Michael Billington: “Why do it? Why put my head on the chopping-block by writing a book hubristically entitled The 101 Greatest Plays? The answers are many and complex.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Fire Destroys Portion Of One Of Europe’s Largest Science Museums
Firefighters battled the blaze at the Cité des Sciences in Paris for more than five hours. “Smoke and flames damaged an area of 10,000 square metres (107,000 square feet), ravaging a 110-million-euro ($122 million) scheme to turn the [auxiliary] building into an area for shops.” None of the museum’s exhibits were damaged.
Radical Sandcastles – Now HERE’s Some Pathbreaking Architecture For You
“His creations look nothing like classical interpretations. Instead of mounds and turrets and moats, [Matt] Kaliner’s structures are drippy archways that twist, jut, climb, and at times appear suspended in midair. They are otherwordly, like something you’d find on a beach in Neverland, or what it might look like if Antoni Gaudi had designed the fictional island of Laputa in a dream.”
Sylvie Guillem On Nureyev And Being ‘Mademoiselle Non’
“I trusted my instincts. It is a very short career [and] I didn’t have time to cope with the management of the company.”
Men’s And Women’s Brains Are Indeed Different – But Only A Little
“Two years ago, a study of the differences between male and female brains caused a storm. The researchers, based at the University of Pennsylvania, claimed to have found that, from adolescence onwards, men’s brains have more connections within each hemisphere, whereas women’s brains have more cross-connections between the hemispheres.” Well, they’ve updated their findings.
Twyla Tharp Rehearses Her 50th Anniversary Tour: Day Eight
“But today the ones in this room are tired. This is no surprise as last week was a hard one finishing the entire show, which is nearly 90 minutes of dancing. I always push the first week of a rehearsal period so that we can all see what we actually have.”
How The Biggest Explosion In Recorded History Changed Culture All Over The World
The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 did more than just cause the “Year Without Summer” and lead to months on end of storms, crop failures and epidemics. The aftermath of that catastrophe changed the course of painting and literature (though the participants didn’t know it at the time), and arguably led to the birth of an entire branch of popular culture.
How To Structure A Radio Narrative, Explained In Comic-Book Form (Starring Ira Glass)
A portion of the “Keep or Kill” chapter from Jessica Abel’s graphic non-fiction book Out on the Wire.
The Cat Video And The Essence Of Art
“Cats have purposiveness without a knowable purpose (Immanuel Kant’s much-cited criterion for true art). Cats are mysteries; their agendas, beyond food and sleep and sunlight, may constitute a kind of knowledge endlessly deferred. (They are born aesthetes, but also born deconstructionists.)”
Fire-Eating, Projectile Weapons, A Mandy Patinkin Impression – Offbeat Skills That Have Gotten Actors Work
Stage fighting? Lots of people can do that. Accents? Standard. Foreign languages? No longer uncommon. Here are seven actors talking about the really unusual gifts they have.