The Sunday Times‘s dance critic takes a mid-career look. – The Sunday Times (UK)
Author: Douglas McLennan
THE FUTURE OF FICTION
A blue-ribbon panel debates the future of writing. – Philadelphia Inquirer
BRITAIN’S LARGEST-EVER EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The Liverpool Biennial – Britain’s first – is a shambles. But it’s a start. London Sunday Times
COLOR BIND
Why is there no black-run theater company in the nation’s capital? Washington Post
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN THEATER
Earlier this month playwrights John Guare, Terrence McNally, Lanford Wilson, Paula Vogel, Jon Robin Baitz, Wendy Kesselman, August Wilson, A.R Gurney and Christopher Durang got together to talk about the biz. New York Times
SECTION BY SECTION, musician by musician
The Chicago Symphony deconstructed. – Chicago Tribune
SOMEBODY TELL THEM THEY’RE DEAD
The Miami Herald critic was looking forward to the Stones tour – and then he actually saw them. Message to geriatric rockers everywhere: time to hang it up. – The Miami Herald
TORONTO SYMPHONY STRIKE update
Here’s where things stand at the end of Week I. – CBC
NEXT BEST THING
Daniel Barenboim wanted to be the next leader of the Berlin Philharmonic, but since that didn’t work out, he re-ups his contract with the Chicago Symphony. – Chicago Tribune
DISNEY MAKES MIDDLE-EAST PEACE ACCORD
The Happy Kingdom backs down on portrayal of Jerusalem and averts Arab boycott. Washington Post