“The old, overstuffed Franco Zeffirelli production was trotted out for the last time and the Met went into opera factory mode, which meant very few rehearsals. The backstage gossip is that Slatkin arrived unprepared. But unprepared for what?”
Tag: 04.12.10
Needed: A Plan To Save Watts Towers
“Once threatened with the wrecking ball, the towers have been saved by occasional infusions of state, local and federal funding and are kept in decent but insufficient repair by the city’s Cultural Affairs Department. Now, a city budget crisis threatens even that minimal support, making a helpful gesture by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last week all the more welcome.”
Study Shows Gender Gap In Ages Of TV Performers
“According to the research, which was carried out by The Radio Times, the average age of a woman appearing on television today is 40.22 years, compared with 32.62 years in 1950. For men, the average age in 1950 was 46, and is the same today.”
The PR Disaster Over Toronto’s Art Gallery Of Ontario Executive Bonuses
“The effect was to wipe out the admirable strides the AGO had made over the past six years, when it seemed to have become truly transparent and open in its dealings with the public, the media, its own staff and its neighbours.”
Will Culture Be Just A Game In The Future?
“If the idea of grown men and women discovering and collecting music using a cute little avatar sounds absurd, you probably haven’t watched Jesse Schell’s DICE talk. In the future, he claims, everything will be a game. It’s either a horrifying Orwellian vision of the future or an indication that we’ll all be more amused in the years to come, depending on how you look at it.”