On Thursday, August 23, after just 3½ months, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” received its one millionth visitor. The show is now the most popular in the history of the Met’s Costume Institute and the third most-visited the entire museum has ever presented. (And it still has six weeks left to run.)
Tag: 08.24.18
Wildfire Smoke Has Cost Oregon Shakespeare Festival $2 Million
“Bill Rauch, the festival’s artistic director, said in an interview that the financial losses are a result of over 20 performances of the three outdoor main-stage shows having been either canceled or moved to a smaller indoor theater, which has diminished ticket revenue. Reduced attendance has also contributed. In recent years, the festival has reported around $20 million in ticket sales.”
Letting The Audience Onstage Can Have A Powerful Effect, Even If It’s Not During The Show
Howard Sherman: “The convention of the fourth wall is deeply ingrained in most regular theatregoers … But when such techniques [for breaking it] are deployed intentionally before, during and after a performance, the effect can be magical. … There needn’t even be a show in performance for the effect of bringing audiences on stage to have an impact. Even in smaller spaces, let alone iconic ones, allowing patrons to stand where the actors perform creates an inversion that can be highly affecting.”
Top U.S. Organist, Accused Of Sexual Misconduct, Loses Positions At Oberlin And Holy Cross
“James David Christie, widely regarded as one of the greatest organists of his generation, has resigned his post as distinguished artist-in-residence at the College of the Holy Cross … He has also left Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he was a professor of organ and chair of the organ department. Christie has played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra since at least 1980, and he served as Wellesley College organist for years. A group of former students wrote Holy Cross president Rev. Philip L. Boroughs earlier this month, charging that Christie ‘is an imminent danger to students on your campus.'”
Palmyra Will Be Ready For Tourists By Next Summer, Say Syrian Officials
Governor Talal Barazi of Homs province: “The authorities now have a project to repair all the damage caused to Palmyra’s Old City. There are also good offers from the world powers to restore the artefacts and historical value of Palmyra. I suppose that Palmyra will be completely ready for receiving tourists by summer 2019.”