One of those fundraising lunches might even have worked – if the company’s final work only hadn’t been about Anna Nicole Smith.
Tag: 10.04.13
Is Seasonal Employment Actually Good For Performers?
Take haunted houses (some of which employ 50 actors for each performance): “After doing a performance every two minutes in front of hundreds of rowdy audiences each night, it will take a pretty hard-core film shoot or audition situation to faze you.”
Really, You’re Going To Call Yourself A Curator Because Of Pinterest?
“That title, ‘curator’ — summoning images of gravitas, of somber, skilled art administrators and historians who have spent years with subjects, applying rigorous critiques, even nurturing artists’ careers — has flown from its ivory tower and become democratized.”
Boston Ballet’s Exec Decamps For A Colder (Cooler?) Clime
Barry Hughson, who’s leaving to become the executive director of the National Ballet of Canada, “said his wife, Ashley, would have a better chance to further her acting career in Toronto, which he described as ‘one of the top television, film, and arts destinations in North America.'”
How Broke Was New York City Opera?
According to papers filed in bankruptcy court, “the troupe, which balanced its budget over the last two years, still had an accumulated deficit of $44 million as of last year … Its endowment, which was once $55 million, had dwindled to around $4.5 million.”
Osmo Vänskä To Conduct Minnesota Orchestra This Weekend
“Vänskä, who resigned as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra Tuesday, will conduct the locked-out musicians in three concerts this weekend at Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota. The musicians, who have been locked out for a year, are self-producing the concerts featuring pianist Emanuel Ax.”