“The producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark and Julie Taymor, the musical’s ousted director, are once again ready to settle their long-running court case. … The letter comes less than two weeks after the parties resumed litigation after failing to reach a final settlement of Taymor’s copyright infringement lawsuit.”
Month: January 2013
England Gives Millions In Lottery Funds To Refurbish Arts Venues
“In a rare piece of good news for the country’s art groups, millions of pounds of lottery money has been given out to to help refurbish run-down theatres, galleries and cinemas. Arts Council England (ACE) gave out small capital grants, between £100,000 and £500,000, … [for a] total of £11.6 million.”
Irina Dvorovenko To Retire From American Ballet Theater
The 39-year-old will give her final performance as an ABT principal (dancing Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin) at the Metropolitan Opera House on May 18. (She will continue to perform as a guest with various companies.)
Ai Weiwei Can Turn Even Mourning Into A Subversive Act
“How do we honor the dead? How do we commit them to memory? And how do we come to terms with the way they died?” Especially when they died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that Chinese authorities tried to cover up.
Glenda Jackson Says Her Fellow MPs Could Never Hack It In The Theatre
“The kind of behaviour you saw in parliament would not be tolerated for 30 seconds in a professional theatre. Essentially, there’s a lack of professionalism, very poor timekeeping, a great deal of wasting time, and egos the size of which I’ve never seen in my life before.”
How To Create An Entire Musical In One Day
A new documentary titled One-Night Stand “goes behind the scenes of ‘The 24-Hour Musicals,’ a fundraising event in which teams of playwrights, composers, actors and directors write, rehearse and finally perform a 15-minute show over the course of a single, sleep-deprived day.”
Ripe Prose: Cheesemongers And Their Creamy Product Descriptions
“They can tell you about torment. They can describe long, frustrating hours sitting in dark, stinky basements and caves, pen in hand, trying to get the flow of the words just right. … In case you haven’t noticed, some of the most amusing and captivating writing in the city is being produced in the service of cheese.”
Rochester Philharmonic – Coup In The Making?
“Rochester lawyer Eileen Buholtz has sought a ruling from Monroe County Supreme Court Justice Kenneth R. Fisher to adjourn the RPO’s annual meeting. It’s expected to draw nearly 500 people at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Eastman School of Music.”
Chinese Construction Workers Dance To Protest Conditions
“They have occupied factories and taken to the streets. But Chinese workers chose a more unusual form of protest when they highlighted their unpaid wages by dancing Gangnam Style outside the nightclub they had built.”
How Aaron Swartz’s Suicide Furthers The Things He Fought For
“By becoming a martyr to open access, Swartz has, for better or worse, dealt a blow to government efforts to delegitimize hackers and their values.”