“The stencil of a rat descending in a parachute was believed to be the only remaining work left by the elusive British graffiti artist during his time in Melbourne in 2003.”
Tag: 04.27.10
The Hippest Thing In Theatre: Audience Participation
“What used to mean bellowing ‘Look behind you’ in chorus with a crowd of infants now means taking centre stage in plays that are all about you. This is interactive theatre, an artform in a hurry, from the fringes of experimental theatre to the heart of the mainstream.”
Putting Philadelphia’s Black Classical Heritage On Paper
“Though it does not say so explicitly,” a new book that covers four generations of classical musicians in the city “underlines the extent to which the white and black classical music worlds operated separately, or maintained an uneasy coexistence. (The city had two musicians unions for decades: Local 77 for whites, and, from 1935 until 1971, Local 274 for blacks.)”
Can States Outlaw Sale Of Violent Video Games To Minors?
“The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to take up the issue … could provide the last word on whether video games should be given as much freedom as books and movies or whether the government has an interest in keeping violent games from children as it does with pornography.”
When Physicists Are Your Fan Base (And Detractors)
The stars of the CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory,” Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki, play physicist nerds but “said they did not understand any of the scientific dialogue in the show. … Mr. Parsons memorizes his lines by writing them out longhand and says he is astonished when people ask if the actors on the show ever improvise. ‘To veer away from the scripted dialog is a one-way trip to sudden death,’ he said.”
Explaining The Dance Theater Workshop-Bill T. Jones Deal
“The executive directors of both groups now say the plan calls for an umbrella organization that would include Mr. Jones’s troupe. The new brand — with a new name and a new mission — would link the 28-year-old company of Mr. Jones … with an arts center that holds more than 110 performances annually by some 45 artists and companies.”