“Michael 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.”
Tag: 05.21.13
Orlando Philharmonic Buys Itself A Theater
The orchestra “is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where [it] will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz, comedy and contemporary music shows.”
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 To Bakker’s The Detour
“Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker has won this year’s £10,000 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize with his novel The Detour … It is the author’s second major literary prize win; his previous novel, The Twin, won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2010.”
Casting Directors: The Unknown, The Powerful
“They are rarely interviewed. Few people outside theatre, film and TV know who they are. Yet casting directors rank among the most influential operators in show business. … So who are they, and what do they do?”
Torvill And Dean’s Ice-Dancing TV Competition To End
“Dancing on Ice mentors Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have revealed that the ITV series would end in early 2014″ as the Olympic champions prepare to retire.
Hollywood Studios Anxious As Blockbuster-Heavy Summer Approaches
“With U.S. ticket sales already down 11 percent this year and the number of big-budget movies sharply up, summer 2013 is turning into a nail-biter for Hollywood.”
London’s West End Is Awash In Blockbusters. But Does That Signal That Theatres Are Healthy?
“When there are blockbuster shows in town, other productions can benefit from a trickle-down effect of interest and excitement; it’s not a case of one hit precluding the chance of another. But in the harder, leaner economy that has emerged over the last few years is a Darwinian mode of ruthlessness emerging among the punters?”
Teens And The Privacy Paradox (It’s Complicated)
“So what explains the privacy paradox? Teens care about privacy in a social context, not a big data context. That teens are fleeing Facebook is illustrative of the phenomenon.”
A Healthy, Thriving City? It’s Not All About Population Growth These Days
“After the Great Recession, the economic winds shifted. Before the financial crisis, the landscape favored Phoenix and hindered Pittsburgh. Since, the trends of urban change flipped. Quality trumps quantity.”
The Whitney’s New Logo (Having It All Ways?)
From the museum’s description of the logo: “It shows the Whitney as an institute that is breathing (in and out), an institute that is open and closed at the same time. An institute that goes back and forth between the past and the future, moving from one opposite to the other (history and present, the ‘Old World’ and the ‘New World’, between the industrial and the sublime, etc.), while still moving forward.”