken by IU alumnus and amateur photographer Charles Weever Cushman (1896-1972). Included in the collection that Cushman bequeathed to IU: 14,500 Kodachrome slides taken between 1938 and 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as several other countries. The images are infused with rich, vibrant colors and document a time in history that most Americans can only picture in black and white. Said one fine arts professor of the collection, "This is the kind of things historians dream about." Full StoryThe art of jazz
James McGarrell's musical obsession dates back to his days as an IU undergraduate, when he hosted a popular student radio program and hitchhiked more than 830 miles to see a show in a New Orleans dance club. Now one of the most influential figural painters of the postmodern movement of the 1980s and 1990s, McGarrell incorporates musicians and the language of music into his work, now on display at the IU Art Museum. His method is as swinging, freewheeling and improvisational as his jazz counterparts. Full StoryPrevious issue of "Live at IU"
Follow this link for the previous issue of "Live at IU," which featured the Science Olympiad National Tournament, held last month at IU Bloomington, and IU Kokomo's "Semester of Shakespeare." The issue also included profiles of IU alumnus and award-winning opera star Lawrence Brownlee, Professor David Hertz and his efforts to break down the barrier between classical and popular culture, and Margaret Dolinksy, a professor of fine arts who is creating virtual reality environments. Full Story |
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