“‘I was absolutely stunned, gobsmacked really,’ Arthur said. ‘It completely changes our understanding of the works he composed in that period.'”
Tag: 01.10.16
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 01.10.16
Recent Listening: Houston Person, Bren Plummer
Your Rifftides host tries to keep up with the relentless inflow of albums. The effort is doomed, of course, but it’s great fun to keep trying. Here are thoughts about two more or less recent… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-01-09
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-01-09
Tangling Tiptoeing Through Mysteries
Donna Uchizono premieres a new work at Gibney Dance’s Agnes Varis Performance Center. Heather Olson (L) and Molly Lieber in Donna Uchizono’s Sticky Majesty. Photo: Scott Shaw “Donna Uchizono: Woman of Mystery.” Does that sound… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-01-09
Donna Uchizono premieres a new work at Gibney Dance’s Agnes Varis Performance Center. Heather Olson (L) and Molly Lieber in Donna Uchizono’s Sticky Majesty. Photo: Scott Shaw “Donna Uchizono: Woman of Mystery.” Does that sound… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-01-09
non-linear
Many of the most interesting developments in musical form over the last few decades have featured explorations in non-linear progression. Influenced in part by the implications of Relativity theory, but equally by the ease with… … read more
AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublished 2016-01-09
Many of the most interesting developments in musical form over the last few decades have featured explorations in non-linear progression. Influenced in part by the implications of Relativity theory, but equally by the ease with… … read more
AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublished 2016-01-09
His shining hour
I wrote a piece about Harold Arlen for the latest issue of the Weekly Standard: In one sense Arlen’s credits are lackluster. None of his Broadway shows has ever been successfully revived, and except for… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-01-08
I wrote a piece about Harold Arlen for the latest issue of the Weekly Standard: In one sense Arlen’s credits are lackluster. None of his Broadway shows has ever been successfully revived, and except for… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-01-08
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Mozart in the Jungle Picks Up Two Surprise Golden Globes, Probably A Big New Audience Too
“‘I’m really immersed in a world of classical music and that loses me in a void where I don’t know much about anything,’ [Gael Garcia] Bernal said of earning a nomination, admitting he was ‘delighted’ by his unexpected win.”
Contrary To The Claim Of A Very Important Guy, Women Do Create Comics, And They Always Have
“In a remarkably tone-deaf interview, the executive officer of the festival, Franck Bondoux, claimed that there was a very simple reason no women were included among the nominees. Discrimination was not to blame, he said. Instead, it was because of a lack of qualified women. ‘The Festival likes women, but cannot rewrite the history of comics,’ he said.”
Another Songwriter Files Suit Against Spotify
“According to Ferrick’s complaint, Spotify must notify the copyright holders before distributing reproductions of their compositions in order to obtain a license. Spotify has failed to do so in many cases, the suit alleges.”
Why Do Theatre? Ask These People
“‘I’m trying to share this story,’ she says. ‘I’m trying to leave something in the minds and hearts of people who will carry it. And it’s something I can only do through art.'”
OK, Let’s Get Down To It: Who Will Win The Golden Globes?
“At Sunday night’s Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will dole out honors to some of Hollywood’s brightest stars — who will no doubt be slightly tipsy. Who will win? We have some ideas. Who should win? We definitely have some ideas.”
The Mystic, The Monk And The Play Brought To You By Powerball
“It sounds like the setup for some kind of droll joke: A lottery winner and a rhinoceros arrive at the birthday party for a dead mystic. Art, and a blowout brawl, ensues. An unusual stew of ingredients, some onstage and some off, has resulted in this strange spectacle’s move from Kentucky to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.”
Who’s Brave Enough To Redo Jerome Robbins’s Choreography For ‘Fiddler On The Roof’? Hofesh Schechter
“[Jewish folk dance is] the DNA of my dance education. I have been to Orthodox weddings. I know how it looks like, how it has to feel. I didn’t have to research. My life is the research.” As for most of Robbins’s original, “for my taste, it was not energetic enough.”