“Theatregoers said that they were shocked at what they described as an unprovoked attack at the end of Monday night’s performance at the Duke of York’s Theatre,” when actor Ian Hart “ran from the stage to scream threats at” Gerard Earley. In the play’s second half, Hart had “pointed at Mr Earley and told him to ‘shut up,'” though audience members said he’d been mum.
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A Short History Of Stage Actors’ Outbursts At Theatregoers
“Years ago Alec Guinness was so thrown by a woman in the front row who was watching him through gigantic binoculars that he stepped down from the stage and removed them from her. The result? An usher came to him in the interval to say: ‘The blind woman in the front row apologises if she’s upset you.'”
With Pop-Up Promos, TV Is Ruining Viewers’ Experience
“Thank you, network people, for those useful, informative announcements that block what I’m watching to tell me what I’m watching, or tell me what I could be watching next, which will then be blocked by reminders of what I could be watching after that.”
North Shore’s Next Chapter: Similar Fare, Tighter Budget
The likely new owner of the North Shore Music Theatre, which sank under the weight of its debts this year, “has made a habit of buying closed or distressed properties and quickly reviving them.” William Hanney said the theatre’s “programming would remain largely the same” but “didn’t give positive reviews to the organization’s business structure.”
Charis Wilson, Edward Weston’s Muse And Wife, Dies At 95
“A free spirit who took up with Weston when she was 20 and he was 48, Charis (pronounced CARE-ess) Wilson posed for a number of his photographs, many of them nudes, but her involvement with his career went far beyond modeling. Wilson edited articles on photography by Weston and traveled extensively with him for his work.”
Golden Gate Bridge As Sanctioned Climbing Site?
Taking a cue from “the Bridge Climb at the Sydney Harbour Bridge, where visitors pay about $200 for a guided trek along catwalks, up and down ladders and along the outer arch of the coat-hanger-shaped bridge,” Golden Gate Bridge officials see a possible source of revenue in an interactive visitor experience. They draw the line, however, at bungee jumping.
(Briefly) Reviving The Hand-Cranked One-Reeler
“Back in 1909, projectionists would stand in the middle of a venue and hand crank 10-minute one-reelers. Some moviegoers would even sit near the projector because they liked the intermittent click-click sound of the cranking.” Next week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will re-create that experience.
Via Dance, A Man With Cerebral Palsy Finds A New Walk
“Gregg Mozgala, a 31-year-old actor with cerebral palsy, had 12 years of physical therapy while he was growing up. But in the last eight months, a determined choreographer [Tamar Rogoff] with an unconventional résumé has done what all those therapists could not: She has dramatically changed the way Mr. Mozgala walks.”
Russians Get Something New And Rare: A Non-Ideological Survey Of Their History
“A new two-volume history of Russia’s turbulent 20th century is being hailed inside and outside the country as a landmark contribution to the swirling debate over Russia’s past and national identity. … [The] books try to rise above ideologically charged clashes over Russia’s historical memory [and] are critical both of czarist and Communist Russia.”