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Tag: 05.20.13
Village Voice Lays Off Theater Critic Michael Feingold After 42 Years
“Feingold, 67, began writing for The Village Voice in 1970. His columns are known for the erudition and understanding of theatre history, both ancient and modern, and how current plays fit in with that continuum. Aside from John Simon, Feingold probably possesses more first-hand knowledge of New York stage history than any other currently working theatre critic.”
A Tie At The Obie Awards
“Because of a tie vote, the judges for the 2013 Obie Awards, announced on Monday night, chose two winners for best new American play: Lisa D’Amour’s dark comedy Detroit and Julia Jarcho’s triptych Grimly Handsome. Other Obies included playwriting awards for Annie Baker (The Flick) and Ayad Akhtar for Disgraced, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.”
Judge Allows Composer To Sue Brooklyn Philharmonic For Breach of Contract
“A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge has denied an attempt by the Brooklyn Philharmonic to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the composer Nathan Currier, who alleges that the orchestra broke a contract by abruptly terminating the premiere of his oratorio mid-performance at Avery Fisher Hall.”
A Venture Capital Fund For Young Theatre Producers
“How does an independent theatre producer ever get started?” After all, without a track record, why would investors or creative professionals sign on with you? Stage One is a start-up fund that takes a chance on young producers and their projects.
Making Up Kurt Vonnegut’s Mind After 20 Years
Vonnegut’s play Make Up Your Mind had only one brief staging in 1993, because the author couldn’t settle on a final script. (He left behind a dozen versions.) Now there’s finally a performing edition, courtesy of playwright Nicky Silver, who says that Vonnegut “was the perfect collaborator. He is a genius, and he is dead.”
To What Extent Can Merce Cunningham’s Dances Be Preserved?
John Cage once described his partner’s art as “less like an object and more like the weather” – which doesn’t stick around over time. Lizzie Feidelson, the granddaughter of Merce’s first student, writes about the “dance capsules” assembled by the Merce Cunningham Trust to preserve and license his works – and considers what such documentation can, and cannot, record.
The Manuscripts Of Timbuktu: A Post-Occupation Progress Report
“An unintended consequence of the Islamist occupation of the city has been a renewed global focus on the priceless manuscripts, which although mostly written in Arabic also include centuries-old writings in Greek, Latin, French, English and German. But while the Ahmed Baba Institute is painstakingly working to preserve preserving this history, other manuscripts in Timbuktu are faring less well.”
Shakespeare’s Sonnets Get Their Own iPhone App
“The free app, which is downloadable from the Apple store, is a multimedia experience that includes short videos of actors reciting the sonnets. New videos will be released on a rolling basis, shot on different locations throughout New York.”
‘Something Monumental Has Been Happening’: The Met’s New European Art Galleries
Peter Schjeldahl: “I had an eerie sense, while surveying the results the other day, that here was a brand new major institution which, somehow, had plundered the holdings of the Met.”