Parents at a school in Massachusetts succeed in canceling a planned production of “West Side Story,” claiming the play promotes racial stereotypes. BBC
Tag: 11.01.99
BACK FROM THE BRINK
La Jolla Playhouse – only a few years ago in debt for $10 million – announces $36 million campaign for a new home. “A miraculous turnaround.” Playbill
SIGNS THAT –
– Hollywood may finally be discovering Latin-themed movies.
Los Angeles Times 11/1/99
AND: Nickelodeon plans to debut Latino series. New York Times 11/1/99
THE DISNEY OF JAPAN
Hayao Miyazaki is the king of Japanese animation. His “Princess Mononoke” grossed $150 million in Japan, second only to “Titanic.” This week his “semi-epic on acid” debuts in general release in the US. San Francisco Chronicle
TAX BREAKS FOR ARTISTS
A proposed new federal law would give tax breaks for playwrights, lyricists, and composers who donate their work to public institutions such as libraries and museums. Backstage
SF.COM
How internet wealth ruined the best parts of San Francisco. Salon
LIFE BEFORE THE FLOOD
researchers piecing together epic poem written 2000 years before Noah, discover similarities between life in the Middle East then and now. National Post
FATWA FOR MCNALLY
British Islamic group Shari’ah Court of the UK sentences playwright Terrence McNally to death as his play “Corpus Christi” depicting a gay Jesus Christ, opened in London on Thursday night BBC
MY 15 MINUTES
Biographies are hot right now – on the tube, in film, in print. But are enough of these stories worth telling? Philadelphia Inquirer
FATWA FOR MCNALLY
British Islamic group Shari’ah Court of the UK sentences playwright Terrence McNally to death as his play “Corpus Christi” depicting a gay Jesus Christ, opened in London on Thursday night. BBC
AND: CBC account