“Producing scores of plays that brought actors from Buster Keaton to Al Pacino to Boston was only part of Mr. Rosenfeld’s contributions to the arts in Boston, however. From publishing to opera to endowing concerts at the Museum of Fine Arts and a chair for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, his hand brushed across the city’s creative spectrum.”
Tag: 07.13.11
New York City Opera Boss Responds To Attacks On Him And His Plans
At a press conference announcing the endangered company’s 2011-12 season, George Steel “suggested that the union protests were ‘political theater which can obscure more than uncover.’ When asked about the personal attacks, he said, ‘I guess it’s a strategy some people think is effective’.”
Jell-O As Artistic Medium
“Long a cubed dessert of hospital cafeterias, flavored gelatin is turning up in the work of avant-garde chefs and established design studios across the country. Artists are using the wobbly medium to create sculptures of everything from colorful cities to President Barack Obama.”