“[The] acclaimed production reaped $2.3-million in box office revenue, with more than 27,000 people attending the 13 performances.”
Tag: 06.28.11
Don’t Count On Federal Funding, Canada’s Tory Gov’t Warns Arts Groups
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: “One thing I’d say, and maybe it’s different than it used to be, is we actually don’t believe in festivals and cultural institutions assuming that year after year after year they’ll receive government funding,”
Iran Attacks BBC Over Documentary On Life Of Muhammad
“Iran’s minister of cultural and Islamic guidance has attacked an upcoming BBC2 documentary series on the life of the founder of Islam, the prophet Muhammad, saying the ‘enemy’ was attempting to ‘ruin Muslims’ sanctity’.”
Actress Playing Aung San Suu Kyi Deported From Burma
“The military-backed government of Burma, also known as Myanmar, has deported actor Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie.”
Revocation Of Funding For Toronto Festival Could Affect Entire Canadian Theater System
“The rejection by the Department of Canadian Heritage of SummerWorks’s 2011 grant, worth about $47,000 to $48,000, can affect the entire feeder system for new Canadian plays to reach larger audiences.”
Pondering The Power Of The Pseudonym
“Perhaps what’s most remarkable about the nom de plume, and rarely talked about, is its power to unlock creativity — and its capacity to withhold it.”
Italian Theatre Workers Protest Change In status For Historic Theatre
“For nearly two weeks the space has been occupied by a changing cast of theater workers — actors, seamstresses, lighting technicians and prop masters — who are protesting the privatization of a stage once graced by some of Europe’s greatest thespians, from Sarah Bernhardt to Vittorio Gassman.”
Internal Dissent: The Poetry Society
“Membership is up, audiences are up and the society has been one of the big winners from Arts Council England’s most recent round of funding, with grants increased 30% to £360,000. But after a month which has seen the society’s president Jo Shapcott, its director Judith Palmer, and its financial officer Paul Ranford, all hand in their resignations, some members are demanding that the society’s board be called to account.”
Tchaikovsky Competition’s Best: A World-Class Audience
“The best thing about the Tchaikovsky competition isn’t the jaw-dropping musical talent on show in all four disciplines of piano, violin, cello and voice… No: the best thing about the competition in both Moscow and St Petersburg is the audience, one of the most interactive, involved and opinionated groups of music lovers anywhere.”
Workers Take Over Rome’s Teatro Valle, Protesting Privatization
The theater where Pirandello’s Six Characters In Search of an Author premiered “has been occupied by a changing cast of theater workers – actors, seamstresses, lighting technicians and prop masters – who are protesting the privatization of a stage once graced by some of Europe’s greatest thespians, from Sarah Bernhardt to Vittorio Gassman.”