That’s right, it’s time to party like it’s 1799 with the return of the waltz. (Seriously. Yep.)
Tag: 10.28.12
Broadway Doesn’t Try To Tough Out The Hurricane
And we don’t mean metaphorically – as Sandy makes its way to New York, theatres cancelled a wide variety of Sunday night and Monday shows (luckily, the lightest theatre days of the week).
To Hook An Audience, Open With Everything
“The first few minutes are very important to lay down the DNA of the play.”
After Complaints, History Museum Kills President’s Three-Year Contract
“The Missouri History Museum has shaved two years off the contract of its embattled president, Robert Archibald, and will pay out a $580,000 chunk of his retirement pay through private donations.”
Surviving The Great Arts Recession, With Grace (And Terror)
Jóhann Jacobs, executive director of Utah’s Ballet West: “I tend to block out horrible memories, but those were times when we lived very much day-to-day. … We knew our future vision was there in the distance, but it was very hard to find.”
What’s Better Than A Loan Of Great Art?
Why, an exchange. Museums share a lot more art in exchanges, and make it available to a public that would otherwise never see those pieces.
Hava Nagila, From Eastern Europe To American Comedy
“Allan Sherman sang ‘Harvey and Sheila’ about the Jewish exodus to the suburbs. The Simpsons went caroling and sang it to neighbors with the lyric ‘Hava Nice Christmas.’ Larry David downloaded it as a ring tone. Nowadays, you can buy a Harvey Nagila singing and dancing doll and even find the recipe to a Halvah-Nagila smoothie”.