“With more than 40 productions to his credit, Charnin penned lyrics for seven Broadway musicals and directed seven shows as well. He won his Tony Award for best original score, with composer Charles Strouse, for Annie,” which he also directed. “Charnin also received three Emmys for his work on television variety specials and won a Grammy for Jay-Z’s ‘Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem),’ which sampled his lyrics from the Annie song of that name.” – The Hollywood Reporter
Tag: 07.07.19
The Real Reason Hannah Rothschild Stepped Down As Chair Of London’s National Gallery
What her statement didn’t mention was an acrimonious dispute over the dismissals of 27 gallery lecturers and educators that has hung over the organisation for nearly two years, seen the intervention of numerous politicians, and was, say insiders, one of the reasons Rothschild stepped down “with sadness” two years before she was due to go. – The Observer
London’s Parliament Building Needs £4 Billion Of Repairs. A Temporary Home Is A Missed Opportunity
The recent unveiling of interim accommodation for 650 decanted MPs, who are to be shoehorned into Richmond House, the former Department of Health in Whitehall, for the anticipated eight-year duration of the palace’s patching up, might point the way, but has attracted attention for all the wrong reasons. – The Observer
Cunningham Abroad
Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston dances Merce at Jacob’s Pillow – Deborah Jowitt
“That Little Exhibition”: The Late Douglas Crimp on His Show that Anointed “The Pictures Generation”
Here are some excerpts from a brief but illuminating chat I had ten years ago with Douglas Crimp, the influential critic, curator and art historian who died Friday at the age of 74. – Lee Rosenbaum
The Arts Are Finally Coming To Terms With Unsavory Philanthropic Money
Sponsorships and philanthropy are tricky businesses. Philanthropy and arts patronage sanitises some truly awful personal and corporate behaviours. As tobacco and, more tentatively, alcohol sponsorships are eradicated from sports and the arts, their replacements are not always a better societal bet, but the patronage process is surprisingly effective in the whitewashing game. – Irish Times
Canadian Composer Michael Colgrass, 87
Eager to share his own enthusiasm for creating music, Colgrass devised his own notation system. Easy-to-draw lines and symbols allowed children to immediately start composing and performing their own original works without the long and often tedious process of learning music theory and notation. Colgrass was also an unorthodox psychologist. – Toronto Star
How Technology Has Changed The Kind Of TV We Watch
The ability for audiences to watch and re-watch on demand has allowed screenwriters to make scripts more complicated and less formulaic. – BBC
90,000 Estonians Gather For 150th Edition Of Massive Choral Festival
The Estonian Song and Dance Celebration attracted 35,000 singers, more than 1,000 choirs and 700 dance groups to the capital of Tallinn. The event, held every five years, started as a song-only celebration in 1869. – Washington Post (AP)
MoviePass Is Struggling To Reinvent. But Competing Services Are Taking Advantage
The subscription went from having more than 3 million members to around 225,000 in April 2019, according to Variety, which was first to report the service had been suspended. It’s unclear if an app revamp can actually help the company stay afloat. – CNBC