There have been a couple nice developments among the blogs I regularly read.
-Neill Archer Roan has begun blogging again. Unfortunately, the wonderful old material I linked to was retired when he moved to this new format.
-Scott Walters has semi-retired Theatre Ideas in favor of discussing trends and developments in the context of his <100k Project
–Poor Player Tom Loughlin has started a new site, Acting in America, where actors of every stripe can tell their stories.
I see these latter two additions as a sign that arts blogging is maturing. Both men have taken subjects they spoke of passionately over the course of many blog entries and spun them off into projects aimed at serving the arts community as a whole. There may be others whom I haven’t been following who have done this already (and by all means, point me to them.) The fact the numbers are growing only supports my assertion about emerging maturity.
I also don’t mean to imply that their earlier work, or than of bloggers like myself, did not contribute to the arts community. These new efforts look to examine and develop opportunities in ways that haven’t really been tried before.