“The story of Turing is pieced together through seven episodic sections which span chronologically from his cycling obsession though to his death by poisoning, and the lingering question of whether or not it was suicide.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Drive-In Theatres (Remember Them?) Began 82 Years Ago In New Jersey
“The nation’s first drive-in theater could hold 500 cars and promised ‘motorists and their guests will see and hear talking pictures while they smoke, talk, or partake of refreshments without annoying others in the audience.'”
The Poky Little Puppy Problem, Or, Why So Many Terrible Children’s Books Are Such Classics
“The problem is that young children have terrible taste and enjoy garbage. Another problem, which compounds the first problem, is that they want to hear the same books hundreds of times in a row. So for all the joys that storytime can offer, it frequently entails a kind of dismal self-abnegation that’s too excruciating even to describe as tedium.”
Can Apple Solve The Money Problem With Streaming Music Services?
“Taking on the likes of Spotify and Pandora, the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant is expected to announce a $10-a-month streaming service and revamped Internet radio feature at its developer conference in San Francisco on Monday.”
Ruth Feldman, The Famous Quiz Show Kid, Dead at 80
“The question was reasonably obscure — What was the last opera in Wagner’s “Ring” cycle? — but Ruthie Duskin knew the answer. ‘The Dusk of the Gods,’ she intoned into the microphone. A fellow panelist leapt to correct her. ‘It’s Gott-dam … Gott-dam,’ he stammered, as the producers of the live radio broadcast winced. ‘He means the German name, Götterdämmerung,’ Ruthie interrupted. ‘But in English, it’s what I said.’ She was 7 years old.”
What It’s Like To Be A Young, Queer, HIV-Positive Artist Of Color Today
“LaBeija’s photos flip the script, offering up her experiences for our consumption on her specific terms, and requiring us to look her in the eyes while we do so. LaBeija is still young. Some of the influences in her work — David LaChapelle, Cindy Sherman — lie a little close to the surface. But through her subject matter, she makes these techniques her own.”
The NY Phil’s Next Emerging Composer: Anna Thorvaldsdattir
Alan Gilbert, the orchestra’s music director, praised what he described as her unique, expressive voice. ‘Her uncompromising approach to building soundscapes creates a visceral, pictorial aesthetic.'”
Texas Is A Deeply Latina/Latino State, But How Does That Affect Its Theatre?
“Despite the Encuentro’s diverse programming, which featured 15 plays from the four corners and Puerto Rico, no Texas-based theatre companies were represented. On the surface, this could suggest that Texas is not producing the quantity or the quality of Latina/o theatre as other parts of the United States. But those of us working to historicize Texas theatre are providing other evidence.”
The Hottest Battles Of The Tony Awards
Who will triumph tonight?
Why Writers Should Keep A ‘Writing Diary’
“Surveying this at the end of a project provides a fascinating vision of the evolution of a book – though I invariably find that it’s a catalogue of complaints (‘horrible day,’ ‘appalling day,’ ‘realised that most of what I wrote last week was rubbish’), relieved only rarely by moments of insight and sweaty euphoria: ‘Think I’m getting there at last, thank Christ!'”