“Mr. Cumming, who won the Tony Award for best actor in a musical in 1998 for his role as the emcee in ‘Cabaret,’ was set to play the villain Green Goblin in ‘Spider-Man’ for his friend Julie Taymor,” who is directing the long-delayed show, now said to be slated for “the Hilton Theater sometime in 2010.”
Tag: 04.19.10
‘Hopper Landscape’ Gets A Reprieve On Cape Cod
“In the latest chapter in a roiling Outer Cape dispute, the land court has struck down a building permit for a mansion being built next door to the former [Edward] Hopper cottage, halting construction of the multimillion-dollar house, which is well on its way toward completion, and returning the legal clash to the town’s zoning board.”
Hundreds Protest Plan To Eliminate Georgia Arts Council
“A $17.8 billion state budget passed by the Georgia House last week would wipe out the arts council, which supports the arts statewide, administers grants and maintains the State Art Collection. … Georgia could be the only state without an arts council recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, unless the Senate restores funding cut by the House.”
Judge: Spielberg’s Rockwell Painting Wasn’t Stolen After All
“While Judge Roger Hunt didn’t say so directly in his April 8 decision, his ruling in the convoluted case of ‘Russian Schoolroom’ … is based on evidence that the FBI must have erred when it put the painting on its list of stolen artworks.”
One Of The Last Dance Critics Standing
Applauding Sarah Kaufman’s Pulitzer Prize, John Rockwell notes that “there are two anomalies to her well-deserved win. First, she’s one of the last of a dying breed. Apart from her and Alastair Macaulay, my successor at the NY Times, who else is a full-time staff dance critic in American journalism anymore?”
Thanks To Ash Cloud, A Strangely Quiet London Book Fair
Monday, the start of the London Book Fair, “was described as a ‘surreal’ first day, with LBF organisers now actively assessing a ‘missed appointments’ day on Thursday…. Andrew Franklin, managing director of Profile, said: ‘It’s looking really forlorn. It’s been very hard to conduct business because there is no [one] here to conduct it with.'”
The Best Book This Year. Really? I Mean, Really?
“Prize competitions for something as subjective as fiction often seem irrelevant or superfluous, but the winners do get a lot of attention, for what that’s worth in the complicated world of make-believe. Often, the honorees are familiar names, drawn from lists of familiar names, but when a nobody wears the laurels, we have mixed reactions from puzzlement to disdain.”
Philadelphia Orchestra At The Crossroads
“When musicians, board members, and administrators return from concerts in Asia, they’ll be barely over jet lag as they begin grappling with these big, who-are-we-anyway? questions.”
Despite Regulatory Approval, Box Office Futures Exchange Faces Hard Road
“The company faces a challenge in persuading a very vocal and high-profile lobby, led by the Motion Picture Assn. of America, that it will not only include effective safeguards, but also that the plan will be beneficial to Hollywood. There’s also the political landscape.”
Theatre Decides Not To Let Audience Tweet During Performances
“Dubbed “the tweet seats”, the Leeds venue was considering allocating a number of seats at the back of the auditorium for people to send instant messages over Twitter live from the theatre last week, floating the idea on its own Twitter account and asking potential audiences for feedback on the idea.”