“As the pianist strides onstage, the page turner, cloaked in muted hues, trails behind. She is not to bow, but rather to sit immediately on the spare chair beside the piano bench and hunch. She is to be small and silent. … At the performance’s close, she is the first to retreat. The applause is not hers. She is also rarely missed. Many a show has gone on without a page turner.” Jennifer Gersten looks not only at this silent assistant’s subordination, but also at the times she (or he) has gotten a laugh, saved the day, and even had a part written by the composer.
Tag: 02.26.17
Are These The Next Jobs To Be Taken By Robots?
You know that great American novel you’ve been planning to write? Start now, before the machines take a creative writing class.
Louis Langrée Re-Ups With Cincinnati Symphony Through 2021-22
“The announcement, made Sunday, comes on the eve of Langrée’s first international tour with the Cincinnati Symphony next month to Asia. In August, he and the CSO will embark on a three-week tour to capital cities and major music festivals in Europe.”
Small Record Store Chain Steps Up To Buy 70 HMV Canada Music Stores
HMV said it was closing the stores across Canada because it was losing tons of money. But upstart music retailer Sunrise Records is making a major bet it can expand quickly to make the stores profitable. “A lot of the younger consumers still love having something tangible,” argues the company’s enterprising young CEO
Moonlight Writer/Director Barry Jenkins And Original Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney Accepted The Best Adapted Screenplay Award Together
“‘I told my students, ‘Be in love with the process, not the result,’ ‘ Jenkins said — but admitted he did like the result.”
A Shoving Match, Possibly Involving A Neo-Nazi, Broke Out At The Minneapolis Institute Of Art This Weekend
Three people, at least one of whom who appeared to have a white nationalist symbol on his jacket, argued with a group that had been protesting the president’s executive orders on immigrants – and the fight went all the way to the third floor of the museum, where, amid the 18th century European art, guards had to subdue the fighters.
The Sculptor Camille Claudel May Finally Be Getting The Recognition She Longed For
After an apprenticeship, and a relationship, with Rodin, Claudel’s art was overshadowed by his. She was committed to a mental institution by her family – but film lovers know this from not one but two films about her. Now, she’s getting her own museum, and the work speaks for itself.
As William Hogarth Fans Know, A Gin Craze Nearly Destroyed 18th Century London
And it’s all because Britain was at war with France – which made French brandy hard to come by.
Sergei Polunin Says He Was Tricked, And That Ballet Dancers Need Agents
The take of the ‘bad boy of ballet,’ who left the Royal Ballet in a surprise move in 2012: “The company sort of owns you. I thought about my future. In 10 years’ time, I would be in the same position as when I started – the best dancer in the world, but still sharing a flat. You’re an adult, but you live like a kid.”
A New Horror Film Helps Redefine The Genre, Gets 100 Percent On Rotten Tomatoes, And Wins The Box Office
Time to reevaluate horror? None of the Best Picture nominees got anything like 100 percent from the critics. But “Get Out,” starring comedian Jordan Peele, “is the latest in a string of bloody horror films that attempt to contribute to America’s cultural conversation in a meaningful way.”