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Paul Woodruff is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being Watched, where he argues that theater is essential to the development of healthy individuals and healthy societies.

In the second part of an interview conducted last week, WMNF asked Woodruff about playwright Bertolt Brecht. Woodruff writes that Brecht wrote his plays to provoke, and not to obstruct critical thought. Woodruff writes t...

Author speaks on "The Necessity of Theatre" listen

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Paul Woodruff is a professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He’s just written a book called, The Necessity of Theatre: The Art of Watching and Being Watched.

In the book, he writes that he wants to demonstrate that theatre is not a dying art form.

WMNF spoke with him earlier this week. We’ll hear more from him on next week’s Evening News.

Study: Channelside needs arts director listen

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A New York City consultant who has reviewed the potential for the Channelside Arts District in Tampa received a mixed response from the Tampa City Council today.

Leith ter Muelen, from LandAir Project Resources, is in town to give presentations about her study over the next two days.

She said her original charge – to review the existing arts assets in the District - has changed over the course of this year due to the fallout from the housing and credit crisis and the reduction in prop...

American newspaper crisis - Part II listen

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More news of the newspaper industry’s financial crisis came yesterday, when the New York Times Co. and Media General, the parent of the Tampa Tribune, each reported a loss in the first quarter this year amid decreasing declines in advertising revenue.

The Tribune Company’s new chief executive, Sam Zell, said his company expects to post double-digit declines in print-ad revenue for the quarter as well.

It’s this environment what led an analyst for Goldman Sachs to tell today’s *Wall...