Canadians have made a fetish out of the late great pianist. This week a five-day international Gould conference of Trekkie proportions will open in Toronto. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Month: September 1999
Elton John turns movie critic
Trashes Benigni’s “Life is Beautiful.” Elton’s new movie (he produced) was a hit at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
Toronto Globe and Mail
THE GENIUS ECLIPSED
The revolution that was Michel Fokine – and then eclipsed. “Before Fokine, choreographer, set designer, costumer and composer each worked in isolation on a dance; Fokine set about bringing these arts together.” The onset of Nijinsky helped prematurely end Fokine’s career at age 34. – New Statesman
The art of producing
Everyone remembers the Beatles. Anyone remember their producer? Producers are blamed when they flop, forgotten when they score. A new Encyclopedia of Record Producers reveals the producer’s life. – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
Elliott Carter’s first opera (about an auto wreck)
It premiered in Berlin this week and the audience went wild. Unfortunately, that would not be the reaction back home, says the Washington Post critic. – The Washington Post
Tampa Tribune says new Pinewood Cultural Center
is one of the few places in the nation to boast an art museum, cultural center and a botanical garden on a single campus. Tampa Tribune 9/17/99
Media Mergers sends Creatives to Court
As corporations combine, artists and producers reach for their lawyers to protect their interests. Los Angeles Times
Cultural Desert
With only 67,000 people, Billy Apple writes, Santa Fe has a cultural life worthy of a European metropolis. New York Times
Take Out
According to Demographics Monthly, more than 60 percent of Americans ask for a doggie bag when they dine out. Chicago Tribune
LONDON’S WEST END THEATER DISTRICT IS IN MELTDOWN
It’s not audiences or lack of new plays, reports the Financial Times. It’s the theatre buildings – almost half of them – including some of the most venerable – are up for sale. The new economics prevails. Financial Times (London)