“As publishers have become more aware of Mr. Gates’s reviews — missing the publicity they used to get from Oprah Winfrey’s televised book club or from the regular author appearances on ‘The Colbert Report,’ which have been less frequent since Stephen Colbert moved to CBS from Comedy Central — they have tried to figure out how to get their new books in front of him.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
To Succeed After Life With A Company, Dancers Must Now Be Entrepreneurs
“It isn’t uncommon for dancers to generate gigs outside of their main company’s season: Ballet Theatre dancers work on a 36-week contract, leaving 16 unpaid weeks when it is easy to fall out of shape.”
Will ‘Mozart In The Jungle’ (Not To Be Too Dramatic) Save Classical Music?
“Set apart immediately by its setting and even more so by its platform, Mozart, a show about art, commerce and change is being produced not on network or even cable television but on instant streaming. Classical music, often deemed inaccessible and elitist, is being represented in the most accessible form, and streaming or not, we have a show that delves into the complexities of a career in the arts without being pedantic. Unfortunately for those who may never care enough to watch, Mozart has selling power in surprising amounts.”
Mandy Patinkin Explains The True Meaning Of ‘The Princess Bride’ To Ted Cruz
“Inigo Montoya spent his life trying to avenge the murder of his father. He found the six-fingered man, and he killed him. But he realized that that did not bring his father back. It didn’t do any good. Inigo realized that he might have made a different choice to do something else with his life. If they ever did a sequel, you would see all the good he has done for the world.”
An Opera (In HD) Buff, At The Met For The First Time
“She longed to see the Met’s home for herself, to hear the singing without the intermediaries of broadcasting — the voices that introduced the voices, the cameras that focused on what the director decided to focus on. It was a longing that had begun when she was a girl.”
We Can All Learn To Be Better At Christmas … From Pre-Conversion Scrooge
“The point of the tale is this: Most people are irritating and selfish, especially around Christmastime. They march around in gaudy cheerfulness, braying good wishes to everyone within earshot, repeating the tiresome pieties of the season—Happy Holidays!—and pestering friends and relations and employers for all sorts of favors and boons and cash gifts.”
The Supreme Court Takes On A First Amendment Case, But About Hip Hop, So We’ll See How That Goes
“Killer Mike took a dim view of the Supreme Court, saying it had gutted the Voting Rights Act. But he held out hope that the justices would treat the violent images in Mr. Bell’s song no differently than they would similar ones in folk, country, reggae — or opera.”
Seven Architecture Firms Are On The Shortlist To Design The Obama Presidential Library
“The dearth of Chicago finalists will likely be something of a blow to the city, which takes great pride in the pioneering role it played in the development of modern architecture and in such contemporary projects as Millennium Park.”
Saving Broadway’s Best Choreography For A New Generation
“‘When shows close, the book remains, the score remains, but there’s really no notation for choreography,’ said Nikki Feirt Atkins, the producing artistic director of Dance Machine, which is committed to passing on musical-theater dances from one performer to the next. She gestured toward Ms. de Lappe, who was showing some young men how to rein in their imaginary horses. ‘This is the living mission statement of the company.'”
When Actors Run Away To Join Circus Theatre
“People have muscle memory from years of play and putting their butt over their head. … The play and the sense of adventure and creating a character hits on a deep childhood thing—everyone has an aspiration to be a famous performer. Doing something like circus speaks to that.”