A look at two works, now playing in New York, set in the much-mythologized Old West: Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West at the Met and a revisionist Oklahoma! at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
Author: Matthew Westphal
David Lynch Is Creating A Virtual Reality Version Of ‘Twin Peaks’
“Last weekend in downtown Los Angeles, [Lynch and] Showtime previewed [the] first Twin Peaks VR experience, which will be available for fans to buy on Steam for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift sometime in 2019. … However, the full experience will eventually be a one-hour production created by Showtime and Collider, with guidance from Lynch himself.”
Intimacy Choreography: Developing Methods For Handling Sex Scenes On Stage
It wasn’t long ago that “we were sending these kids off on their own devices with no foundation for how to approach this stuff,” recalls acting teacher Adam Noble, who created Extreme Stage Physicality, one of the earliest formalized frameworks for actors and directors to use in intimate situations on stage. Carey Purcell talks to him and several others who have developed such methods.
The Art Market’s Money-Laundering Problem (And Congress’s Inadequate Response To It)
“As the proposed extension of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to the arts and antiquities market awaits consideration on the United States House of Representatives floor, proponents of the art market are building consensus against the bill among both moderates and conservatives.”
It’s Often The Simplest Prose That’s The Most Difficult To Translate
“It’s the challenge of the seemingly unadorned sentence or expression that passes so naturally it seems to ‘write itself.’ While the translation of these sentences can sometimes occur just as naturally, more often than not it requires vast amounts of hairpulling. Few things are as difficult as ease.” Mark Polizzotti offers some examples from his work translating the Nobel winner Patrick Modiano.
Michael Bloomberg Is Giving $100 Million To Small And Midsize Arts Nonprofits
“Administrated as a branch of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ American Cities initiative, [the Arts Innovation and Management program] grew from Bloomberg’s belief that small and midsize cultural organizations have been vastly under-appreciated in terms of their impact on metropolitan communities and economies.”
It’s Tricky To Talk About Celebrities Who Die Young, But It’s Important
Spencr Kornhaber: “The reasons not to speak ill of the dead are easily understood: They can’t defend themselves, and their loved ones are already in pain. … [Yet,] in each recent shocking celebrity death there are, plausibly, lessons — about mental health, substance use, social media, domestic violence, and other things — that might help curb the darker trends in American life. Can those lessons be heard and discussed without causing offense?”
Want To See How Colorful Ancient Greece Really Was? Play This Video Game
Word is finally getting around that the marble statues of ancient Greece weren’t snowy-white; they were painted in vibrant colors. Same for the Parthenon — indeed, of most buildings. It may seem hard to believe that the latest version of the game Assassin’s Creed, subtitled Odyssey and set during the Peloponnesian War, could look anything like actual 5th-century-BC Athens, but scholars have reacted very positively.
What Makes A Great Stage Actor?
“Though critics and audiences might often agree when naming their top performers, it can be difficult to define what characterises the very best actors. Leading theatre figures tell Lyn Gardner what it takes to reach the top and how today’s leading lights compare to past greats.”
Daniel Barenboim Returns To Chicago Symphony For First Time Since He Left Music Director Post In 2006
Why so long away? “Because when I finished, I finished – I don’t really believe in going back. … There was no special reason. But now when Mr. Muti asked me to come, I said, ‘Why not?'” Barenboim tells Howard Reich how it feels to be back and how the CSO is different from any other orchestra he’s worked with.