“On any one night in the West End, there will be numerous understudies on stage, because actors in long-running productions quite rightly have holidays as part of their contracts, and nobody can help it if they get ill. For the understudies themselves, who are often likely to have smaller roles in the production the rest of the time – it’s a chance to step up from out of the chorus to play a main role and test themselves.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Ava DuVernay’s New TV Show Follows Through On Commitments Inside And Outside The Story
“If we say that black lives matter, then you’ve got to see black lives mattering and having meaning, and that’s not just coming from the heightened moments. That’s coming from the everyday moments, the real life that we live. So the question is can that be narratively compelling. I think it is.”
You Want Good Women Characters? Try Books, Not Hollywood
“These new literary protagonists are bright spots in a Hollywood landscape where representation of women has been pretty bleak. Female leads, when they make it on-screen at all (less than 30 percent of the time), run a high risk of being over-sexualized, one-dimensional, and/or formulaic.”
A Singer Emerges From Below The Earth
“She was giddy on an evening in late August when she was about to shoot her first video, for ‘Try a Little Tenderness.’ In a few weeks, her record would be released (on Assouline Records). ‘Weee, buddy!’ she said, laughing in Mr. Assouline’s apartment, where she was getting ready. ‘Us country people — we get up and dance.'”
An Artist Shows What The Thames Means To London, And Beyond
“The more she explored the river, the more she uncovered. In the countryside near Oxford, she encountered a trio of female pagan revellers who dance by the river amid swirling trails of incense smoke. At Tilbury, she befriended a group of ship-spotters, who log the vessels that pass through the docks.”
Cindy Sherman, Martin Scorsese To Receive Japan’s Highest Cultural Honor
“The annual Praemium Imperiale recognizes career achievements in five categories: painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theater or film.”
Indianapolis Symphony Reaches A New Contract Deal A Year Early
“After the bitter 2012 contract battle that led to a monthlong lockout for musicians, ISO cites a string of successes, including three straight years of budget surpluses and major growth in ticket sales and fundraising.”
Bringing The Kilroys Into The Theatre Classroom
“Girl. If I could have a reading a day when I’m working on a play, I’d do it. I need workshop time like I need water and sunshine. If I just wanted to hide away and write, I would have been a novelist. Playwriting is a collaborative effort — don’t ever forget that.”
Gramophone’s Recording Of The Year Goes To …
“Igor Levit’s recording of the Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated! for Sony Classical has taken the top prize.”
When A Working-Class Actor Won’t ‘Conform And Shut Up’
“A revolution is happening, but in its own quiet English way, because people work fucking hard, and it’s hard to live, and everyone’s had enough of being fucked over.”