“As the winter season of New York high culture kicks into full swing, one thing seems quite apparent: there is little appetite for the new in the performing arts here, because innovation carries so much financial risk.”
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How Did Rufus Wainwright And The Canadian Opera Get Interested In The Roman Emperor Hadrian?
“Quixotic, domineering and visionary, Hadrian (yes, the guy who built the wall) represented the end of the classical era in Roman history.” Plus there’s the whole Hadrian elevated his young, dead lover to a god with a cult subplot.
Novelist Error Messages
“Cannot proceed with this manuscript because the plot cannot be found in the first third of the text.”
Yes, It’s A Challenge To Play A Controversial Leader While That Leader Is Still Alive
“Naomie Harris’s task has been to treat [Winnie Mandela’s] transition from innocent young woman to violent demagogue sympathetically – or at least with understanding.”
Paul Walker, 40, Star Of The ‘Fast And Furious’ Movies
The actor, who also appeared in “Varsity Blues” and “Pleasantville,” was one of two people killed in a single-car accident in L.A.
Hollywood By The Numbers: Still So Intensely Sexist
“The film industry doesn’t exist in a bubble. It’s part of a larger society that tends to have biases and prejudices.”
Peter Kaplan, 59, Legendary Editor Of The New York Observer
“There are few publications in New York City–either extant or extinct–that do not bear at least some of his influence. Writers talk about the old Observer as if it were a sacred religious text. Under Kaplan’s tenure, the paper became nothing short of the best kept secret in New York.”
The Real Crisis In The Humanities
“For those with humanistic and artistic life interests, our economic system has almost nothing to offer.”
If The Bradford Council Sells Some Art, It Will Lose David Hockney
“Hockney has said he is on the verge of ‘giving up’ on his birthplace over the sale, which would include some of his own paintings.”
Cate Blanchett Never Really Wanted To Be An Actor
“But I kept doing it, trying not to do it, and then doing it. There’s such a blessed unrest that you feel all the time, but maybe that’s what keeps you going.”