“[With a cast] headed by Harriet Walter as Brutus and directed by Phyllida Lloyd (of Mamma Mia! fame), it opens at the Donmar Warehouse, London, later this month. They are creating, says Lloyd, ‘new music’ by having female voices speak the words of some of Shakespeare’s most bellicose men.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Is There Such A Thing As The Female Conscience?
“Does difference mean that a male and a female live in irreconcilable moral universes and will always find it difficult to agree? Or is the female conscience, if one assumes such exists, complementary to the male’s (and vice versa), and the two together make up a coherent moral whole?” The issue goes all the way back to Plato (at least), and his ideas held their power right through Aquinas, Hegel, John Stuart Mill and (from a different angle) even Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Jane Addams.
Australians Dancing About Theoretical Physics
“It may seem an unlikely source material, but theoretical physics forms the basis of a new artistic collaboration between Australian Dance Theatre and Victoria’s Deakin University.”
Jackie Chan Will Be Making No More Action Movies
“Chan, 58, says at his age he can no longer continue doing the stunts that have made his movies famous. The star, who is known for his innovative moves, said he doesn’t want to end his life in a wheelchair.”
L.A.’s Silenced Reprise Theatre Finds New Leader For Reorganization
“The financially troubled Reprise Theatre Company says it has hired Stephen Eich, an L.A. theater veteran, to help lead its efforts to reorganize during its self-imposed hiatus. The company is hoping to relaunch sometime in the summer of 2013, said actor Jason Alexander, who is Reprise’s artistic director.”
Upstart Virginia Opera Company Turns Its Productions Over To Established Rival
“In January 2011, Peter Mark launched a new opera company in Hampton Roads after being fired by Virginia Opera, where he had served as artistic director for more than three decades. Now, his company, Lyric Opera Virginia, is facing financial difficulties and has turned its 2013 season over to Virginia Opera.”
Lil Buck, ‘The Baryshnikov Of Jookin’
Both the dance form, a virtuosic Memphis version of hip-hop, and its star practitioner (né Charles Riley) have thrilled and astonished the likes of Damian Woetzel, Heather Watts, director Spike Jonze, cellist Yo-Yo Ma – and dance critic Alastair Macaulay.
Hilton Head’s Arts Center Sinks Ever Deeper In Red Ink
“Despite cutting staff and other expenses over the past three years, the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina has continued operating in the red … The losses occurred at the same time a more daunting problem – paying off long-term debt and funding repairs and improvements … – turned into what center president and CEO Kathleen Bateson has called a ‘$5 million nut to crack’.”
Batsheva Dance Co. Braces For More Protests In London
“The company, who have been touring in the UK since August, … have faced a series of protests en route, with 11 performances disrupted in a nationwide campaign called ‘Don’t Dance With Israeli Apartheid’.”
Lyric Opera Of Chicago’s Chorus Master Suddenly Quits
“Martin Wright, chorus master of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, has abruptly resigned from the post, less than halfway through his first season on the job. In a cryptic two-sentence statement released Saturday morning, the company said that Wright had resigned ‘for health reasons’.”