“That a city that has as many wealthy individuals who’ve made a fortune in New York – that they couldn’t show up and support the most important cultural institution in New York, I think is too bad and shameful. New York deserves to have the best concert hall for the Philharmonic. New York should have the best of everything.”
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Arthur Janov, 93, Father Of Primal Scream Therapy
“Through his treatment of celebrities – among them entertainers John Lennon, Yoko Ono and James Earl Jones – Dr. Janov became a celebrity in his own right beginning in the 1970s. In a best-selling book, and in appearances on television programs such as The Dick Cavett Show, he converted curious onlookers to committed followers with an enticingly simple explanation of psychological ailments, and what he billed as a near surefire way of resolving them.”
New York City Ballet Loses A Principal Dancer But Gains A Ballet Master
This Saturday, Rebecca Krohn performs with the company where she has danced for 19 years; next week, she starts her new role training and coaching her colleagues. Terry Trucco talks to Krohn about her career journey.
Recreating Václav Havel’s Dissident ‘Living-Room Theatre’ Plays
Lyn Gardner reports on the project by London’s Czech Centre and the interactive company Oneohone to perform updated versions of Havel’s Vaněk Plays, which were originally staged in secret in a Prague apartment after the Czech Communist government banned the playwright.
More Controversy About ‘Yellowface’ Opera Casting, This Time In Contemporary Work
Peter Eötvös’s The Golden Dragon, “based on a play by Roland Schimmelpfennig [and set in a Chinese restaurant], has a cast of five who perform multiple roles that include ‘Chinese mother’, ‘Chinese aunt’, ‘Old Asian’ and ‘An Asian’.” Music Theatre Wales, generally a respected touring company admired for its unconventional productions, has fielded an all-white cast for the piece and is drawing criticism for it.
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BlogBack: Timothy Cahill, Regional Art Writer, on Berkshire Museum’s Decline (& how it should regroup)
Timothy Cahill, a veteran journalist and critic focused on the Berkshire art scene, responds to CultureGrrl Video: My Opinionated Tour of the Embattled Berkshire Museum:
I watched the video of the your visit to the … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-10-04
Leaves Fall, Dancers Rise
New York City Ballet presents its annual Fall Gala at Lincoln Center. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-10-04
Aida at the ENO: singing the words of one song to the tune of another
Phelim McDermott’s Improbable company has mounted a new production of Verdi’s weirdest opera at the English National Opera … It is not, I fear, Improbable’s finest two hours and 40 minutes.” … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2017-10-04
David Geffen Pledges $150 Million To New LA County Museum Complex
Geffen’s pledge raises LACMA’s fundraising total to $450 million of the $650 million needed to break ground on a modernist Peter Zumthor building, arguably the most anticipated new piece of architecture in L.A. since Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall opened in 2003.
TV Ratings Take Big Hit In First Week Of The Season
“The number of people using television in prime time has declined steadily in prime time over the last five years with the emergence of streaming video, especially among viewers under 35 years old. Among 18 to 49 age group, prime time viewing dropped 8% compared to premiere week last year.”
Six Rules For Writing A Blockbuster That Appeals To The Chinese Market
For example, No. 6: “China has all sorts of prohibitions related to superstitions. To Westerners, the gradations might seem ridiculous, but they’re real. They’re really superstitious about ghosts, so you can’t make a ghost movie. A monster is fine, though.”
The Indomitable Peter Brook
Brook understands what divides cultures. As he says in his book, “if in English we speak words, the French speak thoughts”. Yet he also sees common factors, especially in the universal search in actors for ever greater self-disclosure. “If we were transported back to the Elizabethan theatre,” he says, “I think we’d be shocked by the crudity and coarseness of what we saw.