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“the arts in worship ought to be freed to form the church in their own ways though not on their own terms.”
Jeremy Begbie • Glimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts
Arlen kills me. He’s as inventive a composer as there ever was.
James Lapine • Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George
1946 revue film The Ziegfeld Follies, “A Great Lady Has an Interview
Ethan Mordden • On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide
“The solution to helping support a healthy ecosystem for writers and journalists is not a beautiful CMS or the blockchain or any other gimmicky thing,” he said. “It’s the entire support structure.”
cjr.org • The Substackerati

‘Dizzy Atmosphere’,
Kenny Mathieson • Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65
This is the very possibility that small towns are supposed to offer: a theater in which to contemplate more fully the impact of your single life, your choices.