Author: Matthew Westphal

Theatregoer Punched In Face For Asking Fellow Audience Member To Stop Using Cell Phone

Adam Gale, a New York producer, was attending A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic in London, asked a woman sitting nearby to stop using her phone several times during the first act and ultimately called an usher. Come intermission, says Gale, her boyfriend hauled him out of his seat and hit him in the face with a fist. Old Vic staff refused to call the police.

Met Opera’s James Levine Denies Allegations Of Sexual Abuse

“‘As understandably troubling as the accusations noted in recent press accounts are, they are unfounded,’ he said in a written statement. ‘As anyone who truly knows me will attest, I have not lived my life as an oppressor or an aggressor.'” In response, all four men who spoke to the Times stood by their stories. Said one of Levine, “He is lying. … I will take a lie-detector test. Will he?”

To Prevent Abuse, Classical Music Needs A Code Of Conduct – And Here’s What Should Be In It

Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston: “For example, no private meetings or rehearsals where a maestro is alone with a musician should be permitted; performance notes and discussions can and should always be given quietly in front of others. If it is suspected that a maestro has designs on an individual beyond the purely professional, a chaperone should be insisted on, especially during festivals and on tours.”

Peter Martins Takes Leave From New York City Ballet Following More Harassment Accusations

“One of the most important directors in the ballet world, Martins, 71, said he would temporarily step away from both NYCB and its affiliated School of American Ballet, which he also heads, in a statement to The Washington Post on Thursday afternoon. He issued the statement after The Post sought Martins’s comment on a previously undisclosed claim by former NYCB soloist Kelly Cass Boal that Martins behaved violently toward her.”

Geoffrey Rush Sues Sydney Newspaper Over Report Of ‘Inappropriate Behaviour’

“‘Today I filed defamation proceedings in the federal court of Australia against the Daily Telegraph,’ he said at a brief press conference in Melbourne. ‘This is to address the hyperbole, lies and the spurious claims about me in entertainment community. They have splashed spurious claims with bombastic titles on their front pages.'”

Pantone’s 2018 Color Of The Year Is – Well, Not Bad After The Last Few

Three years ago, it was the singularly unlovely marsala; the next year, Pantone chose blue and pink (in honor of gender fluidity); for this past year, it was – not green, but “greenery.” For 2018, it’s “the highlighter-purple shade that has also been the name of a Warhol superstar who died in 2014; a 2006 dystopian action film starring Milla Jovovich as a rebel infected with a vampiric virus; an online activist community founded in 2012 to combat sexism and violence toward women; and a kind of light that can cause skin cancer (ahem).” Yes, it’s Ultra Violet [sic].