Dance Connecticut, the one-year-old company founded out of the ashes of Hartford Ballet, surprises everyone and announces it will take a year off. The company – which had a well-received first season – will use the year to plan for the future, organizers say. – Hartford Courant
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AND THE LATEST STAR ON BROADWAY?
Dance. All the best shows gotta have it these days. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
THE SEASON THAT WAS
Broadway’s “dizzyingly uneven” season had lots to offer this year, reminding us of the immediacy of the form. “Books are consumed in the head, in a private dialogue between writer and reader; movies, while often experienced communally, are inevitably distanced by being confined to two dimensions. Theater, taking place in the flesh in real time, is the most public and the least lonely of the narrative arts.” – New York Times
CONSOLIDATION OF CHICAGO THEATRE
Chicago’s three big commercial theaters are about to come under the joint control of the giant Nederlander Organization and SFX Entertainment companies. The consolidation of these theater operations is sure to affect what Chicago audiences will see, and how much they pay for it. – Chicago Tribune
AND THE LATEST STAR ON BROADWAY?
Dance. All the best shows gotta have it these days. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
THIS YEAR’S CANDIDATE FOR WORST MUSICAL
At least once a year, a London musical fails so badly it is all but booed off stage. This year’s candidate for the honor appears to be “Notre Dame de Paris. “It’s a lot of rubbish. The actors can’t act, their voices are not very good and the lyrics are so banal they make Abba songs sound like Gerard Manley Hopkins.” – Sunday Times (UK)
JOHN ADAMS RETURNS TO LONDON
John Adams has become one of America’s most popular, widely performers and accomplished composers. “Outgrowing the hypnotic drone of minimalism, he has taken on the classical tradition and annexed its august forms. It’s native bravado, not arrogance, which makes Adams measure himself against Verdi or compare his own dramaturgy with Shakespeare’s. – The Observer (UK)
MASUR’S LEGACY TO THE NEW YORK PHIL
There’s been so much talk recently about who will be the New York Philharmonic’s next music director, Kurt Masur, the NYP’s current leader has been a bit forgotten. That’s a mistake. The 72-year-old Mr. Masur, who has done so much to restore the orchestra to a lofty international standard of performance since taking it over in 1991, is to remain in place for two more seasons. – New York Times
PLACIDO DOMINGO DAY
“The list of the tenor’s accomplishments — as singer, conductor, opera Intendant (in Washington, D.C., and, starting this summer, in Los Angeles) and restaurateur — is unrivaled in today’s opera world; and for a vocalist who, officially, turns 60 this year, his longevity is nothing less than astonishing.” – San Francisco Examiner
DIGITAL MOVIES CHANGE THE MOVIE AESTHETIC
New digital movie technology isn’t just changing the way movies are made technically, it’s changing the aesthetic of those making the movies. The recent releases of ”Time Code,” ”Hamlet,” and, in a different way, ”Dinosaur” remind us of that. – Boston Globe 06/04/00