When Yann Martel won the Booker Prize, the glare of public attention was blinding. So what comes next in the career? “I could be a one-hit wonder and that’s it. I’ll be known as, ‘Remember that guy who wrote Life of Pi, about that boy in the lifeboat with his tiger?’ You know, William Golding, his entire career suffered from the enormous success of Lord of the Flies and everything else took a long, long time.”
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The Little Literary Magazine That Could
“Border Crossings” is a tiny literary and arts publication produced in Winnipeg with a staff of two. It has only 5,500 subscribers, but its reputation is huge. And now, “after 23 years of guiding readers through the maelstrom of modern arts and culture, Border Crossings has earned one of the highest honours in the Canadian magazine world: the President’s Medal conferred by the National Magazine Awards Foundation.”
At The Movies (Politically Yours)
The hot new thing in movies this summer? Political films, and they popping up in festivals and in movie houses all over America.
Was Philadelphia Orchestra’s Reputation Hurt On Europe Tour?
The Philadelphia Inquirer sends not one, but two music critics to follow the Philadelphia Orchestra’s first European tour with music music director Christophe Eschenbach. The tour had mixed success, they report: “it’s unfortunate that in the orchestra’s cycle of touring, Europe coincided with Eschenbach’s first season. Europe is key to the orchestra’s international reputation. Too bad the relationship between Eschenbach and the orchestra hadn’t evolved over several seasons before they faced Vienna, London and Amsterdam. If what I heard in Madrid is what we’ll be hearing in the future, critics as well as audiences would have been more enthusiastic. As it is, the orchestra’s reputation has been somewhat damaged. How bad is it? How difficult is this damage to undo?”
America’s Arts Organizations Gather In Pittsburgh
Over the past week, 4,400 arts professionals representing America’s arts groups, gathered in Pittsburgh to talk about their work. It was the first time members of Dance/USA, the American Symphony Orchestra League, Theatre Communications Guild, Opera America, and other groups met together…
Move On – Channeling Martha Graham
Richard Move is back with his Martha Graham show in which he plays the great dance diva. “Barring the occasional benefit, it has been more than three years since Mr. Move’s poignant, meticulously researched and hilarious interpretation of Ms. Graham has graced a New York stage.”
Why Avenue Q Cleaned Up At The Tonys
Why did “Avenue Q” win at last week’s Tony Awards? Lots of reasons, really, writes Frank Rizzo. But perhaps the main one was that the show calculatingly positioned itself as a worthy underdog…
Vid Games Attracting The Stars
Increasingly, big Hollywood stars are starring in… video games. “Now that games have matured into a $11 billion business, topping movie box-office sales and siphoning television viewers, the lucrative and increasingly influential genre has attracted more star power than ever.”
FCC: Schools Can’t Sell Their Airwaves
In Washington, the Federal Communications Commission says it won’t allow schools to sell the radio spectrums they own. “In adopting the new rules, the FCC said it was promoting more efficient, shared use of a valuable public resource for both commercial and public-interest purposes.”
Legally Bland? The Blonde Movie To Become A Stage Musical
The latest movie to be turned into a Broadway musical? Legally Blonde, which is due to hit stages in 2005. “It will join a string of hit movies to make it to the stage, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Full Monty. Tony award-nominated Jerry Mitchell will direct and choreograph the stage version, film studio MGM said.”