[NEohioPAL] Press release for new book about Theater Criticism

Bob Abelman r.abelman at adelphia.net
Sat Jul 13 14:26:44 PDT 2013


Peter Lang Publishing

29 Broadway, 18th Fl, New York, NY 10006

Phone: +1 212.647.7700 x 3010

Fax: +1 212.647.7707

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

A Theater Criticism/Arts Journalism Primer

Refereeing the Muses

By Bob Abelman & Cheryl Kushner

 

Paperback | $38.95, July 2013

To Purchase: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=62157&concordeid=311549

 

A Theater Criticism/Arts Journalism Primer: Refereeing the Muses examines the skill set

associated with being a critic and arts journalist. It explores the history, evolution, and future of the profession in the United States, and carefully and purposefully dissects the preparation, observation, and writing process associated with generating thoughtful and interesting arts criticism.

 

Using theatrical productions as the best and most vivid example of a storytelling enterprise that

employs creativity, imagination, collaboration, aesthetics, and artisanship to effectively engage an audience, this book is intended to generate the critical thinking and critical writing skills necessary to effectively engage in all forms of arts journalism.

 

It is designed for those looking to become more thoughtful, critical consumers, for casual critics

thinking about starting a blog or working for their university newspaper, and for working critics

hoping to improve their craft.  

 

The text is written in an accessible style and includes quotes from renowned critics and arts practitioners throughout as well as frequent sidebars that offer timely, insightful, and entertaining examples of the points being made in the text.

 

Advance Praise

 

"The authors' passion and obsession are what 

make this book invaluable."

-Sasha Anawalt, Director, Arts Journalism Programs, USC

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

 

"Bob Abelman and Cheryl Kushner's accessible and

information-rich primer is useful to beginners eager to

develop their critical voices. It's also worthwhile to those of

us who have been practicing criticism for years but need to

recall the basics: Why we write criticism, how to 

do it well, and why it matters."

-David Cote, Theater editor and chief drama critic

Time Out New York

 

"Refereeing the Muses provides an element-by-element

analysis of what goes into constructing an artful,

journalistically sound review. The book's insights into how

critics prepare and then react to a work of art are valid and

valuable. The authors also acknowledge that the best

criticism, like the work it analyzes, requires creativity."

-Christine Dolen, Theater Critic

The Miami Herald

 

"As one who has been heralded and eviscerated in reviews,

I can only hope that both critics and artists take the time to

truly digest the insightful information in this book - to more

fully understand not only where the ideals of criticism come

from, but where critics fit in today's theatrical ecosystem."

-Eric Coble, Playwright 

(Bright Ideas, The Velocity of Autumn)

 

"Bob Abelman and Cheryl Kushner have delivered a book of

remarkable clarity, a detailed survey and breakdown of

critic-craft that's granular without ever getting grainy. Even

if we end up living in that much-feared near-future where

"Everyone's a Critic," Refereeing the Muses will be required

reading for every drive-by Twitterer and citizen-kvetcher."

-Scott Brown, Theater Critic

New York Magazine

 

"The art and practice of criticism is undergoing fundamental

change. Before we figure out where it's going we have to

understand what it's been and how it's been done.

Refereeing the Muses is a valuable and compelling 

place from which to start."

-Douglas McLennan, Editor

ArtsJournal.com



To purchase:  http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=62157&concordeid=311549
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