Stephen Costello: “Because [wife Ailyn Pérez] sees me wake up in the morning – bad breath, bad hair and all – we have a comfort level with each other that we don’t have with other people.” On the other hand … Anna Netrebko: “No, on the stage we are colleagues, nothing else. We have nothing to do with the couple thing.”
Month: April 2012
Edmonton Theatre Reduces Its Shows To One To Make More Impact
“So often the playwrights are just alone in the garret and [then]they’re subjected to gang dramaturgy and actors and everyone trying to fix their play. So we felt, especially on a piece like this, the design would affect the dramaturgical development of the piece.”
Have We Lost Our Ability To Innovate?
“We have no colonies on Mars, we still can’t get by without prehistoric fuel, the dishwasher still doesn’t get all the dishes clean, and very few of us have personal jetpacks. You call this progress?”
Prequels To Familiar Stories Finding Niche On Broadway
“Disappearing Broadway investments prove, especially this season, that there is still no formula for commercial success in the entertainment business, but the wicked track record of the prequel is really starting to stand out. Clearly, there is something extraordinarily potent about revealing, or positing, to an audience how we got to the starting point of some beloved and familiar story.”
British Health Service To Open First Dance Injury/Research Clinic
“It is part of a new National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science which is backed by several dance organisations and two universities. The clinic will offer highly specialised treatment and rehabilitation services. The institute also plans to conduct research into the treatment and prevention of dance injuries.”
Is “Occupy” Becoming An Art Movement?
“There has been so much art centred around the Occupy protests that it is beginning to feel like a new artistic movement. What defines it, and could it supplant the world of the galleries?”
Meet The Agency That Controls Which Movies Chinese Audiences See
“The China Film Group functions as the Chinese government’s guardian of a film market that recently shot past Japan’s to become the world’s second-largest in box-office receipts behind the United States. On a broad array of business dealings — censorship, distribution and co-productions, among others — it is the conduit for foreign moviemakers hoping to make or distribute films in China.”
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Grammy Elimination Of Music Categories
“The Academy announced last April that after a more than yearlong review, it had decided to trim its categories by 31, in part to make the awards more competitive. That meant eliminating categories by sex, so men and women compete in the same vocal categories.
But it also eliminated other niche categories and created broader ones. For example, instead of a best Latin jazz album, those musicians competed against a larger group of artists in the best jazz instrumental category.”
Why Did Drama Desk Awards Eliminate Orchestration?
After inexplicably not including the Outstanding Orchestrations category in this year’s awards – the press release says, “The Board also decided to eliminate the category of Orchestrations” – the Drama Desk board has ruffled more than a few industry feathers.
“Follies” Tops Drama Desk Nominations
“Unlike the Tony Awards, the Drama Desks consider productions from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway equally in each of its multiple categories.”