“Her all-encompassing radicalism, which never lost its bite, has inspired new generations of progressive theater makers struggling to find alternatives in a society that has grown only more thoroughly commercialized.”
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Günter Grass Dead At 87
“With his novels, plays, articles and speeches, Mr. Grass became one of Germany’s foremost intellectuals and gadflies. The themes that consumed his literature – guilt, atonement and hypocrisy – were also central to his political commentary. He could be shrill and polarizing, a self-professed ‘troublemaker’ who cultivated what he described as a ‘tendency to bring out into the open what had too long been swept under the carpet.'”
The Man Who Formalized Jazz Dance As He Recovered From Paralysis
“Starting in the late 1940s, he conceived an approach to the genre that is known for its elegance, liquidity and keen musicality. It emphasizes strength, balance, alignment, bodily freedom and above all the imperative of his oft-repeated mantra, ‘Never stop moving.’ It was an imperative born of grueling necessity.”
Founder Of The Living Theater And Political Rebel Judith Malina Dies At 88
She was “an actor and director who with her husband, Julian Beck, founded the Living Theater, a troupe of activists and provocateurs who advanced the idea of political theater in America, catalyzed fierce debate over their methods and intentions, and in the name of art ran afoul of civic authorities on three continents.”
The New Yorker Who Helped LACMA Break Out
“Barron’s influence goes well beyond the temporary exhibition program. She has helped shape the permanent collection and found innovative ways of presenting it in the museum’s galleries.”
Anything To Be Learned From The Lisitsa/Toronto Symphony Debacle?
“The takeaway from all this is still unclear. In the short term, certainly, it’s a public-relations bonanza for Lisitsa, who gets to be a martyr to her beliefs, unpalatable though they may be to some. In the long term, I wonder if there will be lasting consequences to having her Tweets made more public, as their content begins to sink in; and I wonder if this will affect the willingness of orchestras, a group not known for their public courage, to hire her.”
Chita Rivera, Back (And Upside-Down) On Broadway At 82
“Two hours before any preview performance of The Visit, the Kander and Ebb musical that opens this month at the Lyceum Theater, you can find its star, Chita Rivera, in her dressing room. Upside down.”
Eddie Murphy Wins Kennedy Center’s 2015 Mark Twain Prize
Eddie Murphy let loose on the Kennedy Center stage – that should be quite some monologue at the gala on October 18.
The Art Of Being Philip Glass (Not So Easy, As It Turns Out)
For Glass, the point is always process, the doing of the thing, more so than the result. And keeping that in mind, I’m inclined to let him define success here in his own terms: “If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new. As long as you know what you’re doing, nothing much of interest is going to happen.”
No Elder Abuse: Officials Find Harper Lee Competent To Decide About Publishing Second Novel
The Alabama state Department of Human Resources has officially closed its investigation into whether Lee was manipulated or coerced into agreeing to publish Go Set a Watchman.