Ret Turner “became stage-struck in college productions, acted in summer stock and headed to Hollywood in 1950 hoping to find work as an actor. Instead, after a stint with a small theater company, he was steered to the wardrobe department at NBC, which he later managed.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Myanmar’s Famous Street Of Second-Hand Books
“If you want to learn what happened here, go to Pansodan Road, where all the city’s used books end up. They arrive each morning in massive rice sacks.”
For Cuba’s Modern Dancers, The Future Is Wide Open
“Watching a class in técnica cubana is heady: very familiar and then suddenly not, as torsos contracting in Graham style turn ultra-sinuous, ultra-African, or a standard ballet exercise swerves into the gestures of an Afro-Cuban god. Yet the alloy is coherent and potent. It’s a great, under-recognized invention that develops dancers of extraordinary strength with the agility to manage all of its wild twists.”
In The UK, Wolf Hall Is *Still* Winning Awards
So is Mark Rylance. But all is not well: “Upon receiving the award for best drama series, helmer Peter Kosminsky attacked the U.K. government’s treatment of the BBC, warning that its future was ‘under threat, make no mistake about that.'”
What Wins Theatre Awards When Hamilton Isn’t Eligible?
“The Outer Critics Circle, a group of theater writers from outside New York, announced the winners of its annual awards on Monday, giving four prizes to ‘She Loves Me’ and three to ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night.'” (Full list at Outer Critics.)
Can Greece Use International Law To Get The Elgin Marbles Back To The Parthenon?
“As campaigners prepare to mark the 200th anniversary of the antiquities’ ‘captivity’ in London, Athens is working at forging alliances that would further empower its longstanding battle to retrieve the sculptures.”
The NYT Comes Down In Favor Of A Privately Funded And Run Arts Park
“One persistent critic, the City Club of New York, asks on its website: ‘Should private donors determine the future of public places?’ But noblesse oblige is no problem for budget-strapped officials like Mayor Bill de Blasio. ‘I know a good deal when I see one,’ he said.”
Comedy Has Adapted To Our (Not Entirely) New Media World
“The format once dominated by HBO and Comedy Central is being transformed by technology and setting off an explosion of stand-up shows. Netflix, which produced its first special in 2013 with Aziz Ansari, will put out at least 15 this year, in addition to shows acquired from outside producers”
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 05.08.16
Kurt Weill’s “Note Concerning Jazz”
# # In Berlin 1929 Kurt Weil wrote a “Note Concerning Jazz” which today reads as both a prediction and a warning.# Weill wrote in part: # “Today it appears to me… … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2016-05-08
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2016-05-08
Weekend Extra: Bing Crosby And John Coltrane
Bing Crosby introduced “Love Thy Neighbor” in a scene with Ethel Merman and Leon Errol when Crosby co-starred with Carol Lombard (both pictured left) in the 1934 motion picture We’re Not Dressing. Crosby followed up… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-05-08
Bing Crosby introduced “Love Thy Neighbor” in a scene with Ethel Merman and Leon Errol when Crosby co-starred with Carol Lombard (both pictured left) in the 1934 motion picture We’re Not Dressing. Crosby followed up… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-05-08
Three Centennial Parties for Harold Norse
Harold Norse, the late poet and memoirist, desperately wanted his name in lights. Now he has it — thanks to Todd Swindell. Swindell’s assiduous effort to memorialize him goes beyond dedicated. He has not… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-05-06
Contraction Action: Sotheby’s & Christie’s Confront New Market Reality (plus Koons &…
The operative words for the art market this season are “correction” and “contraction.” So Sotheby’s can be forgiven for seeking comfort in nostalgia, via this Monday tweet, recalling a past triumph: #OnThisDay in 2012,… … read more
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How Did A Rembrandt Get From A New Jersey Basement To The Getty?
The painting’s journey is “a story that involves eagle-eyed Paris art dealers and a New York financier with deep pockets and a fondness for Dutch art.”