… and you get the dragons of the HBO hit series “Game of Thrones.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Star Soprano Deborah Voigt Drops Out Of Washington’s ‘Tristan and Isolde’ A Week Before Opening
“No great disaster led to this decision. There was simply a feeling, in rehearsals, that some of the toughest passages of this notoriously tough role — like the famous intoxicating climax of Act II — weren’t coming as well as she wanted. “
The Consensus On Starchitect Zaha Hadid Is … That There Isn’t One
“She tests everyone – her staff, her clients, the users of her buildings, and herself – and offers an unspoken deal. If you survive all this, I will make something fantastic, and you could be part of it, is roughly how it goes, and people’s view of her will depend on which part of the deal they experience most.”
American Dancer David Hallberg Is Nervous, But He’s Still Going Back To The Bolshoi
“I questioned my safety — I don’t have a bodyguard, I have no protection — but what I didn’t question was my commitment to the company.”
The Decades Later Late Night Return Of Talk Show Host Arsenio Hall
“Will America buy it? Anyone’s guess.”
For The First Time, Top Award At Venice Goes To A Documentary
And the film – a documentary about Rome’s ring road – was just one surprise in a night of unexpected winners.
Zubin Mehta’s ‘Dream’ Kashmir Concert Creates A Massive Outcry
“‘How can you have a concert in a walled garden, surrounded by rings and rings of security?’ said the novelist Mirza Waheed, one of several Kashmiri cultural figures who protested the event. ‘The entire idea sort of collapses that this is a concert for peace. The people are not invited. It is as simple as that.'”
Publish A Huge Bestselling Memoir, Find A Long-Lost Sibling
Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild: “I didn’t know if we would ever find each other, honestly. She knew I existed. I don’t even think that she knew my first name. She just knew that she had older siblings that my father had another family before she came along.”
WWI Wasn’t Glorious And Shouldn’t Be Remembered That Way, Historians (And Activists) Say
At the centenary of the beginning of WWI, British activists worry that “the war will be presented as something glorious and part of our national heritage, when it isn’t really. It was a total disaster that was unnecessary and destroyed a generation.”
Murray Gershenz, 91, Obsessive Record Store Owner Who Found A Late Career In Show Biz
“Need a cute or cranky grandfather? Call Murray. He appeared in ‘The Hangover,’ ‘I Love You, Man’ and other movies, and had recurring TV roles on ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’ and ‘The Tonight Show.'”