“Nederlander of San Francisco, which operates that city’s Orpheum and Golden Gate theaters, this week asked a judge to prevent an ally-turned-rival, the producer Carole Shorenstein Hays, from staging the shows” — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Dear Evan Hansen — “at the nearby Curran Theater, which she owns and has lavishly restored and ambitiously programmed.”
Tag: 09.28.18
New Discoveries Change What We Know About Mayan Civilization
Combing through the scans, Mary Jane Acuña and her colleagues, an international 18-strong scientific team, tallied 61,480 structures. These included: 60 miles of causeways, roads and canals that connected cities; large maize farms; houses large and small; and, surprisingly, defensive fortifications that suggest the Maya came under attack from the west of Central America. “We were all humbled.”
Filmmaker Todd Solondz Brings His Jet-Black Humor To The Stage
As A.O. Scott once noted of the man behind Welcome to the Dollhouse and Wiener-Dog, “We don’t turn to Mr. Solondz for warm affirmations of human decency.” Elisabeth Vincentelli talks to Solondz about his debut as a playwright and stage director, Emma and Max.
Can You Mix Bach And Community Engagement? Yo-Yo Ma Can
“Over the next two years, he will visit 36 cities — winking at the fact that each of the six [Bach cello] suites has six sections — on six continents. In each city, he will pair a performance of the full cycle … with what he’s calling a ‘day of action’ that brings Bach into the community. It’s a small and glancing, but also deeply felt, attempt to suggest that this music, with its objectivity and empathy, its breathless energy and delicate grace, could, if heard closely by enough people, change the world.”
Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Budget-Cutting Pays Off
“The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, which two years ago had to cut costs after reporting a $200,000 operating deficit, posted its second consecutive year with a surplus, … thanks in part to cutting more than $500,000 in expenses compared with the previous season. The company also reported less revenue, taking in $268,689 less than the 2016-17 season, thanks to a shortened touring schedule.”