Her most famous role was the lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, which she originated in both London and New York (a first for an American in an ALW show), and she garnered a Tony nomination in for the 1992 Broadway adaptation of Anna Karenina. She made most of her later career in regional theater, and she had a notable sideline performing the folk tune settings in her father’s American Songbook series. – The New York Times
Author: Matthew Westphal
Thieves Use Medieval-Style Weapon To Break Into And Loot Medieval Cathedral
“Witnesses report that three suspects rammed into the cathedral in Oloron-Sainte-Marie in southwestern France with a tree trunk strapped to their car.” (Yes, a battering ram.) “Inside the church, they quickly sawed through steel bars and smashed protective glass to access silver chalices, gold objects, and other treasures from the medieval cathedral. They fled the scene in a second vehicle.” – Artnet
Arts District Planned For London’s Former Olympic Village Is Already Late And Over Budget
The “East Bank” cultural quarter project — to include Sadler’s Wells dance theatre, the BBC, the London College of Fashion, a new University College London campus, and both a public building and a Collections Centre for the Victoria & Albert Museum — is running £14 million over the £470 million budget, which doesn’t even include UCL or the V&A Collections Centre. – Arts Professional
Chicago Public Library Dropped Overdue Book Fines, And Return Of Late Books Jumped By 240%
“It’s a big piece of evidence countering a major argument used by those arguing against ditching overdue fines for library books.” – Forbes
America’s Forbidden Composer
“Arthur Farwell is probably the most neglected composer in our history.” This assessment, by the late composer/critic A. Walter Kramer in 1973, rings ever louder today; Farwell has been deemed untouchable. Hounded by the watchdogs of “cultural appropriation,” he has fallen prey to dictates of political rectitude. – Joseph Horowitz
Not Such A Little List
Sir Jonathan Miller’s direction of The Mikado — his staging, dating all the way back to 1986, is now back — is the source of the treasure-hoard that has allowed English National Opera’s survival for most of my opera-going life. – Paul Levy
At 92, Lee Konitz Has A New Album
The alto saxophonist has long found that the nine-piece-ensemble format stimulates his creativity, and over the years, he has made several nonet albums. – Doug Ramsey
The twenty-five record albums that changed my life (15)
My father had no knowledge of or interest in classical music himself, but he brought home a record for me whenever he passed through Memphis on business. This is the one I remember best. – Terry Teachout
When Indigenous Land Is Acknowledged Before A Performance, For Whom Is It Really Being Done?
It’s happening more and more, as part of the curtain speech or separately: a speaker formally acknowledges that, for example, “we are on Lenape land” (in the case of New York City). Lauren Wingenroth considers reasons for and ways of doing this without it becoming an empty or token gesture. – Dance Magazine
What’s Happening In The Field Of Dance Science And Medicine? This.
Last week in Montreal was the annual conference of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science. Kathleen McGuire was there’s and she brings news of nine interesting pieces of research presented there, answering questions from “What effect does training load have on injury?” to “How does perfectionism play out in dance?” and “Do padded socks work?” – Dance Magazine