Jenice Armstrong, on Sara Michelle Murawski’s dismissal from Pennsylvania Ballet because, at 5’11”, she’s too tall: “Murawski’s dancing abilities don’t appear to be in question. So if ballet officials had an issue with a tall dancer, why woo her here? Now that she’s finally here and performing beautifully, she gets a hard toe shoe up her backside, because they apparently don’t like the idea of a tall female looming over shorter male dancers.”
Tag: 01.05.17
The Stage 100 For 2017: Sonia Friedman Leads The List Of The Most Influential People In British Theatre
The producer of the West End’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Nice Fish (starring Mark Rylance) is only the third woman ever to top the roster. (See the full list here.)
Don’t Go Ahead With Sydney Opera House Upgrade, Warns Architect
“Andrew Andersons wrote to Opera House management in October to urge it to relinquish its architecture-by-committee approach and appoint a single firm to oversee upgrades and to rethink its plan for disabled ¬access elevators that would cut a hole in the unique stairs designed by Jørn Utzon.”