“Jason Alexander has shed some more light on the recent demise of Reprise Theatre Company. The “Seinfeld” veteran had served as artistic director of the Los Angeles musical theater organization since 2007 and has appeared in several of its productions.”
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Surprised By All The Protests In Brazil? Not If You’ve Been Following Its Cultural Output
“For at least a decade, a small but telling cross section of movies, books, musical acts and other forms of artistic expression have suggested that the major stress lines in Brazilian society – economic inequality, pervasive corruption, sub-par public services, lack of accountability among the country’s elites – were pointing toward a crackup.”
London To Host Its First-Ever Cabaret Festival
“Comedian Alexander Armstrong and US singer Michael Feinstein are among the performers lined up to appear as part of the first London Festival of Cabaret. The festival will run from October 22 until November 15 with events taking place in a variety of venues across London. Other acts taking part include Elaine Paige, Maria Friedman and Barb Jungr.”
Pasadena Playhouse Ends Its Lifetime Subscription Deal
“The curtain has come down on one of the best theater-going deals anywhere: lifetime subscriptions to the Pasadena Playhouse that were offered briefly in 1994 for a one-time, $5,000 donation.”
Time For Composers To Get Used To Video
“As technology becomes even more pliant and simple to use, we’re only going to see more innovations in this area in the years ahead.”
Chinese Art Collectors Eager For Works on Paper
“As the supply of splashy paintings by brand-name artists like Picasso dries up, new and enthusiastic Asian collectors are jostling to acquire blue-chip works on paper.”
Every Generation Gets The Zombie Media It Deserves
“There’s a shift from it being about a destructive world structure to being about, ‘What can we do to live within that reality and survive it?’ That’s probably because of the War on Terror, this endless war, endless threat. There’s no end in sight.”
Modernist Buildings Have Serious Fans – With Matching T-Shirts
“The goal of the [T-shirt] series is to help people rethink the city’s modernist heritage and give people who need no convincing an outlet to display their fandom.”
You Need Dancers? Recruit Your Musicians
“Suddenly, the conductor Alan Gilbert, wearing a long, satiny coat, leapt from the podium and turned to the audience, taking the role of the magician who introduces the three puppets he controls.”
Wheeling And Dealing An LBJ Play To Broadway
One producer “said he was being both playful and serious in admitting to ‘using tactical Johnson-esque mind games’ to attract producers to his Johnson play at the expense of the other one.”