Is this a problem? “The idea of ‘doing it for the ’gram’ has moved from the preserve of Like-hungry teens to board meeting discussions and multimillion pound budgets.”
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A Choreographer Says Even – Or Maybe Especially – Holiday Ballets Can Lead To A Love For Dance
Grady McLeod Bowman, who choreographed Fort Worth’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Holiday Musical and Parody Spectacular, says of the show, “The goal is for the love of dance to spread throughout the entire theater.”
Wait, *What* Happened To A Planned (But Controversial) Banksy Show In Brussels?!
Um, wow. This did not go to plan: “A Belgian court proved just how unauthorised the exhibition may have been by ordering bailiffs to seize the art, valued at over £12m. After five hours, and some careful handling, the pieces, including a version of the famous stencil mural Girl With Balloon, were driven away at midnight to an unidentified secure location, where they will sit out of the public eye until another court hearing in January.”
How Far Has Comedy Come Since The ’90s – And Can It Get More Progressive Still?
Some might think comedy hasn’t actually changed that much – remember Andrew “Dice” Clay? Is he that different from Louis CK? – but it has, and “for some of that, we have to thank the influence of UnCabaret, the alternative showcase that celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Theatre at Ace Hotel with a mostly all-star showcase that spent almost as much time looking inward at what it means to have a conscience in comedy as it did eliciting obvious laughs.”
The Woman Who Grades The Movies Is Retiring
Yeah, you probably have had a beef with her at some point. “For 30 years, she has watched movies — at least 12,500, she figures — and assigned grades of G to NC-17 so parents can make decisions about what is appropriate viewing for children. For 18 of those years Graves has served as the ratings system’s chairwoman, sparring with boundary-pushing filmmakers who call her too prudish, and, at the same time, defending her process to activists and parents who deem her grades too permissive.”
The Royal Shakespeare Company Has Backed Down, For Now, On A Plan To Lay Off Its Theatre Door Staff
But too bad for the fire safety staff: “While stage door staff will be retained in a revised role, the RSC said it was continuing with a proposal to merge the fire and safety officer roles, with the fire officer role ‘absorbed into the security roles,’ which are contracted out.”
Mary-Rose McMaster, Actor And Producer Who Was The Last Member Of A Famed Irish Theatre Family, Has Died At 92
McMaster’s parents, uncle, and brother were all central to Irish theatre life for decades – and so was she, before she married and moved to San Francisco, where she continued to act, direct, and produce. “With her passing, the curtain has finally dropped on a significant chapter in Irish theatre history.”
How Dvorak’s New World Symphony Helped America Listen To, And Hear, Itself
The Czech composer listened to the people of the United States. “Dvorak recognized a rich tradition sitting under his nose, one that most American composers seemed blind to. He wove American roots music into his vast symphonic canvas. And, inspired by black spirituals, he came up with a bittersweet melody that would become a spiritual of its own: the ‘Largo,’ the symphony’s second movement, a kind of song without words scored for the English horn.”
Do We Have A Moral Duty To Leave Facebook?
This is a purely philosophical question … only, it’s about our duty to ourselves and to each other. “The possibility of a duty to leave Facebook arises once one recognizes that Facebook has played a significant role in undermining democratic values around the world.”
Nicholas Roeg, Director Of Don’t Look Now And The Man Who Fell To Earth, Has Died At 90
The British director of movies that never had mass appeal, though many won critical acclaim and became cult classics, “developed his own distinctive film-making style, usually involving puzzle-like, non-linear storytelling, lyrical visual imagery and challenging themes such as sex, death, horror and mental breakdown.”