Lynne began as a ballet dancer but became famous as a choreographer for the West End and Broadway, where she worked closely with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Cats and Phantom of the Opera. “Lloyd Webber paid tribute to Dame Gillian on Twitter, writing: ‘Farewell dearest Gillie, three generations of the British musical owe so much to you.'”
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What’s It Like To Receive The NEA’s Top Honor For Folk Art?
Ofelia Esparza, an 86-year-old artist who has been making Day of the Dead altars for much of her life, became a National Heritage Fellow last week. She says “that for her, altar making goes beyond tradition. It’s an obligation, a show of respect for the loved ones who are no longer with us.”
The Woman Who Has Been Playing Piano For More Than A Century [VIDEO]
Colette Maze says people should stay loose and keep moving – and that “on the piano, there’s a kind of gymnastics.”
When A Show Called ‘Narcissus Garden’ Is Great For Selfies, What Does That Mean?
Yayoi Kusama’s newest exhibit brings attention to Hurricane Sandy-damaged Rockaway Beach, but also attracts the very people it’s (perhaps) making fun of.
An Oregon Theatre Must Swap Back A Gender-Swapped Character In ‘9 To 5’
Look, theatres … you have to get permission to gender-swap roles (or make any of a number of other changes). So now a woman is playing a role that was written as male – but as a man, not as a woman, which is how the actor started playing the role. “The problem is that in the contract, it says that we can’t change pronouns,” the theatre’s business manager said.
Some Bestselling Authors Aren’t Afraid To Talk Politics
Sure, it might make their publicists cringe, but bestselling authors like Elin Hilderbrand, Stephen King, and even J.K. Rowling are happy to comment on politics, using their social media feeds (and their readings).
No One (Older Than 25) Can Quite Figure Out Why Teens Love This Tweet About Gatsby
Seriously, Gen-Z: Why? Why do you love this tweet about a Gatsby-style party? (Come for the generation gap question; stay for the teens’ long takes on the tweet that somehow still don’t explain it, at all.)
Looking For Univision? You Won’t Find It On Dish Or Sling Right Now
Not good for Spanish-language channel consumers (including soccer fans): “Univision has been seeking higher fees to bring its Spanish-language channels closer to those charged by English-language networks, such as ABC, NBC and CBS. But Dish has balked at Univision’s demands and declined Univision’s offer of a two-week contract extension to continue the talks.”
Just What In The Heck Is Going On At The Lincoln Center?
Things aren’t exactly great at the moment. Whew: “Now on its fourth leader in five years, Lincoln Center — the country’s largest performing arts complex — finds itself suffering from shuffled priorities, financial difficulties and instability at its highest rank during a time when cultural organizations are struggling to retain and build donors and audiences.”
A Queer Feminist Bookstore Opened In Mississippi And Made Someone Faint
OK, the person fainted because they’d had too much to drink, and the opening was too packed, but still. More Q&A: “Who’s your favorite regular? There was the five-year-old daughter of the owner of a thrift store on the next block who would come in, find some books, walk to the front, and hand me a five-dollar bill over the counter with a beatific smile. She wasn’t totally clear on the concept of sales tax, but I usually covered it for her.”