Where did the idea that Shakespeare set his play just offshore from Massachusetts come from, then? And what is the evidence for it, if any?
Tag: 09.10.08
Canadian Artists Make Plea For Coherent Government Strategy On Arts
“Canadians accept investment by their federal government in, for example, the Ford engine plant in Windsor, because they see a direct link to creating jobs. They ought to think of investment in the arts the same way, as a creator of jobs.”
Bolshoi Artistic Director To Join American Ballet Theatre
Alexei Ratmansky, 40, “who will leave the Bolshoi at the end of the year, has agreed to spend 20 weeks each season at Ballet Theater for the next five years. He will choreograph at least one new work or retool one of his older dances each year, but will also take on a more general artistic role.”
Right Man At The Right Time To Lead Met Museum
“In selecting Thomas Campbell, the board has demonstrated that it knows what Mr. de Montebello has wrought and doesn’t wish to tamper with it. Tellingly, Mr. Campbell comes with a curatorial background–not, as is the case with some museum directors these days, a business or management degree. This means he is steeped in the culture and values of the museum, not the bottom line.”
“Reality” Show Choosing Conductors Was Riveting
Maestro – in which famous people competed against each other as they learned to become conductors – has been the best piece of classical music programming the BBC has done in ages.
Damien Hirst On A Museum-Level Scale (Only At An Auction House)
It would be wrong to compare this to a private gallery show held in an auction house. The size of it, 10 large rooms and more than 200 works, is more like a major career retrospective at Tate Modern.
Schwarz Leaving Seattle
Gerard Schwarz will step down from the music directorship of the Seattle Symphony in 2011, after more than two decades at the orchestra’s helm. “Schwarz, 61, said there was no pressure on him not to seek a renewal of his contract. However, the last few years have been tumultuous for him, with fierce power struggles on the board and among the staff; disputes between him and SSO musicians; lawsuits; million-dollar budget deficits, and yards of bad press, locally, nationally and internationally.”
Ambitious ROM Documentary To Premiere
A whopping 400 hours of footage shot during the Royal Ontario Museum’s “controversial and much-delayed” expansion project has been condensed down to a two-part television documentary. The filmmakers “caught some remarkable behind-the-scenes moments, [including] the startling candour of the ROM staffers who appear in the film.”
Forget Harry’s Wand – It’s Shaffer’s Play That Matters
Daniel Radcliffe’s nude scene may have stolen all the headlines in last year’s revival, but Michael Riedel says that Peter Shaffer’s Equus is worth a much closer (and less prurient) look. “The haunting drama about an emotionally disturbed boy who blinds six horses with a spike stunned audiences into what Shaffer calls ‘breathless silence’ when it premiered at the Old Vic in London in 1973.”
Report: Toronto FilmFest Needs Much More Funding
“The City of Toronto should designate the TIFF Group a ‘major cultural organization’ and more than double its financial support, says a staff report to the city’s economic development committee.”