Jonny Lee Miller: “To be able to stand back during rehearsals … and watch another actor do the work you’ve just been working on … it’s fascinating, because you get to see things that you think are working, and things that aren’t working.” Benedict Cumberbatch: “It just keeps everything fresh, it keeps people on their toes.”
Tag: 04.07.11
Flowers Really Do Make Women Feel Romantic: Study
“Research from (where else?) France, just published in the journal Social Influence, found females were considerably more likely to accept an invitation for a date if they had just been sitting in a flower-festooned room.”
Bloom Beatdown! Ron Rosenbaum Says Joyce’s Ulysses Is Wildly Overrated
“Ulysses is an overwrought, overwritten epic of gratingly obvious, self-congratulatory, show-off erudition that, with its overstuffed symbolism and leaden attempts at humor, is bearable only by terminal graduate students who demand we validate the time they’ve wasted reading it.”
Turning Crumpled Aluminum Foil Into ‘Stunning’ Textile Art
“For the main stage curtain of the Oslo Opera House, the L.A.-based artist [Pae White] scanned images of crumpled aluminum foil and sent the scans through a computer numerically-controlled loom which transformed the pixels into a massive tapestry of cotton, wool, and polyester. Called Metafoil, the curtain takes an old world staple and gives it a stunning digital twist.”
In Grammy Awards Reorg, Classical Music Loses Four
“What we’ve lost: the overall Best Classical Album category; Best Chamber Music Performance (Best Small Ensemble Performance remains), one of the two Instrumental Soloist categories (separate awards used to be given for performances with and without orchestra; now, it will go to the Best Classical Instrumental Soloist, period), and — hallelujah — the Best Classical Crossover Album.”
Is Recorded Music So Much Worse Than Live In The Theatre?
“But the increased quality of sound reproduction, coupled with reduced technical expense and higher personnel expense, have revived the argument over theaters utilizing digitized orchestras instead of the real thing for musicals.”
The Cleveland Orchestra In Miami: Five Years Into Residency, What’s The Impact?
There’s no doubt that South Florida listeners have benefited from the chance to hear regular performances by one of the world’s greatest orchestras. But questions remain about what the orchestra brings to the community and what it takes away.
UK Satellitte Network Sky Launches Theatre/Dance Fund
“Sky has launched a £1.2million fund aimed at supporting arts organisations – including theatre and dance companies – to create new projects. The fund, called The Sky Arts Ignition Series, plans to award six arts organistations up to £200,000 each over the next three years.”
BAM To Revive Legendary Production of Lully’s Atys
The Brooklyn Academy of Music will open its 150th anniversary season next September with a revival of Les Arts Florissants’ 1987 production, a major landmark in the modern revival of French Baroque music. (Other season highlights include include a revival of Einstein on the Beach and the final performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.)
Director of UAE Art Fair Fired On Sultan’s Orders
“The Sharjah Biennial, a sprawling art event in the United Arab Emirates that began in 1993 and is now in the midst of its 10th iteration, has been celebrated as a pioneer in bringing ambitious contemporary art to the Middle East.” But the ruler of Sharjah has had the director of the fair’s parent organization dismissed over a controversial piece of public sculpture.