“This pop culture trope has been around forever. From Ralph Kramden to Homer Simpson to Phil Dunphy, sitcoms have long featured goofball dudes married to much shrewder women. As a comedic formula, it works. And what works in a 30-minute show will inevitably get used in a 30-second ad.” But a recent spot for Huggies diapers to a backlash; do the offended gentlemen have a point?
Author: Matthew Westphal
Alt-Classical’s New Poster Girl, Missy Mazzoli
“Currently, the Kronos Quartet is touring with her Harp and Altar, the Albany Symphony Orchestra (where she is composer in residence) is premiering her newest orchestral work this spring, and she has two Carnegie Hall commissions.” Not to mention her recent opera premiere in Manhattan.
Can This Russian Oligarch Restore Her Reputation With Her Own Art Show?
“What to do when you’ve been accused, by various publications and Web sites, of all manner of misbehavior: money laundering, blowing $5 million on your daughter’s wedding and massacring mustangs to use their skins for upholstery?” Janna Bullock, “the glamorous Russian-born real estate developer and art scene fixture,” is trying to reclaim some respect with an exhibition that take[s] on nothing less than the Russian power elite, from Vladimir V. Putin to Mikhail S. Gorbachev.”
Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre Company To Expand
The Old City-based company, arguably the region’s finest, “will expand into a building three doors from its current space on Second Street, just north of Market, where it will focus on its programs for students and children and install an 80-seat theater and rehearsal hall.”
In Ukraine, Art About The Body Becomes Political
“The shutting down of an exhibition in Kiev last month became something of a performance art piece in its own right. The show, ‘Ukrainian Body,’ … aimed to explore corporality in contemporary Ukrainian society.” When the president of the hosting institution saw the show, he promptly came back with the keys and locked the place up – causing a much greater outcry than anyone in Kiev might have expected.
Report Cites Continued Problems For Workers At Abu Dhabi Cultural Site
“Conditions for migrant workers on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi – the site of future branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums – have improved, but problems continue, Human Rights Watch said in a progress report issued on Wednesday.”
Why Gregory Doran Is The Right Choice To Run The RSC
Michael Billington: “Doran is, in the words of a fellow critic, ‘a true Shakespearean’. He knows the plays inside out. He has been in and around the RSC for 25 years, first as an actor and latterly as [his predecessor’s] chief associate director (almost acting as deputy artistic director). And, from my knowledge of him, he is one of the good guys.”
Previously Unpublished Vonnegut Novella To Be Released
“The 22,000-word novella, Basic Training, was rejected by the Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s, long before Mr. Vonnegut had become famous through works such as Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle.“
Director Ulu Grosbard, 83
“During a five-decade career, Grosbard was known for choosing his projects carefully, which resulted in a relatively small but notable body of work consisting of about eight plays and seven movies.”
How Does Orpheus Make The Conductorless-Orchestra Thing Work?
How they choose first-chair players, run rehearsals, decide on interpretations, check balances – and even stay with a soloist who skips an entire page of music.