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Tag: 03.22.10
What Makes A City ‘Great’? The Meta-List
“H. V. Savitch knows that ‘Best of’ lists are always debatable. That’s why he didn’t make one. Instead, … [he] took a less-traveled road. He analyzed other authoritative sources to glean information on an endlessly debated topic: What’s the ‘greatest’ American city?”
Where Are Arts Institutions Making Themselves Relevant? Montreal
Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony are pursuing new audiences by rejuvenating their repertoire and appearing at hockey games. The Opéra de Montréal, nearly bankrupt five years ago, has made opera seem cool and is attracting young people in droves. The city’s Museum of Fine Arts has seen attendance rise by 83% since 1993. Montreal’s vibrant contemporary dance scene is known around the world.
Malaysia Allows Gays To Be Depicted Onscreen (But They Can’t Be Happy About It)
“The new censorship guidelines reverse a ban on scenes featuring homosexuality” in movies and television shows – “so long as they repent or even go straight in the end.”
Art-Making Is Messy; Good Arts Managers Work With That
“One does not make art neatly. … This activity does not lend itself to the strictures of planning. And artists naturally rebel if a board attempts to make them create work in a straight line. But good arts managers know how to segment off this part of the work from the rest of the organizational efforts.”
Obama Family Sees Addams Family On Broadway
“A health-care joke in the script has been popular with audiences in the week leading to the March 21 Congressional vote on health-care reform, and was especially resonant with Mrs. Obama in the house, observers said.”
LA Drama Critics Hand Out Rather A Lot Of Awards
“‘The Gogol Project,’ which was presented by Rogue Artists Ensemble in association with Bootleg Theater, took four prizes at the 41st annual awards ceremony, which was held at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. Four productions–‘The Browning Version,’ ‘Life Could Be a Dream,’ ‘Minsky’s’ and ‘Stick Fly’–received three prizes each.”
Art Institute Of Chicago’s Modern Wing Is Certified Green
The LEED Silver rating for the Renzo Piano-designed wing “is part of a broader trend in which cultural institutions, in keeping with their charge to conserve society’s aesthetic treasures, are also taking care to help save the world from global warming.”
Henry Miller’s Theatre Will Become The Stephen Sondheim
“At a gala performance on Monday night of the new Broadway musical ‘Sondheim on Sondheim,’ the director James Lapine and the musical book writer John Weidman were to announce that Henry Miller’s Theater, which re-opened on Broadway last fall after a nearly complete overhaul, will be renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theater.”
James Levine Is Out For Remainder Of BSO Season
The Boston Symphony Orchestra said “that Levine, 66, will be replaced in a series of concerts over the next three weeks that were to have been his final performances of the 2009-2010 [season]. Levine underwent surgery for a herniated disc last fall, forcing him to miss months at the BSO and the Metropolitan Opera, where he also serves as music director.”