“At a time when opera houses are more and more trying their hand at presenting musicals (the bone of contention among opera-lovers is whether this is a great thing or a betrayal of the art form), “Carousel” is one of the musicals most often cited as quasi-operatic. Indeed, the role of Nettie Fowler, which Fleming will play, was originally written for an opera singer, Christine Johnson, in 1945, and has often been sung by opera singers since — Denyce Graves, Shirley Verrett and Stephanie Blythe are among previous interpreters of the role.”
Tag: 04.19.17
Six Brooklyn Street Artists Accuse McDonald’s Of Violating Their Copyrights
The burger chain hired six Bushwick-based street artists to paint its new bagel sandwich in public spaces around the Netherlands while being filmed, using that footage for an ad alongside the “Vibe” video. While the four-minute-long video focuses mostly on the hired artists, who are part of the Bushwick Collective group, work by many other street artists appears in the video without permission.
NEA Releases Latest Data On Arts Jobs Economy
“This latest ACPSA data is from 2014 and reveals that the arts and cultural sector contributed $729.6 billion or 4.2 percent to the U.S. economy that year. Between 1998 and 2014, the contribution of arts and culture to the nation’s gross domestic product grew by 35.1 percent. The new state data tracking arts and cultural employment and compensation provides illuminating profiles and allows for comparisons among states and regions.”
Championing Etiquette In An Age That Can Seem Hostile To The Very Idea
Laura Miller meets Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning, two 30-something great-great-grandchildren of Emily Post and the heirs to her etiquette empire, to talk about the challenges of promoting good manners in “a time when jeering, insults, and other forms of impoliteness emanate in a steady stream from the highest office in the land” – and of resisting the desire of (some of) the public to peg them as finger-wagging schoolmarms.
Getty Museum Evacuated Because Of Bomb Threat
“LAPD Officer Tony Im told LAist that someone called the museum at 2:51 p.m. and stated that there was a bomb and to get out.”
Three Of Peggy Guggenheim’s Great-Grandchildren Protest Guggenheim Museum Exhibition
“Three of Peggy Guggenheim’s great-grandchildren say that when she donated her Venetian palace and Modern art collection to the foundation set up by her uncle in New York, she stipulated that none of the works on show in Venice should be removed for display elsewhere between Easter and 1 November.”
I.M. Pei At 100 (Give-Or-Take A Week)
Justin Davidson reviews a long, strange, brilliant career.
Pitching Your Movie To A Jury With A $1 Million Prize To Give Out
“It was the chance of a lifetime. It was a terror like no other. Five promising filmmakers, most young and all hungry, were competing for a $1 million grant to make a feature that would have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next year. The money came from AT&T, and the setup was very ‘Shark Tank’: They would have 10 minutes to pitch their movie to a jury whose members included Lee Daniels, Jeffrey Wright and Anthony Mackie.”
Ousted Director Of Shakespeare’s Globe Writes Open Letter To Her Successor – And Yes, She’s Bitter
Emma Rice: “Never think that my decision to step down in 2018 was simply about lights and sound, it was about personal trust and artistic freedom. … I chose to leave because, as important and beloved as the Globe is to me, the board did not love and respect me back.”
Previous Director Of Shakespeare’s Globe, Dominic Dromgoole, Adds To Emma Rice’s Open Letter To Successor (And He’s Not Happy, Either)
Dromgoole, whose tenure as artistic director (2006-16) was widely admired, comments publicly for the first time about the controversy around his successor: “Sadly the negativity doesn’t only come from without [the Globe], there is also a fair sum within. There are structural problems, there are personality problems, there is too much fighting for territory, and there are too many who feel free to comment on work without ever taking the risk of making it.”