“But it was really his view of the crash of 1929 and the Great Depression: even more than an economic crash, it was a national emotional collapse, ‘like all the winds had stopped, gone dead’ … That sense of existential and economic desperation carries across all his plays.”
Tag: 03.02.15
L.A. Phil’s Deborah Borda Is Going To Harvard (Temporarily)
“Deborah Borda will take a four-month sabbatical from her role as president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic so that she can assume a residency at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.”
Another Friday-Afternoon-News-Dump Departure: CEO Of L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse Steps Down
“Kenneth Novice has departed the Geffen Playhouse after serving as its managing director for more than five years, the company has announced.” Both parties refused to comment further.
Here’s One Of Those Fairytales Rediscovered In Bavaria A Couple Years Ago
“An evil witch kidnapped three princesses and would not set them free. While they were in captivity, the girls learned a few magic tricks from the witch. …”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.02.15
Moving Toward the Light
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-03-02
Los Angeles Ballet’s Notable The Sleeping Beauty
AJBlog: Fresh Pencil Published 2015-03-02
Monday Recommendation: Terry, Keepnews & Monk
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-03-02
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For The First Time Ever, Chinese Box Office Tops U.S. Box Office
“A record Lunar New Year bonanza brought in $650 million in the second-largest movie market, according to data from research firm Entgroup.”
Here’s Why American Musical Theatre Has Slipped From The Mainstream
“Now that Broadway-minded songwriters no longer have a universal musical language on which to draw, it isn’t possible to write a show with genuine broad-gauge audience appeal. It says everything about the desperate state of the American musical that the last theatrical song to become an enduringly popular hit, Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” was written in 1973.”