“The injured actress, T.V. Carpio, replaced Natalie Mendoza in the role of Arachne. Mendoza quit the musical in December to recover from a concussion she sustained after being hit backstage by a weighted rope.”
Tag: 03.22.11
SXSW Music 2011: Was This Year’s Festival Cursed?
“When people talk about last year’s SXSW, they think back to Bill Murray taking an impromptu turn as a bartender at a hipster bar on Austin’s east side. And when they look back on this year’s SXSW, they’ll remember getting maced at the surprise Death From Above 1979 reunion show.”
Do Artists Ever Really Retire?
“Is retirement an option for creative artists? The film director Steven Soderbergh recently announced that he plans to retire from movie-making once his next two films are finished. A folly? A whim? A PR stunt? Who knows…”
Alexei Ratmansky On His Years Running The Bolshoi
“Being at the Bolshoi means being caught up in politics. The problem is that both the Bolshoi and the Kirov are considered Russian institutions – and to Russians, our classical ballets are the most important tradition. For example, very few Bolshoi dancers attend performances of visiting companies. When I brought in great coaches and teachers, the Bolshoi ballet masters wouldn’t come to watch. I left because there was too much pressure to stick to a narrow horizon.”
James Levine Cuts Back At The Met Opera
“The cancellations by the 67-year-old Mr. Levine — the latest of numerous withdrawals over the past five years — are sure to raise speculation that he will further reduce his role at the Met.”
The YouTube Symphony’s Techno-Jungle
“Not surprisingly, it was also a multimedia extravaganza. Digital imagery was projected inside and outside the Opera House. Trippy psychedelic colours emblazoned the walls of the Concert Hall during Grainger’s Arrival Platform Humlet, and whirling geometric shapes for the contrapuntal intricacies of Bach’s Toccata for organ, BWV 540.”