“His followers and collaborators assume the Boston-area paintings are part of his promotional campaign for his movie. It may not be a coincidence that other Banksy-style street pieces have been showing up in select cities, from San Francisco to Toronto, where the documentary [‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’] is playing.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
Henry V, Starring Juvenile Offenders Sentenced To Perform
“Berkshire Juvenile Court Judge Judith Locke has sent these adjudicated offenders — found guilty of such adolescent crimes as fighting, drinking, stealing, and destroying property — not to lockup or conventional community service, but to four afternoons a week of acting exercises, rehearsal, and Shakespearean study.”
As The Arts Embrace Live Broadcasts, Is 3-D Next?
“Extravagant creations such as Avatar might seem to have nothing to do with the performing arts, but 3D technology can work for dance, opera and theatre, too.”
A Piano Mover Talks Shop
“I can move a piano by myself if I have to. There are guys who do it. But it’s just not worth it. The average piano weighs 450 to 500 pounds, but a 9-foot concert grand can weigh 1,300 pounds. ‘Come into the world alone, leave it alone, but I’m not working alone.’ That’s my motto.”
Bay Area Weighs Its Architectural Options
“The market in architectural futures is one way to make sense of the current hunt for firms to design the new wing of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and, across the bay, a new home for the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive. Experience is important but so is cachet. And if your building opens as your architect’s reputation crests – ka-ching!”
At Obies, Playwright Annie Baker Is Triumphant
“Baker scored the award for new American play for a pair of works: ‘Circle Mirror Transformation,’ which had a successful run at Playwrights Horizons earlier this season, and ‘The Aliens,’ now running at Rattlestick. Laurel comes with a cash prize of $1,000.”
Tony Awards To Recognize NYPD For Theatre District Work
“On May 1, police dealt with a potential car bomb that had been parked outside the theater where ‘The Lion King’ plays. In December, a plainclothes officer killed a suspected scam artist near a landmark Broadway hotel after a gunfight.”
Dan Savage Takes The Fam To The Musical Based On Them
The sex columnist’s husband and 12-year-old son, DJ, seemed to be taking the performance in stride. “And then, during a reenacted visit from the adoption counselor, a dildo fell out of the couch. DJ flung his head back, covered his eyes, and groaned. Savage leaned over and insisted loudly, slowly: ‘That. Did. Not. Happen.'”
Nat’l Museum of Catholic Art & History Quietly Went Under
“The Catholic museum was never a prominent cultural attraction. But its short life in New York is a parable of what can go wrong in the distribution of public funds for the arts. From the outset, the museum was an improbable pursuit.”
Stress Of Recession May Send Arts Managers Fleeing
Many say they plan “to leave their jobs with no new position on the horizon. … For the past two years, they have felt pressured by both passionate artists who want to do their work regardless of the economic situation and conservative board members, many of whose own companies are in trouble. The challenge of appeasing both at the same time has been overwhelming.”