“A few weeks ago, Mr. Estevez, 72, told the restaurant’s main owner, Max Klimavicius, that he was planning to retire. The word spread quickly, and during Mr. Estevez’s last shift, on Saturday, more than two dozen regulars gathered to wish him a fond, raucous goodbye.”
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The Public Theater Has Had A String Of Hits, But Will That Last Next Season?
“What’s really impressive is the way the company, which was founded by Joseph Papp 62 years ago, has prospered artistically, doing fresh, challenging and entertaining work, while staying faithful to a mission to reflect the multicultural fabric of society. It should also be mentioned that the theater keeps a shrewd eye on the box office.”
J.K. Rowling Is Seriously Finished With Racists Attacking Hermione
“‘With my experience of social media, I thought that idiots were going to idiot,’ she said in an interview with the Observer. ‘But what can you say? That’s the way the world is. Noma was chosen because she was the best actress for the job.'”
Phyllis Curtin, Soprano And Beloved Tanglewood Teacher, Dies At 94
“Audiences knew the glamorous young singer best in such operatic roles as Verdi’s Violetta and Strauss’ Salome, but she was proudest of her role as a pioneering recitalist, championing American music, contemporary music and music to texts in English at a time when such things were not the custom.”
Top Posts For AJBlogs From 06.05.16
This Week In Audience, Universal Translator Edition How will our stories change when we have a universal translator? How will our relationships to things change when things respond to our voices? What is a live performance when the performer isn’t live? These stories and more in This Week In Audience … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-06-05
Country House Opera: Music and the Love of Food Eugene Onegin at Garsington Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2016-06-05
Inside out Crystal Pite’s Betroffenheit. I’m doing it again. Smacking myself on the side of the head because it’s too panicked and busy in there, a snarl of thoughts that go nowhere and that I’m desperate… …read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2016-06-04
Love Finds a Way American Ballet Theatre revives its production of Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. James Whiteside and Stella Abrera of American Ballet Theatre as Colas and Lise in Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. Photo: Rosalie… …read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2016-06-03
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Has This Been A Good Year For Women On Broadway? Yes, But …
“On Broadway, it has been a year of women: waitresses, shopgirls, concubines, Revolutionary sisters, a literary editor, a morphine addict and many victims of abuse. Is this cause for celebration or despair? Or pie? … Laura Collins-Hughes and Alexis Soloski recently discussed the role of (and roles for) women this year, on Broadway and off. Here’s an edited version of their conversation.”