The heartthrob Brazilian baritone leapt to stardom in the latest Broadway revival of South Pacific. He is finding that his success in Rodgers and Hammerstein, far from causing to lose caste, has boosted his opera career.
Tag: 09.14.11
Hunka Burnin’ Love: What Makes A Pyromaniac?
“[M]otivations for fire-setting behavior are notoriously slippery, and labeling someone properly as a pyromaniac is no easy task for psychiatric investigators. What separates ‘normal’ childhood experimentation from the serious cases … still isn’t entirely clear.”
Chairman Mao’s Radio Calisthenics, Updated For 21st-Century Chinese
“This government-promoted 40-minute workout, full of kung-fu-type lunges and kicks, was established by Chairman Mao in 1951 to train China’s proletariat in the fight against the capitalist West. And now … the exercise has been overhauled to prepare the masses for the next stage of the fight – a long, a healthy future in front of their computers.”
Pritzker Prize Jury Gets A Real Judge
“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will join the jury for the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s top honor, Pritzker officials announced this morning. Joining Breyer on the eight-person jury will be architect Zaha Hadid, who won the prize in 2004.”
John Calley, 81, Producer Of Hollywood Landmarks And Savior Of Studios
He “was known for his unusually artistic approach in running three major Hollywood studios and overseeing some of the most successful movies of the last 50 years … Rather than cranking out franchise films and other safely commercial fare … Calley believed that successful moviemaking boiled down to one thing: making good films.”