While she did just make her last opera appearance, she says, “One door closes and another door opens but as to retiring, I’ve never ever had that word in my vocabulary. Only thing is that other people have got it in their vocabulary because they can’t think of anything else to say.”
Tag: 03.06.14
Whatever Happened To Qatar’s Once-Budding Film Industry?
“In Doha, there was once a buzzing festival and schemes to nurture local talent, but now much of the the money in the Qatari film business goes to projects elsewhere.”
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Coming to Broadway For Sixth Time
Bartlett Sher will direct the musical’s latest incarnation in the fall of 2015. No casting has been announced, though the director has reportedly talked informally with Broadway stalwart Danny Burstein about playing Tevye.
Ex-Orchestra CEO in Silicon Valley Indicted for Embezzlement
“Stephen Jay Carlton, the former executive director of the Los Altos-based Peninsula Symphony, is facing felony charges for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit organization, prosecutors said Wednesday.”
See the Dance Films From the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle
“Thanks to a collaboration between Gaumont Pathé archives, La Cinémathèque Française, and sound-recording expert Henri Chamoux, 34 of the original films [shown at the Exposition’s newfangled Phono-Cinéma] have been beautifully restored.” (includes clips)
An African-American ‘Annie’ (Why Didn’t Anyone Think of This Before?)
Columbia Pictures is producing the remake for release this coming holiday season, with stars Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Jamie Foxx. (includes trailer)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.06.14
MASS MoCA Expands, With State Funds
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-07
The Case for Cultural Fluency
AJBlog: Field Notes | Published 2014-03-06
Photography on the Web: Getty Images Goes Free
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-03-06
Serge Dorny sues Dresden for unfair dismissal
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-03-06
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Broadway Joke: Adele Dazeem Now Substituting For Idina Menzel
“In a social media joke circulating on Twitter, a fake playbill notice for the Broadway musical “If/Then” states that its star, Idina Menzel, will be replaced by her alter-ego, Adele Dazeem.”
Venezuela’s Artists Increasingly Speaking Out Against Government
“From pop culture to high culture, Venezuela’s conflict is leading actors, artists, athletes and fashion designers to voice their support for the antigovernment protesters, with a minority backing President Nicolás Maduro.”
The Power Of Music: For Good AND For Bad
Music is power. In his 2010 book on noise and silence, George Prochnik asked a series of provocative questions that began with this one: “Is it really true that all our reactions to sound are dictated by simple equations: loud, low sounds equal something powerful, so be scared or be prepared to mate; soft, little sounds equals something small, so be calm, be prepared to mate, or both?”