“Paradoxically, it’s also fair to say that the company’s doldrums, so evident in the 1990s and well into this century, show no sign of abating. The company still fields in prima roles a number of women who dance as twinkle-toed soubrettes, devoid of adult decisiveness, musicianly phrasing or linear beauty.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Fifty Years Of Shakespeare (Mosquitoes, Raccoons, Egrets,Etc.) In Central Park
Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theatre: “Those bugs and those helicopters, as annoying as they are, are actually making a statement: Theater isn’t supposed to be cut off from life. … Theater is supposed to be at the center of the city. It’s not supposed to be in a dead, quiet cloistered little hall where the city doesn’t get into.”
The Good, The Bad, And The Career-Killing: Actors Plus Politics
Jason Alexander: “”The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don’t need them to know about you, you need them to know about your work. … When they know too much, and if what they know antagonizes them, it’s a little harder to tell your story.”
Becoming A Brooklyn Power Couple, By Way Of An Open Relationship (Of Course)
“Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones were not thinking about the most efficient way to jump-start their careers when they decided, back in 2006, to have an open relationship. Less than happy but still in love, the couple, who met as students eight years ago at the Tisch School of the Arts at N.Y.U., were merely searching for a way, in effect, to break up without fully breaking up.” Then they made Breaking Upwards, and everything changed.
We’re Really Very Sorry About That Bad Joke About George W. Bush’s Head
Game of Thrones producers “Benioff and Weiss apologized in their own statement, explaining that they rent prosthetic body parts in bulk and that, after the scene was shot, someone pointed out the head’s resemblance to Bush.”
Ziplining The Olympic Torch To London
“Ever since Olympic basketball gold medalist Sergei Belov’s memorable torch run in 1980 at the Moscow Games where he appeared to run over the heads of athletes into Central Lenin Stadium, lighting the Olympic Cauldron has become one of the most anticipated events of the Opening Ceremonies. We’ve seen the fire lit via bow and flaming arrow (Barcelona, 1992), and from a pool of water (Sydney, 2000). This year … British adventurer Bear Grylls will fly across the River Tyne on a zip line on the last leg of the day.”
Bunheads Gets The Stilettos Wrong, But Everything Else So Right
“At that moment … my affection for Bunheads, the dance-themed dramedy that debuted Monday night, became cautious infatuation. Shall I list its seductions? The sour tempers! The insider dance jokes! The caustic comebacks! (Gaudily dressed hooker to a dejected Simms: ‘Who died?’ Simms: ‘Your fashion sense.’)”
L.A. Movie Palaces, Now Artist Lofts (Well, Apartments, Anyway)
“For actors in L.A. who aren’t content to just work in the theater, living in one may soon be an option. The 12 movie theaters – some call them palaces – that line the South Broadway downtown thoroughfare long ago fell into disrepair, but they may be making a comeback” – as combination black-box theatres, commercial spaces, and artist/actor homes.
Meryl Streep To Movie Studios: Don’t You Want Money, People?
“The Iron Lady cost $14 million to make, Streep said, and generated $114 million in global ticket sales. ‘Pure profit,’ Streep said, noting that despite the strong showing, studios continue to make few movies specifically targeted at women. ‘Why? Why? Why? Don’t they want the money?’ Streep asked” at the Women in Film awards ceremony.
Oregon Symphony’s Executive Director Resigns
Elaine Calder “leaves the Oregon Symphony in better financial shape than when she arrived in 2006. For the past three years, the orchestra has ended the fiscal year with a small surplus. When she came, it faced a $1.6 million deficit and had long-term debt of $7.2 million. ‘Privately, we were talking to bankruptcy lawyers,’ she said. ‘It looked really, really dark.'”