“Eyellusion, the hologram entertainment company behind tours for Frank Zappa and Ronnie James Dio, is working with Gould’s rights holder, Primary Wave Music Publishing, on a Glenn Gould Hologram Tour with dates expected to be announced in late 2019. “
Author: Matthew Westphal
Man Booker Prize 2018 Shortlist Includes Youngest Finalist Ever But Not Winner Of ‘Golden Booker’
Perhaps the two most notable names on the longlist, Michael Ondaatje (who won the 50th anniversary ‘Golden Man Booker’ earlier this year for The English Patient) for Warlight and Nick Drnaso for Sabrina (the first graphic novel ever to be considered for the award), did not make the final cut. Among those who did are Esi Edugyan for Washington Black, Robin Robertson for The Long Take (written largely in verse), and, for Everything Under, 27-year-old Daisy Johnson, the youngest writer ever to make the shortlist.
Russian Authorities Shut Down Gulag Museum — But What’s The Real Reason?
The volunteer-run museum in the city of Yoshar-Ola (roughly 100 miles from Kazan) was located in the erstwhile local headquarters — including the torture chamber — of the OGPU, an early Soviet predecessor of the KGB. The founder claims that a new regional governor wants to appease the Kremlin; a group of Russian museum professionals who visited in June argued that the museum needed to be professionalized, with one describing it as “a grandmother’s trunk.”
National Theatre Wales Accused Of Not Being National, Theatrical, Or Welsh Enough
A group of 40 Welsh writers and theatre artists has written an open letter to the company’s chairman, arguing that NTW is not producing enough work — only two productions are currently scheduled through the end of next year, one of which is a photo exhibition — and that what work is being presented is given to artists from outside Wales. “We want it to be a theatre. We want it to be Welsh,” write the signatories. “These are two things we thought we could take for granted.”
Exit Interview: Steven Woolf, Artistic Director Of Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis
Q: “You’ve said the theatre was in trouble [when you arrived in 1986]. How did you save it?”
A: “It was about stabilizing the programming. I don’t think there was anything magical. We were in crisis, so we had to pick some titles that people would respond to.”
Technical Corrections: Metropolitan Museum Zaps Its App; SFMOMA Cans App’s Claptrap
In preparing for my recent interview with Max Hollein, the Metropolitan Museum’s tech-savvy new director, I decided to revisit the museum’s app, much ballyhooed four years ago, but disappointing when I recently applied it in the galleries. To my surprise, I discovered that the app’s been zapped.
Remembering Monica Z
This is the birthday of Monica Zetterlund (1937-2005). It may have been too long since you have seen the Swedish singer performing one of Bill Evans’ most beloved songs. We can help.
What’s In Agnes De Mille’s Unopened Letter? Choreographers Will Get To Speculate
The cover note accompanying this mysterious missive, sealed with wax and dated 12/02/1963, says, “Please file it unopened, with the date carefully noted. It is the outline for a play, and I have no means of copyrighting it except this way. The material is eminently stealable and I’m discussing the matter with people of similar ambitions.” The current possessors of the letter, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, don’t plan to open it just yet, but they are choosing five choreographers to create short pieces based on what they imagine the letter says.
Facing Cuts, Austin Arts Groups Push For Revamp Of City’s Funding Process
“Local arts groups facing dramatic cuts in their funding levels from the city could get some relief this budget year, and possibly an earlier heads-up in future budget years if their funding allocations appear headed for a decrease. … The cuts were brought about by a combination of more than 100 new applicants for funding, increased administrative costs and lack of reserves that are typically rolled over from the previous budget year.”
Giving Shakespeare’s Longest Female Role The Play It Deserves
“Shakespeare gave Queen Margaret more lines than any other female character, and more lines than King Lear. Now, she’s finally been given her own play” — one assembled from her scenes in the Henry VI plays and Richard III.