The show featured an A-list roster of Hollywood and Broadway royalty, including Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand, Robin Williams, Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg. In exchange for their appearance, Mr. Lipton provided a relatively safe space for sometimes guarded celebrities to reveal themselves more personally before a live audience. – Washington Post
Tag: 03.02.20
Despite Ten Years Of Economic Disaster, Athens Has Become A Hotbed Of Live Theatre
Michael Billington: “A decade described as a manageable catastrophe saw an explosion in theatre, even if artists didn’t always get paid. You can see the effects today in that money is tight but ticket prices are low. … Where does one start in such a hyperactive scene?” – The Guardian
The Very Tricky Art Of Making Five-Minute Series Episodes For Snapchat
Quibi has been getting all the press for its plans to make video series expressly to be watched on smartphones. But Snapchat has been doing that for years, creating 95 Snap Originals (as they’re called) so far. It isn’t easy to do; short running times and vertical screens are only the start of the challenges. – New York Magazine
Thousands Sign Petition To Cancel South By Southwest; Facebook And Twitter Pull Out
Fears over the spread of the COVID-19 virus have led more than 20,000 people (so far) to join in the request that organizers call off this year’s festival, which is still scheduled to run March 13-22. And even as the two tech giants withdraw from SXSW, a number of high-profile individuals say they’re still in, including Hillary Clinton and Rep. Adam Schiff. – Dallas Morning News
Leaker Of AGMA Report On Plácido Domingo Reveals Himself (He Had His Reasons For Doing It)
“As a sexual assault survivor myself, my conscience would not allow me to be a party to an agreement than allowed the union to bury the details of Domingo’s decades-long abuse of female AGMA members,” wrote Samuel Schultz in his letter resigning from AGMA’s board and acknowledging that he gave the report to the AP. Schultz is the singer who accused countertenor David Daniels and his husband of drugging and raping him in 2010. – NPR
Ulay, Audacious Performance Artist (And Marina’s Ex), Dead At 76
“Since the early 1970s, Ulay created performances and photographs that made frequent use of his own body. Having worked collaboratively for more than a decade with Marina Abramović, his former partner and currently the world’s most widely known performance artist, it was not until the later stages of his career that Ulay’s solo work achieved its own sort of notoriety.” – ARTnews
The New Disney Parade: A Hotbed For Dance?
The stars of Magic Happens are the dancers, significantly elevated from their traditional role revving up the crowd with upbeat moves between set pieces. The 90-or-so performers are graced with heavily theatrical choreography, which at times borders on interpretive dance. In turn, Magic Happens possesses a keen awareness of dance as a language. – Los Angeles Times
Has YouTube Become A Weapon For Radicalization?
“Look up one thing out of curiosity and YouTube is ever willing to offer far, far more, often getting far more extreme and pushing further out to the extremes, because that is how YouTube works. They have become an organ of radicalisation instead of taking responsibility, for that is the way their algorithms work.” The Guardian
The latest news about Mrs. T
Mrs. T survived her double-lung transplant surgery and has been moved to the cardio-thoracic ICU. As her surgeon put it, “We’re not out of the woods yet, but we’re moving in the right direction.” – Terry Teachout
Two New Albums From Rebecca Kilgore
In one, concentrating on songs with winter themes, she is accompanied by a distinguished European quartet. A second album finds her alone with the harmonically resourceful and swinging Chicago guitarist Andy Brown. – Doug Ramsey