He got the chance to dance, and choreograph, and many things followed. Eventually, Fosse “took the step of acknowledging that the lyric situation of the show, its song-world, was different from its story. Indeed, he went in for forthright antirealism.”
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Ian McEwan Is Still An Author, Sure, But Now He’s Also A Movie Consultant
That’s partly because he has learned, while writing screenplays for his films, to work with film directors who are also theatre directors. The author says, “A theater director is used to the idea of finding out what’s the best way of realizing the play. … They are very much more open, I think, to the idea of the screenwriter as an equal collaborator.”
Today In Unintended Consequences, Sweden’s Thieves Can’t Rob Banks, So They’re Stealing Owls
Sweden’s war on cash has changed a lot about the country, including how robbers operate. “As Sweden’s supply of banknotes continues to dwindle, criminals have shown new enthusiasm for the endangered-species black market, previously cornered by reptile wranglers and orchid thieves. Crimes involving protected species recently reached their highest level in a decade. A single great gray owl — known as the ‘phantom of the north’ — now goes for 1 million kronor (about $120,000) on the dark web.”
Who, And What, Won Big At The Off-Broadway Awards?
The musical KPOP, for one, while the clash for Best Play ended in a tie.
Wanda Wilkomirska, Violinist Who Opposed Communist Rule In Poland, Has Died At 89
She wasn’t just a famed concert violinist and teacher, but a freedom fighter who took a stand. “After martial law was declared in Poland in late 1981, she announced while on a concert tour of the West that she would not return to the country. She stayed away for almost a decade.”
Kanye West Is Starting An Architecture Company
Or rather, it’s a new vertical in his Yeezy company – called “Yeezy home,” he tweeted. “He has expressed an interest in architecture before, saying in a 2013 interview: ‘I want to do product, I am a product person. … I make music but I shouldn’t be limited to once place of creativity.”
Can’t Get Enough *Hamilton*? The Hamiltent Is Coming To Entertain And Educate You
“Some of the features will be visceral (an opportunity to look down the barrel of a gun alongside a reconstruction of the Weehawken, N.J., dueling grounds), and others will be academic (an explanation of the debates over Hamilton’s financial policy ideas.) There will be artifacts — mostly replica letters, documents and objects as well as a scale model of New York in 1773, a walkway between military barracks, video, and, yes, music from the show.”
History, And Longing, In *Tristan Und Isolde*
When Jonas Kaufmann sang Tristan at Carnegie Hall, it was a longing fulfilled for New York. For the opera itself, longing – frustrated longing, in what might be seen as the central romance of Western narratives – is central.
Afrofuturism Goes Mainstream, And Not A Moment Too Soon
With the movie Black Panther and musician/actor Janelle Monáe’s new album and “emotion picture” Dirty Computer, not to mention classes and many other books, music, and movies, the concept of Afrofuturism has become much more mainstream.
EuroVision And The (Now Distant) Dream Of A United Europe
“The cracks seem to run deep. But at Eurovision — and the many preview events, such as the one in Moscow that I went to in April — I regularly see a vision of Europe where fans across the Continent, artists and their entourages are more connected than ever. This year’s contest, which includes two semifinals and culminates in a grand final next Saturday, will once again celebrate the diversity of European pop. It will also provide a space for outsiders, including a huge L.G.B.T. fan base and many upstart artists, to feel mainstream.”