“The Sundance Theatre Lab, long ensconced 6,200 feet above sea level at Robert Redford’s Sundance Resort in the Rocky Mountains, will descend in March to the Berkshire Mountains community of North Adams, Mass. – elevation 700 feet. And come June, it will be dipping its toes at Governors Island in New York Harbor.”
Tag: 02.11.10
True Confession Time For Cell-Phone-In-The-Theatre Offenders
Ben Brantley writes about learning some compassion for audience members whose cell phones ring during a performance after his own (mortified) date’s phone rang during a play. Brantley then invites offenders to post comments “about what it feels like to be on the other side of the law.” (Comments are running roughly 20-to-1 unsympathetic.)
Google Yanks Music Blogs, Citing Copyright Violations
“‘Upon review of your account, we’ve noted that your blog has repeatedly violated Blogger’s Terms of Service … [and] we’ve been forced to remove your blog,'” Google wrote. “‘Thank you for your understanding.’ Jolly as Google may be, none of the bloggers who received these notices are ‘understanding’ in the least. “
A Quest For Indian-Pakistani Peace Through The Arts
“Two of the biggest media groups in Pakistan and India have orchestrated an attempt at a peace initiative called Quest for Peace. The goal is to bring the two nations together through music, literature; and other cultural and business interactions.”
What Makes An Awful Date Movie?
“At first blush, the hallmarks of a terrible date movie might seem rather obvious. Such a movie might feature multiple instances of projectile vomiting, like the Sam Raimi horror flick Drag Me to Hell. It might graphically depict genital mutilation” or, perhaps, “aliens emerging from human rectums.” But these aren’t the kind of movies to watch out for.
As Black Population Leaves SF, So Might A Bookstore
“While many independent bookstores nationwide have shut over the years, Marcus Books’ travails are rooted in a double-whammy specific to the Bay Area: the recession coupled with a long-term exodus of African-Americans from San Francisco.”
Will Readers Stand For Higher E-Book Prices?
“The angry commenters on Amazon and online message boards,” who wage hostilities whenever an e-book price creeps above $9.99, “could just be a vocal minority. But now, with e-books scheduled to cost $12.99 to $14.99 under new deals that publishers negotiated with Apple and Amazon, a broader swath of customers may resist the new pricing.”
Despite Protest, Polaroid’s Corporate Collection On Block
“More than 1,200 works from Polaroid’s corporate collection, chronicling decades of artistic experimentation by Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and others who pushed the aesthetic boundaries of the instant-film process, will be hammered away by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota.”
Lamenting New York’s Shakespeare Deficit
Charles Isherwood: “The news that the Royal Shakespeare Company will install a classical theater inside the Park Avenue Armory for a six-week residency in the summer of 2011 inspires both gratitude and chagrin. … The chagrin derives from the dispiriting reflection that the chance to see five Shakespeare plays in rep is virtually unheard of in this, the country’s theatrical capital.”
Diary That Holds Key To Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County Found
“The climactic moment in William Faulkner’s 1942 novel Go Down, Moses comes when Isaac McCaslin finally decides to open his grandfather’s leather farm ledgers with … proof of his family’s slave-owning past. Now, what appears to be the document on which Faulkner modeled that ledger as well as the source for myriad names, incidents and details that populate his fictionalized Yoknapatawpha County has been discovered.”