Musicians of the Atlanta Ballet orchestra have been on strike for months. The company has decided to hire replacement musicians so its “Nutcracker” can go on. – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Month: November 1999
CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCE
Two Ohio museums explore the influence African movement has had on American dance. – Morning Edition (NPR) [Real Audio sound clip]
OFF POINTE
New York City Ballet cancels opening night performance after musicians go out on strike. New York Times
And: Strike threatens “Nutcracker” performances. – Variety
100-FOOT NUTCRACKER
New IMAX version of holiday classic is big enough – but a chore to sit through. – San Francisco Chronicle
PAUL BOWLES REMEMBERED
Author’s story is now the story. – San Francisco Examiner
AND: Bowles’ musical legacy. San Francisco Examiner 11/23/99
ROARRRR!:
“Lion King” cleans up at London’s Evening Standard Theatre awards. BBC
THE “LONGEST RUNNING FARCE IN THE WEST END”
After a string of pratfalls, insolvency, scandals, four directors, London’s Covent Garden reopens next week after a £214 million makeover. London Telegraph
ACTING TIRED
David Mamet recently took aim on the art of acting calling for a return to the heroic values of an earlier age. Maybe it’s time, says one critic, to move away from the uniformity of realism and less-is-more and study Chekhov’s nephew. London Telegraph
ROUNDABOUT SUCCESS
New York’s Roundabout Theater has been a study in hard-luck stories. But now it’s embarking on a swank $21 million redo of a forlorn old movie house and looking for benefactors to get the job done. New York Times (removed to paid archive)
BUYING PICASSOS ONLINE
But how can you tell if it’s a fake? Wired