“There turns out to be an enormous gap between how people say they watch television and how they actually do. … Although it is easier than ever to watch programmes at a time and on a device of one’s choosing, and people expect to be able to do so, nearly all TV is nonetheless watched live on a television set.”
Tag: 04.29.10
Spain’s New Ballet Company (With ABT Roots)
Spain doesn’t have a tradition of ballet companies. But “when the state of Castilla y León came forward with a proposal in 2006, the Corellas jumped. Within months, they had auditioned some 1,900 dancers, of which they selected 45; two thirds were Spanish.”
That Really Really Bad Pianist Playing With The Philadelphia Orchestra
“Was Ivo Pogorelich really that bad during his Philadelphia Orchestra performance Wednesday in Suntory Hall? In a word, yes.”
Rights Org Threatens To Shut Down Irish Music Blogs
“The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) has moved against several of the country’s MP3 blogs, demanding licences that threaten to shut down some of Ireland’s most-respected music sites.”
Roger Ebert Trashes 3D
“Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.”
Progress Report: Chicago’s Museum Of Contemporary Art In The Passing Lane
When Madeleine Grynsztejn became director at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008, the then-40-year-old institution was in the throes of what she called “a healthy midlife crisis” Gauging her success, of course, will take time. But one critical marker is incontestable: attendance at the museum is at record levels.
Disappearing Languages Survive Among New York’s Immigrants
Vlashki. Garifuna. Mamuju. “These are not just some of the languages that make New York the most linguistically diverse city in the world. They are part of a remarkable trove of endangered tongues that have taken root in New York – languages born in every corner of the globe and now more commonly heard in various corners of New York than anywhere else.” Including, often, the places where those languages originated.
John Luther Adams Wins $100,000 Nemmers Composition Prize
“Alaska composer John Luther Adams has been named the 2010 winner of the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition. … In 2004, the award went to John Adams, the composer of Nixon in China, who is sometimes confused with the Alaska composer, who lives near Fairbanks.”
Peter Cheeseman, 78, Pioneer Of Theatre-In-The-Round
His “passionate commitment to breaking the fourth wall of the proscenium arch stage, and rooting a resident company of actors, writers, musicians and designers in the local community, was revolutionary.”
Kander, Ebb, Fosse Estates Sue Miramax, Disney Over Chicago
“John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, creators of the stage hit Chicago (actually Kander plus the heirs of the deceased others) vs. Miramax Film Corp. and Walt Disney Pictures is headed to a courtroom near us in a fight over proceeds from the 2002 hit film version of the musical. The original stage version opened on Broadway in 1975.”