Taymor, who was fired – after a famously troubled and expensive tenure – from the director’s chair at the musical she co-created, “has received a show of support from the organizers of the Tony Awards.” She, and not her replacement, “is eligible for consideration in the best director for a musical category.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Ai Weiwei Will Fight Tax Evasion Charges
“Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei vowed Wednesday to fight tax evasion charges ‘to the death,’ a day after the government ordered a company linked to him to pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines.”
Artist Offers To Rebuild Ai Weiwei’s Studio In Belgium
“The artist Wim Delvoye has invited Ai Weiwei to recreate” in a manor house outside Ghent “the Shanghai studio that was demolished by the Chinese authorities in January.” Ai’s assistants have warned Delvoye that going ahead with the project would provoke the Chinese authorities.
Sculpture Of Dead Ai Weiwei Gives Germans A Fright
“A sculpture of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei as a corpse has caused panic in a small German town where passersby have mistaken the work for an actual dead body. Chinese artist He Xiangyu’s sculpture of Weiwei is so lifelike that it has resulted in dozens of calls to the police.”
When Mental Disorders Are A Cultural Product
“Back in the 1980s, multiple personality disorder was a thing. The thing. You don’t hear so much about it today; it’s like we all woke up one day and thought, right, probably not possible after all, let’s move on. But when MPD was hot, it wasn’t just … a problem to be overcome: It was something to be proud of.”
Germany’s Transport Minister Recommends Mozart For Road Rage
Peter Ramsauer says he has found that listening to Mozart on the Autobahn calms his nerves. So the minister has released a CD of himself playing the slow movements of Mozart piano concertos, backed by the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The title: “Adagio in the Automobile.”
Jez Butterworth On The Purpose Of West End Theatres
“They’re churches. They’re places where you come along and you evoke anxieties and you deal with them together. That’s what they’re for.”
Jurist Rejects Bid To Ban Tintin in the Congo For Being Racist
“A Belgian judicial adviser has recommended the country’s courts reject a legal bid to have a book featuring fictional boy hero Tintin banned for racism.”
Edward Albee Puts Off Laying An Egg Indefinitely
“The world premiere of Edward Albee’s new play has been indefinitely postponed, it has emerged. Laying an Egg had been due to open in February at the new Signature Centre in New York, but will now feature in a later season instead.” No reason for the delay was given.
Sydney Opera House To Offer Education Programs Online
“[The] Opera House will offer arts and educational experiences not only onsite at the World Heritage-listed icon but also online and offsite at Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast. The new online program means that [for instance] schools with video-conferencing facilities can book a digital excursion at the Opera House.”