“Apparently, after Carter Beane saw the show at the Center on Halsted (at About Face Theatre’s invitation) he asked for the requisite naked flesh to be put back. Per the script. But when you’re half way through a run of a union show, it’s not that simple.”
Tag: 02.04.08
Star Soprano Anna Netrebko Getting Married, Having Child
The 36-year-old star soprano and her fiance, Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, are expecting a child this autumn
Anne Frank, The Musical
“Spanish producers have turned the life of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from Nazis, into a musical, tearing up the genre’s widely held convention of light-hearted, sugar-coated tale.”
Actors Who Can’t See Or Hear
“Billed as the world’s first professional deaf-blind theatre company, only three of Nalaga’at’s actors can speak. One hears a little if you shout directly into her ear and a few still have some vision. But they all communicate primarily through touch.”
Should Rich Colleges Be Forced To Spend Endowment?
There’s a perception “that super-wealthy universities are doing too little with their riches to help students (especially low-income ones) afford college, continuing all the while to raise tuitions faster than inflation. Their proposed solution — forcing institutions with the largest financial endowments to pay out at least 5 percent of those funds a year — would, they argue, compel the institutions to spend more of their own funds.”
The Computers That Understand Dog
Animals communicate very different emotional states by very different vocal sequences. “A computer, which relies on artificial intelligence and machine learning methods, could provide a new tool for automatically analyzing large amounts of data typically recorded during behavioral studies.”
The Atrocious State Of Public Intellectualism In America
“Public intellectuals in America are merely ‘one side of an argument,’ so to speak. From the general public’s point of view, they are either Republican or Democrat; liberal or conservative; left-wing or right-wing; pro-choice or pro-life; and so on. Public intellectuals signify or are reduced by the general public to nothing more than a position — and usually an extreme one — on a topic of contemporary social and political concern.”
Tentative Agreement In Screenwriters’ Strike?
“Negotiators for Hollywood studios and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this week.”
Bush Proposes “Zeroing Out” Public Broadcasting Funding
The Bush administration wants to hack federal funding for public broadcasting by more than 50% and possibly zero out the budget in as little as two years.
Survey – Northerners Listen To Faster Music Than Southerners
“There is a difference of 110bpm between Scotland and the south of England, according to Uncut magazine. Music taste varies as well, with country music hugely popular in Northern Ireland, while the Scots prefer anthemic Celtic rock.”