“[His] career stretched from the Great Depression to the brink of the 21st century, … [and he] was one of the last links to the days when Broadway was a center of culture in America and was covered meticulously by more than a dozen newspapers.”
Tag: 10.01.09
Orlando Loses A Pro Theater Company
“Orlando Theatre Project, the area’s longest-lived professional theater company, is calling it quits after 23 years. The reason? The economy, of course, but also the hardships of an arts group so small it had no professional staff.”
A Ransom Note For Stolen Masterworks In California
“The owners of artwork valued in the multiple millions and stolen from a Pebble Beach home have found a ransom note, … The stolen pieces include one by Jackson Pollock, three by G.H. Rothe, one by Matisse, four by Miro, two by Rembrandt, a Renoir and a van Gogh.”
They’re Not Holding Back On The Dudamania In L.A.
On his first day of rehearsal as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel dealt with “a phalanx of cameras that followed [him] up the stairs, trained lenses on his breakfast hug-athon with orchestra members and shadowed him into the orchestra hall.” Even the NBC Nightly News was there.
They’re Even Publishing Dudamel Baby Pictures
“As the 28-year-old joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic this week as its music director, the Spanish-language newspaper Hoy is showcasing photos of the young Gustavo and a conversation with family and friends about his formative years in Venezuela.”
Including Dirty Words In The Dictionary Is Harder Than You Think
Oxford English Dictionary editor-at-large Jesse Sheidlower discusses the challenges – for the purposes of an unabridged reference work – of defining all those words that ArtsJournal can’t include in its e-mail newsletters.
Damien Hirst Trades Dead Animals For Blank Canvas
“The artist has told the BBC there will be no more large-scale installation pieces, including his signature pickled animals and medicine cabinets. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, Hirst says he is now solely painting by hand.”
The Polanski Schism: Why Are Hollywood, Nation At Odds?
“How can Hollywood (where it’s almost impossible to find anyone publicly condemning Polanski) and almost everyone else see the same story in an opposite light? Is it proof that the movie business is amoral, or just that it believes that Polanski has suffered in his personal and professional life and paid his debt to society?”
Nightly Tag Sale Means An Ever-Changing Set
In a production of Kira Obolensky’s Cabinet of Wonders: An Impossible History, “much of what’s on stage is also on sale. … An honest-to-goodness tag sale takes place one hour before each performance. Ticketholders who see something they like pay for it and take it home that night.”
With Party’s Blessing, Contemporary Art Blossoms In China
“Every movie studio, theater, music house, publisher and publication in China is either directly owned by the state or subject to state guidelines. Contemporary art … is a bright exception. The sector has thrived in part because” of the Communist Party’s “willingness to let at least some flowers bloom.”