“It sounded like your typical aspirational, ‘I want’ musical-theater song. Except for the part where a jaguar, played by Jennifer Lim, roared into the scene and pounced on [Celia] Keenan-Bolger. Also, the horses were cardboard heads on sticks, and the ensemble a team of cardboard cacti (with sad faces drawn in black Sharpie).”
Author: Matthew Westphal
‘Game Of Thrones’ And The Politics Of 2016
Emily Nussbaum: “Season 6 … felt perversely relevant in this election year. It was dominated by debates about purity versus pragmatism; the struggles of female candidates in a male-run world; family dynasties with ugly histories; and assorted deals with various devils. George R. R. Martin surely didn’t intend his blockbuster series of fantasy books … to be an allegorical text for U.S. voters in 2016. But that’s what you get with modern water-cooler dramas, which so often work as an aesthetic Esperanto that lets us talk about politics without fighting about the news.”
Turning An Auto-Body Shop Into A Center For Dance And Dancers
Renovations began last week on the Performance Garage, which former Martha Graham dancer Jeanne Ruddy and her husband bought back when it was an actual garage for repairing cars. The plan is to make it a comfortable, affordable performance and rehearsal center for many companies; BalletX already rehearses there.
Female Cinematographers Talk About Making Their Way In A Very Male Profession
“Vulture spoke to [Natasha] Braier (The Neon Demon) and two other prominent female DPs, Maryse Alberti (The Wrestler, Creed) and Rachel Morrison (Fruitvale Station, Cake, Dope), about the challenges, opportunities, and absurdity of being a woman in cinematography.”
Models Claim Artist Pressured Them To Penetrate Themselves With Rope; Artist Says She Clearly Informed Models And Required Nothing
“In Brazilian artist Laura Lima’s exhibition The Inverse, ‘the participant’s body achieves uncanny abstraction, presence, and suspense,’ according to a description. But two models say Lima went way too far in trying to achieve this effect.”
This Bookstore Will Serve You An Espresso While You Wait Five Minutes For Your Printed-To-Order Book
“The pronounced stock shortage inside the Librairie des Puf” – that’s for Presses universitaires de France – “is not the result of an ordering mistake, but the heart of the shop’s business model.”
Edoardo Müller, Longtime Conductor At San Diego Opera, Dead At 78
“Müller was recognized as an ‘old school’ conductor who worked with two generations of opera artists around the world. He was also known for his scholarly study of singing and at least once stepped in to perform a major tenor role in La Traviata at a San Diego Opera dress rehearsal.” He conducted 45 productions at the company over 31 years.
British Museum In Court Disputing Nearly $1M Tax Bill
The museum is contesting a tax bill from the local council of the London borough of Camden for £720,000. The council maintains that revenues from the museum’s two restaurants and gift shop should be taxed at for-profit rates.
Gargantuan Statue Of Columbus, Rejected By At Least Six Cities, Finds Home In Puerto Rico
“At 350 ft, Birth of a New World is not the tallest sculpture in existence. … But [Zurab] Tsereteli’s work is enormous, 45ft taller than the Statue of Liberty from pedestal to torch. In 1993, Columbus, Ohio, turned it down. Other cities followed suit, including New York, Boston, Cleveland, Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Finally the statue was offered a home in Puerto Rico, where Columbus arrived in 1493.”
A Final Count Of The Departures From Pennsylvania Ballet
“Today, the ballet’s website shows 25 dancers: five principals, four soloists, 11 corps dancers, and six apprentices. That makes 18 dancers or 42 percent of this season’s company who will not be on stage at the Academy of Music or Merriam Theater next season.”