“After a 14-month Broadway run, Fela! could return to its origins. Producers for the Tony-winning show… are in talks for a two-year international tour that would stop in the Nigerian capital of Lagos and include the summer festival circuit in Europe.”
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Anne Francis, 80, Hollywood Star of 1950s, ’60s
“The actress, who had roles in more than 30 movies, achieved cult status as Altaira in the cult classic” Forbidden Planet. She’s also remembered as the title character – a sexy, athletic, clever detective – of the TV series Honey West.
Being Indispensable Is a Great Motivator
“Necessity may or may not be the mother of invention, but it appears to be a highly effective motivator – even for the best of the best.”
The Shame of Arriving Late at the Theatre
“Turn up five minutes late to a restaurant reservation and your table will be waiting … but turn up even two minutes late to the theatre and you’re greeted by the disappointed face of the usher which seems to say ‘Where have you been? Look, the doors are shut – and behind those doors are literally HUNDREDS of people simply more competent at everyday life tasks than you’.”
Being Grossed Out Is Good for You
“Just as fear protects us from a lion that would eat us, ‘disgust is quite similar. It keeps us away from tiny little animals that would eat us up from the inside. We evolved to stay away from poo, from bodily fluids, from mucous, from foods that have gone off, from worms in the garden’.”
Now The Trade Police Are Defining What’s Art?
“The legal battle over whether the often banal ingredients of modern art, particularly light, sound and video pieces, are themselves to be regarded as art has raged for years.”
Harold Pinter, Romantic
“The late Harold Pinter – among the iconic playwrights of our era, a man who could illuminate the notions of self-destruction, general malice, self-defense, control, resistance, and all manner of human lapses in sparse, dark, and pummeling English – who knew this same, often absurdist Harold Pinter was a romantic?”
Why Does Anyone Read The Stieg Larsson Books?
“I am basing these judgments on the English edition, but, if this text was the product of extensive editing, what must the unedited version have looked like?”
New Director Of Cleveland Museum Of Art Charts A Course
David Franklin’s “job is to lead the programs, exhibitions and acquisitions that will bring the expanded institution back to life — and justify one of the biggest cultural investments in Ohio history.”
Cable Companies Downgrade KCET Position After Station Drops PBS
“Both Charter Communications and Cox Cable moved the station out of a prominent VHF channel position and into a spot deeper inside the digital tier effective with the change.”