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Tag: 06.15.08
Why Everyone Hates The Tonys
“While it’s true that corny, old-fashioned song and dance is enjoying a resurgence thanks to “High School Musical,” that phenomenon has nothing to do with the Great White Way. For kids with a throbbing thing for Zac Efron, I suspect the Tonys is a square, graying old dame, like spending an evening with the school librarian.”
Bill Rauch’s New Vision For Ashland
“The director has removed many familiar faces from the acting and directing company and taken the repertory in bold new directions at this 73-year-old festival, one of the nation’s longest-running and largest repertory companies.”
Death Of The Sentence?
“Since its invention centuries ago, the sentence has brought order to chaos. It’s the handle on the pitcher, a tonic chord in music, a stair step chiseled in a mountainside. But above all, what really scares a lot of scholars: the impending death of the English sentence.”
Students Suggest Design Improvements For Kimmel Hall
“The design students from the University of Pennsylvania and University of the Arts produced dozens of ideas for enlivening the city’s grand but intimidating arts mecca. Their drawings built on input from more than 200 citizens who attended public forums this winter and spring.”
Bookstore Sales Surge In April
According to the figures, bookstore sales jumped 8.0% in April, to $1.0 billion, while sales for the entire retail segment increased 3.6%.
A Live Survey Of American Dance In One Week
“The Kennedy Center’s “Ballet Across America” survey over the past week proved that the country has dancing talent to burn. Yet though the companies were culled from coast to coast, they are part of a small world. More than one company director referred to the gathering as Old Home Week; members of all nine of the companies have various intertwined histories and professional connections.”
The Changing Colors Of Broadway
One thing is clear: Broadway is taking on a distinctly multiculti hue. Nowhere is this more evident than with some of this season’s dominant shows: “In the Heights” and “Passing Strange,” which have 13 and seven nominations, respectively; both are up for best musical.”
Why We’re Fascinated With Stonehenge
“Stonehenge simply looks like nothing else: no other ancient structure in Europe has its trademark form, of a freestanding pattern of door-jamb-and-lintel settings composed of megaliths. It is clearly the work of human hands, but has an unusually primordial and organic appearance, of mighty boulders smoothed, shaped and fitted together in such a way as to enhance their natural power as well as to create a building. As such, it has attracted curiosity and admiration ever since the twelfth century, and probably for much longer.”
Weak Dollar Boosts Tourist Dollars On Broadway
“A weaker dollar encourages international tourism in the U.S., with foreign travelers lured by the new buying power their stronger currencies now afford. And increased New York tourism means more traffic on Broadway.”