“With a stinging rebuke, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Hillel Nahmad, an Upper East Side gallery owner and scion of a powerful art family, to a year in prison on a gambling charge, saying that money could not prevent his incarceration.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Putin Bans Naughty Words In All Performances In Russia
“The law will come into effect on July 1, and afterwards swearing in films, plays and concerts will incur penalties of up to 2,500 rubles ($70) for individuals and up to 50,000 rubles for companies and organizations.”
The Life And Death Of Giovanni’s Room, America’s Next-To-Last LGBT Bookstore
Author/editor/publisher Victoria Brownworth was there when the Philadelphia institution was literally a room down at South and Third, and she was with it through all of its moves, she marked major parts in her own life in the handsome old brick house where the store helped anchor the city’s community, and she watched the last-ditch efforts to save it fall apart.
Unmasking ‘Japan’s Beethoven’: The Aftermath
Since it was revealed in February that wildly popular deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi is, in fact, neither deaf nor a composer, the scandal “has produced numerous musings and self-chastisements in Japan and overseas. NHK issued a ten-page explanation of its failure to properly fact-check Samuragochi’s claims before broadcasting its documentary. … There has been finger-pointing in the Japanese media over who knew and why no one reported what they knew or asked questions.”
‘Fun Home’ And ‘Here Lies Love’ Dominate Off-Broadway’s Top Awards
A disco bioplay of Imelda Marcos, Here Lies Love took five Lucille Lortel Awards, including for director and lead actress, while lesbian-and-gay-themed musical memoir (and South Carolina lightning rod) Fun Home won the best musical prize and two acting awards. Lisa Kron, who wrote the book for Fun Home, took honors of her own for best featured actress in a play.
What Makes Them So Sure That Dictionary They Found On eBay Was Shakespeare’s?
There’s no ironclad proof like traces of Will’s DNA, but the handwritten annotations in the book offer some interesting circumstantial evidence of not only who owned the dictionary but what play he was working on when he used it. (audio)
Alonzo King Says His Ballets Are ‘Thought Structures’
“Everything begins with thinking. “Music is thought made audible. Dance is thought made visible. … Every ballet is about something; it’s not just a series of steps.”
What Happens When You Give A Designer Completely Free Rein On A Play?
When that designer is Dmitry Krymov, you get colliding grand pianos, a pram that materializes out of a projection and spills children’s shoes, or skaters acting out the death of Tolstoy and the Sputnik launch. (You also get utterly chaotic rehearsals.)
For the Love of Numbers
“It’s hard to think of anything more rational, more logical and impersonal than a number. But what if we’re all, universally, also deeply attuned to how numbers … feel? Why 2 is warm, 7 is strong and 11 is downright mystical.” (audio)
Getty Trust Gives $5 Million For 2017 Pacific Standard Time Mega-Exhibition
“The fruits of the planning and research that’s now underway will be harvested starting in September 2017, when Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles/Latin America begins a five-month run at museums, universities and performance spaces around the region” – with a focus on works from Latin America and Latino artists in the U.S.