“Philadanco was scheduled to perform March 28, but the program is being rescheduled ‘because of the effects of a slow economy on ticket sales,’ according to a Walker news release. The performance is being moved to the theater’s 2009-10 season, which begins in September.”
Tag: 03.07.09
The Wall Street Journal Explains Twitter For You
“When I first joined Twitter, I felt like I was in a noisy bar where everyone was shouting and nobody was listening. Soon, I began to decode its many mysteries: how to find a flock of followers, how to talk to them in a medium that blasts to lots of people at once and how to be witty in very tiny doses.” (Also features Fran Drescher on twittering.)
Dutch Police Recover Stolen Masters Missing Since 1987
“Some of the works – which disappeared from Maastricht’s art gallery – were found folded and seriously damaged. Two men and a woman were arrested and will appear in court on Monday.”
Book A Day – Shakespeare & Co.’s Deal With Writers
“Thousands of people have come through his doors, slept in his shop, eaten at his table, and many of them still write to him, or return. There’s nothing quaint or historicalised about Shakespeare and Company. The values, the ethos and hospitality don’t change, but the shop goes forward with the times.”
The Enigmatic Mr. Gagosian
“Since opening a schlocky poster shop in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, Larry Gagosian, 63, has built a contemporary and modern art empire unlike any other the business has ever seen, with galleries in New York, Los Angeles, London and Rome.”
Ramping Up The Fight Against Rare Book Theft
Stealing pages from antique books – and even carrying off entire volumes – is all too easy and all too difficult to catch. And until recently, when thieves were apprehended, libraries tried to keep the incidents quiet. Now the British Library is leading a trend to deal with such crimes and criminals more publicly. (Article includes The Six Stages Of Stealing.)
California Center For The Arts Gets Municipal Rescue
“The city of Escondido [just north of San Diego] is bailing out the insolvent California Center for the Arts, Escondido even as the City Council struggles to close a widening budget gap to provide city services. The downtown center has lost money almost every year since it opened in 1994.”
Alvin Klein, Theatre Critic For NY Times And WNYC, Dies At 73
“Mr. Klein covered theater for the New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island and Westchester County sections of The Times from the late 1970s until September 2004, writing nearly 3,500 reviews and features. […] He reviewed many world premieres at leading regional stages like the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., and the Long Wharf and Yale Repertory theaters in New Haven.”
Jesus Christ Pushed Out In Wisconsin
“Wisconsin’s oldest operating theater building is undergoing some repairs in Oshkosh.
A problem with bindings on beams in the Grand Opera House’s attic has caused the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar to postpone shows or temporarily move them to the Alberta Kimball Auditorium, also in Oshkosh.”
History In The Making In Seattle?
The Cameroon-born choreographer Merlin Nyakam and his Compagnie La Calebasse, which “does more than just meld African dance vocabulary with European-style scenic clarity and phrasing,” is making its U.S. debut this weekend. The Seattle Times‘s critic says that “Seattle audiences have a rare chance to gaze into a crystal ball this weekend and glimpse a future world choreographic master.”