When is a novel like a piano? When it’s “treated”
Tom Phillips is the polymath’s polymath. When he gave the Slade Lectures at Oxford in 2006, we gleaned that he is not only a painter, print-maker and a Royal Academician, but also a film-maker, opera librettist and set designer, a fluent writer, translator, composer, and a musician with a fine singing voice. … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2016-11-03
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-11-03
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Last Month The Finnish Government Refused Funding For Guggenheim Helsinki. So This Is The New Plan…
“Of its $144 million building costs, the City of Helsinki’s investment would cover a maximum of $89 million. The remaining $55 million would be paid by private investments and a loan, the costs of which would be covered by the Guggenheim Helsinki Supporting Foundation. The licensing fee payable to the Guggenheim Foundation has been reduced by $10 million to $20 million and would be entirely financed by private donations, which have been secured.”
Report: Diversity On American TV Hits All-Time High In 2016/17
The newest installment of the advocacy organization’s “Where We Are on TV” report found that 4.8% of all broadcast series-regular characters expected to appear in the coming season are LGBTQ — the highest percentage in study’s 21-year history. Black characters accounted for 20% of all broadcast series regulars, and characters with disabilities for 1.7% — both also all-time highs. Across broadcast, cable and streaming, the number of transgender series regulars more than doubled from seven last season to 16 this season.
Study: Seven Out Of Ten Musicians Report Mental Health Issues
Professionals working in the music industry, including those in theatre, may also be up to three times more likely to suffer from depression than the general public, according to the Help Musicians UK survey results.
Exploring Rodin’s Significant Role In Dance
“Rodin used his (by then significant) influence to champion the careers of these dance pioneers and he was a key figure in supporting Nijinsky during the brouhaha that followed his 1911 ballet L’Apres Midi d’un Faune, when half of Paris claimed to be scandalised by its pagan images of sexuality and its adoption of archaic-looking dance forms.”
Glenda Jackson, At 80, Is About To Do Eight Shows A Week As King Lear
Yes, she was legendary for her hard work and commitment on stage and screen alike, but this is her first public performance in 25 years, and she chose one of the hardest roles in the canon. Is she up to it? See what her director and her Goneril have to say.
Here’s The Apology Letter From The Guy Who Sprinkled His Friend’s Ashes And Shut Down The Met Opera
Roger Kaiser: “If I had ever thought anything like this could happen, I would never have done it. … No one ever cautioned that I should reconsider or not do it. I think we each just got caught up in the romanticism of it all. The ugly possibilities never occurred to anyone – myself included.”
After Months Of Turmoil, Sydney Theatre Company Names Permanent Artistic Director (And He’s Only 30)
Kip Williams stepped up as interim AD in May, when Jonathan Church resigned and went home to his projects in England after nine months of attempting to commute to Australia. Williams has been with STC for five years and directed his first show there at age 25.