The Sachal Orchestra is sparking something of a revival. Their first jazz album Sachal Jazz was released recently. The veteran American jazz musician, Dave Brubeck, described their interpretation of one of his tracks as “the most interesting recording of it he has ever heard”.
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Pushing Taboo Subjects On Singapore’s Stages
“The theater company W!ld Rice has always tried to push the Singapore theater scene’s boundaries by mounting plays that tackle – often humorously – themes regarded as sensitive in the local context, such as homosexuality, religion and politics.”
Orson Welles’s ‘Malignant Perfectionism’
“Mr. Welles’s longstanding difficulties with Hollywood are the stuff of legend. At bottom, though, they amount to this: He was a fanatical, impractical perfectionist who was willing to spend any amount of time and money on his films. But it was always other people’s money.”
Master Classes On Broadway, Starring Raul Esparza
“Luckily for aspiring musical theater performers in New York, it’s not unusual for big Broadway names to offer encouraging, tough-love-based 10-minute apprenticeships to singers who don’t mind looking silly in front of strangers.”