“‘We all need poetry,’ Smith says — even hedge fund managers.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What’s *Really* Going On With The Dancer Who Didn’t Show Up?
“If a star performer like Polunin agrees to lead a production and then finds himself in conflict with it, what are the rights and wrongs of abandoning it?”
Warhol Goes To Parliament
Scottish Parliament, that is, with “an opportunity to view Warhol’s works as they explore the role of power and politics in modern life.”
Can Random Penguin (Now UK-Approved) Counter Amazon?
“The new entity will leverage its size to dictate its own terms. The company could even create a new distribution channel, with exclusive content from Penguin Random House. In other words, it could create a publisher-owned Kindle Store competitor.”
How Movies Fail: Digging Up The Bones
“The fundamental problem of the movie seems to be that none of the many, many screenwriters assigned to the task could figure out how to translate the game into a filmable story.”
The Leno-to-Fallon Move Cements The Power Of One Man
Lorne Michaels’ “office in Rockefeller Center is now the most critical perch at NBC, where Michaels towers as the last man standing at a last-place network.”
How Did People Die Back In The 20th Century?
“Road traffic has killed more people than homicide, but then again, this was the century of the car. Less difficult to believe? The fact that the cigarettes (often distributed to soldiers over a century of conflict, ironically) have killed nearly as many people as the wars themselves.”
Moving, Sexily, Away From The Nutcracker
Tamara Rojo, the new head of the English National Ballet: “Audiences will be surprised. It is not that I want to frighten them; but challenge them, yes,” she said. “These pieces are about grown-up relationships and make no apology for how complicated and raw these relationships can be.”
Minnesota Orchestra Lockout Turns Six Months Old; No End In Sight
“While the orchestra has a 2013-14 season planned, it has, for obvious reasons, delayed making an announcement.”
For The NYT, A Scientist’s Beef Stroganoff Is More Important Than Her Rocket Science
“Worse, the edited lede … still highlights her as ‘world’s best mom’ rather than focusing on her status as a female pioneer in science.”