“The fact that just 16% of Shakespeare’s characters are women – and that most of the memorable lines are spoken by men – will not stop Emma Rice’s mission … ‘There is no reason why Gloucester can’t be a woman. ‘If anybody bended gender it was Shakespeare, so I think it just takes a change of mindset.'”
Tag: 01.05.16
28 Authors On The Books That Changed Their Lives
“We asked a number of writers across the board – from Eileen Myles to David Mitchell to Chuck Palahniuk to Alexander Chee to leading genre authors – about the books that changed their lives. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.”
A Whole New Generation Of Hot Italian Conductors Is Taking Over
“Italian conductors are everywhere. The fact that Italians a generation younger than Mr Abbado and Mr Muti have followed in their footsteps may not be surprising. What’s more remarkable is that men in their twenties and early thirties have chosen conducting as a career, given that Italy’s opera houses—the bread and butter of the country’s music-making—are in such poor shape.”
‘Hamilton’ $10 Ticket Lottery Goes Online, Crashes From High Demand
“‘Service Unavailable. Please try again later.’ That’s what potential ticket buyers saw on the new website set up to handle the Hamilton discount lottery for much of its first day, Jan. 5. The site returned briefly at 4 PM, but went down again after a reported total of 50,000 applicants rushed the site for the 21 available seats in the front row.”
Confessions Of A Critic Who Wanted To Matter
I was 21 years old, I was brand new to being a critic, and I was desperate to get attention, to have “interesting” and “provocative” opinions. I didn’t even know how to write a book review, much less write one that was “interesting” or “provocative.”