It’s worked for San Francisco Opera and Washington National Opera, so why not? The company will present, free of charge, a real-time transmission of its April production of Mozart’s Magic Flute at Cowboy Stadium, on “the world’s largest high-definition video board structure, comprised of four jaw-droppingly big viewing screens.”
Tag: 01.26.12
Actor James Farentino Dead At 73
“Handsome, with a sculpted chin and wavy black hair, Mr. Farentino was best known for recurring roles on television series and TV movies.”
Almost Half Of Gay Actors In UK Don’t Dare Come Out To Their Agents
“Although the report found that 81% of respondents are out in their professional life, and that 94% are honest about their sexuality to their fellow performers, only 57% list their agent as someone they are open about their sexuality to. Comments left by respondents highlight how actors feel that telling agents and casting directors will limit the parts they are offered.”
When Jim Henson Went Avant-Garde
“In 1964, exactly a decade after creating his original Muppets for Sesame Street predecessor Sam + Friends, Jim Henson wrote, produced, directed, and starred in a short experimental film titled Time Piece, exploring in a visceral way the effect time-keeping has on all of us.”
Reinstallation Of Met Museum’s American Wing Tells A Lot About Changing Tastes
“The real significance of the new American Wing transcends its role as the latest in the Met’s dramatic reinstallations. It shows us the flexibility with which modernism is responding to changing architectural tastes, times and needs. But it also redefines and re-evaluates American art and art history and documents the enormous evolution in its acceptance and understanding since the founding of the Met’s American Wing in 1924 as a collection of early American rooms saved from demolition.”
How Misinformation Spreads On The Internet
“Such democratization of information-gathering–when accompanied by smart institutional and technological arrangements–has been tremendously useful, giving us Wikipedia and Twitter. But it has also spawned thousands of sites that undermine scientific consensus, overturn well-established facts, and promote conspiracy theories.”
Abu Dhabi Mega-Museum Project Opening Delayed Again
“The Louvre Abu Dhabi is now set to open in 2015, the Zayed National Museum will follow in 2016 and the Guggenheim branch after that, in 2017, according to the Tourism Development & Investment Company.”