“Collaborative work seeks to address essential questions of how we make theater, why we make theater and how, as artists, our work can embrace, embody and convey our values, our vision of the world as we would like to see it. This type of work has never been about trends or marketing or ‘branding’ your theater company to be ‘the new thing.'”
Tag: 02.19.13
Olivier Awards Overhauls Judging Of Prizes
“Major changes are being planned for the judging process behind the Olivier Awards to give members of the Society of London Theatre a greater say over who wins.” Unlike the Tonys, Oscars and BAFTAs, a small panel of judges had been choosing the winners; Society members voted only in the nominating process.
Why British Newspapers Turned Hilary Mantel’s Intelligent Speech Into A ‘Venomous Attack’ On The Duchess Of Cambridge
“Mantel was attacking the paper doll in which newspapers have imprisoned the real Kate Middleton. … The point of Mantel’s piece was necessarily invisible to parsing in a Daily Mail news story. So a story had to be made – because here was a famous writer writing about a subject of intense interest to the paper – by missing the point.”
What Is Life Like After A Cochlear Implant For A Person Born Deaf?
“When I turned on the implant about a month and half after surgery, I ran down the hall, screaming. I expected that I would be able to hear instantaneously. That proved not to be the case. You see, if you never heard before, any unfamiliar sensation feels like pain.”
Russia Refuses To Return Hasidic Archive To US, But May House It In Moscow Jewish Museum
“A disputed collection of Jewish writings will remain in Russia because returning it to a New York-based group would set a precedent paving the way for more such claims dating back to Soviet times … A Washington judge in January ordered Russia to pay $50,000 a day in fines for failure to adhere to a 2010 ruling to return the collection, triggering angry reaction from Moscow.”
Remembering Why We Liked Gérard Depardieu In The First Place
In light of what seems to be the actor’s ongoing flameout, Richard Brody looks back at some of Depardieu’s best screen performances.
King Herod The Great Becomes Popular In Israel
A new exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem has been changing the monarch’s public image from that of a murderous villain and Roman imperial stooge (in the Jewish Talmud as well as the Christian Gospels) to that of an interesting and accomplished historical figure.
How True Should Movies Of “True” Stories Be?
“Does the audience deserve the truth, the whole truth and nothing but? Surely not, but just how much fiction is OK?”
The Theatre With A Successful Business Model – Don’t Pay The Performers
“With the kind of young audience that theater producers have long courted and a bustling school (costing about $400 a class), the Upright Citizens Brigade — which has three sites on two coasts and has inspired competitors like the PIT and the Magnet, creating a new theater sphere in New York — is one of the great success stories of the new comedy boom.”
Gilmore Girls Producer Creates TV Series About Ballet Dancers
Amy Sherman-Palladino “had been training in ballet and other dance styles since childhood” – until she ended up making a career as a television scriptwriter. … Since you can never take the dance out of the dancer, though, the DNA of her previous life can be seen all over Bunheads.”