No, not the mayor himself. But his news agency names a group ranging from the established (Robert Carsen, David McVicar) to the up-and-coming (Katharina Thoma) to the edgy (Dmitri Tcherniakov, La Fura dels Baus) to the accidental (Fiona Shaw).
Author: Matthew Westphal
The Scottish Play Is Everywhere
“The play is more than 400 years old and we all know how it ends, but suddenly William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is back in vogue. The Scottish tragedy is enticing a number of actors ranging from young to the far side of middle age to play the murderous Thane of Cawdor.”
Some Places Still Use Typewriters – And Even Buy New Ones
“In an era of apps, tablets and Google Glass, typewriters are still clacking along with the help of an unusual coalition of customers. Police departments, law firms and government agencies still punch out forms on the machines.” Two of the biggest users of typewriters: prisons and funeral homes.
Building A “Buddhist Mecca” In Nepal
The town of Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace, long had little more than a small temple to serve the many visiting pilgrims. For decades there have been plans existed for a grander complex with architecture from throughout the Buddhist world; progress is finally being made on realizing those plans, with major help from a foundation in China.
It’s Back! The ’60s Cult Classic That Made Audiences Literally Sick
That would be John Frankenheimer’s film Seconds, which features groundbreaking cinematography, identity theft, suburban anomie, on-camera plastic surgery, and Rock Hudson.
Kentucky Theater Won’t Show The Butler Because Owner Still Isn’t Over “Hanoi Jane”
“Ike Boutwell, a Korean War veteran, owns the Movie Palace in Elizabethtown and trained pilots during the Vietnam War. … He says Jane Fonda committed treason against the United States during Vietnam and refuses to show movies she appears in.”
Imagine There’s No Countries: Remembering Garry Davis And The One World Movement
“Borders were his enemy of choice. Garry Davis was a lifelong promoter of the One World movement, which sought to unite all humanity under one universal set of laws that would be based on fundamental human rights.” The idea really was that without countries, as Lennon put it, there would be “nothing to kill or die for.”
More Evidence Psychedelic Drugs Don’t Screw You Up
“Just because psychoactive drugs with a large recreational following may help in some mental issues doesn’t automatically mean they don’t cause other ones. Except, a new look at health records finds, they don’t.”
The Amazing Garbage Monsters Of London
“Using bright, messy paints and a knack for arranging trash that rivals Japanese ikebana masters, [Francisco de] Pájaro has transformed a construction dumpster into a toothy shark, a stack of cardboard boxes into a lecherous centipede, and piles of bin bags into what looks like a Smurf snuggle party.”
Producers Allegedly Bilk Spain’s Film Subsidy Program
“Some producers, they contend, inflate ticket sales to reach audience thresholds that enable them to receive big state subsidies worth as much as a third of the cost of production.”