This is a perfect time for “Wait, what?” because … wait. Is Interview dead or resurrected or what the heck? It’s a family business that, a member of the family recently said, will rise from its ashes and still be a family business – ignoring, of course, all of the back pay owed to freelancers, the editorial director, and more.
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Who Made His Conducting Debut At Age 20 At The Bolshoi, Has Died At 87
Rozhdestvensky “made his name by popularising music by composers who were all but banned by the Communist authorities in the USSR, including Poulenc and Hindemith.”
Glasgow School Of Art’s Mackintosh Building Is At Least Half Destroyed By Fire
Every part of the building was affected, and there was a partial roof collapse – and the fire spread to nearby buildings as well. “It was the second time in four years that a blaze has hit the world-famous building, which was under restoration and was set to reopen after a fire badly damaged it in May 2014.”
A Los Angeles Pop Group Finds Out It’s Getting Paid One-Tenth Of An Equivalent – But Male – Group
The pay gap in music wages is all too real. One member of the group Haim: “It’s scary out there and [messed] up not even to be paid half the same amount. But to be paid a tenth of that amount of money? It was insane.”
Surprising Everyone (Again), Beyoncé And Jay-Z Suddenly Drop A Finished Album
It’s at once a surprise and an utterly familiar ritual for fans of the couple, who are on tour together. “The sudden release immediately sent fans and the industry into a tizzy” – and sent non-TIDAL streaming services into a funk. “Spotify declined to comment and Apple Music did not immediately respond to requests for comment about its plans for the album.”
Is Walmart Selling Knockoff Mid-Century Classics?
If some of the deals seem too good to be true, well—they may just be. Among other offerings with an uncanny resemblance to midcentury design icons (like Hans Wegner’s Wishbone chair, or the Eames Office molded plastic chair), the Poly and Bark Sculpture Coffee Table for $309.99 has raised a few discerning eyebrows.
New Edmonton Ballet, New Partnership, And A New Artistic Director
As the former Citie Ballet – now Ballet Edmonton – takes a name change the company will also start a new partnership with the Fine Arts & Communications Faculty at MacEwan University involving a performance space and other possible collaborations. Finally, Ballet Edmonton has announced that one of Canada’s most acclaimed choreographers Wen Wei Wang will take over as its new artistic director for the 2018-2019 season.
Study: Worldwide, 95 Percent Of Concerts Feature Only Male Composers
The figures, compiled by the Donne – Women in Music project and Drama Musica, show that a total of 3,524 musical works will be performed at those concerts, and, of those, 3,442 (97.6%) were written by men and only 82 (2.3%) were written by women.
MoviePass Soars Past Three Million Subscribers
But. Those in distribution and exhibition continue to bet against MoviePass’ survival; since CinemaCon they’ve whispered whether the monthly ticket service would make it to the end of summer. Parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY) stock has been in free fall, plunging from a high this year of $9.77 on Jan. 23 to a current $0.38.
Has Broadway Become Just A Cynical Theme Park?
What happened? Only a few seasons ago, Broadway was celebrating powerful and urgent new US plays on Broadway such as Eclipsed, Sweat, Clybourne Park and August/Osage County. It had been the same with a renaissance of powerful, groundbreaking, original and diverse US musicals such as Hamilton and Dear Evan Hanson. In contrast, all of this year’s best musical nominations were adapted from films – Mean Girls, SpongeBob Square Pants, The Band’s Visit and Frozen – with The Band’s Visit the closest to reflecting past developments and achievements in the art form.