“The Nederlander Producing Company, which owns 9 of the 27 Broadway theaters affected by the stagehands’ strike, is suing their union for $35 million in damages, claiming that the strike against the Nederlander theaters is illegal.”
Tag: 11.21.07
Settling On A Color For The Restored Guggenheim
“The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission decided yesterday that the Guggenheim should maintain the same light-gray paint shade it has had since 1992, when a major expansion of the museum by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects was completed, rather than the original light yellow.”
Novel Rejected By 15 Publishers Is Shortlisted For Prize
Catherine O’Flynn, 37, whose novel, What Was Lost, was turned down repeatedly before it secured a publishing deal, began writing while working long hours at a shopping centre.
What Ails Broadway (Besides The Strike)
The Broadway strike isn’t the only problem. “The Broadway musical, at its best a form of popular entertainment that reaches the realms of high art, is in a state of possibly terminal decline. Originality and panache have been largely replaced by rip-offs from old movies, or juke-box shows featuring songs the audience already know.”
Confessions Of A (Reformed) Music Addict
“Music is often manhandled in our society: we abuse its power and manipulate its virtue. I write as a reformed addict. As a teenager, I gobbled music up indiscriminately. I craved it all day long, as a creative stimulus and numbing background to every activity, from sex to shopping. Now I need it very little.”