“A 54-minute ‘essay film’ that refers to IRA martyrdom, Marxist theory and anthropomorphic ketchup dispensers as it explores the value of art won its maker Duncan Campbell the 2014 Turner Prize. It was by no means a surprise.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
New York, Berlin Philharmonics To Take Extended Residencies In Michigan
“The partnership begins next fall [in Ann Arbor] with three concerts [by the New York Philharmonic] Oct. 9-11, 2015 in Hill Auditorium, including two led by music director Alan Gilbert. The Philharmonic will return in the 2017-18 and 2019-20 seasons. The Berlin Philharmonic and another orchestra to be named later will appear in the alternating seasons.”
“Scottsboro Boys”, “Here Lies Love”, Gillian Anderson Take London Evening Standard Theatre Awards
The Scottsboro Boys, the controversial Kander & Ebb musical that treats a notorious 1931 Alabama criminal case in the style of a minstrel show, edged out the Imelda Marcos disco show Here Lies Love, which received a special award for “pushing the boundaries of the musical.” Anderson took Best Actress honors for her Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Evening Standard Theatre Awards: The Judges Speak
“A one-man war machine, a doe-eyed Blanche DuBois and two trips to Eighties New York – our judges on the performances and productions that triumphed at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.”
Arts, Culture And Sports Have “Zero” Effect On Local Economies, Says UK Report
“The financial impact of cultural events on local economies ‘tend not to be large and are more often zero,’ according to new data produced by the What Works Network, a government-backed initiative launched in 2013 to offer guidance on decision making and spending in public services.”
Confession: I Bail Out After The First Act Of Plays – All The Time
Joanne Kaufman: “I’m embarrassed by how unembarrassed I am to admit [it] … Don’t ask me what happened during the second acts of Matilda, Kinky Boots, Pippin and, reaching back a few seasons, Boeing-Boeing and Billy Elliott. Really, I have no idea. But I am nothing if not cosmopolitan in my tastes, or distastes.”
“What If The Thing That Everybody’s Talking About Is Wrong?” Chris Rock Talks To Frank Rich
“Honestly, it’s not that people were offended by what I said. They get offended by how much fun I appear to be having while saying it. You could literally take everything I said on Saturday night and say it on Meet the Press, and it would be a general debate, and it would go away.”
After Ten Years Off Due To Injury, A Great 20th-Century Violinist Is Back
“As a violinist who helped define the classical music scene through the 1970s and 1980s and became a role model for subsequent generations of players – not least, female Asian ones – [Kyung Wha] Chung could fairly be described as legendary. And she is certainly returning, concluding an extended “disappearance.
When Mark Twain Schooled Winston Churchill Onstage
“Winston expected to be lionized by Twain but instead had his tail tweaked. … The night’s verbal swordplay between the old American and the young Englishman reflected so many differences between the Crown and its former colony.”
The Dancer Who Chose Ballet Over Harvard
Elizabeth Mateer of the Pennsylvania Ballet: “Ballet is a young career and you only get one shot at it … My admissions officer told me, ‘Elizabeth, you worked really hard and you are so multitalented, but Harvard is always going to be here.'”