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Tag: 10.07.12
Inquiry Finds That Four Rebecca Investors Did Not Exist
“The lawyer for the lead producer of the Broadway musical Rebecca, which collapsed after the reported death from malaria of a mysterious investor, said on Sunday that he had confirmed that the investor and three others brought in by a middleman with a history of civil fraud complaints never existed.”
Economic Woes Plague American Orchestras
“Bankruptcy in Philadelphia. Strikes in Chicago and Detroit. Unresolved contract talks in St. Paul. Canceled concerts in Atlanta and Indianapolis. American concert halls have echoed with more dissonance than harmony.”
Felicity Huffman’s Jane Fonda Impersonation
“Huffman sits bolt-upright, leans forward and grips her chin, eyes intense. ‘What do you want to talk about? That’s interesting. Now why do you say that?! Why are you getting a divorce?!'”
Time To Turn Columbus Day Into ‘Exploration Day’?
“There is nothing more wondrous about humanity than what we can do when we work together with optimism. That’s what Exploration Day would mean to us.”
The Starving Artist – Right Outside The Met’s Front Doors
“The paints are here, the brushes are here — the only problem is having to wait for work,” he said.
Alfre Woodard’s Life, On And Off The Screen
The actor and activist: “I don’t love the business that much that I would fill my days with the business. If a role is so obvious, I’d rather see someone else do it. I go to work when I feel like, ‘There’s something about this character that might get overlooked.’ That’s when I’m excited to go to work. There’s plenty to do; it’s just that my raison d’être is morphing.”
Making The Leap From Literary Novelist To Vampire Trilogy Writer
Justin Cronin didn’t expect his not-really-but-sort-of-a-vampire novel The Passage to get quite the attention it did – but now he’s got two sequels in the works, and a movie deal. How does that even work for a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop?
New Indie Movies Coming To A Theater Very, Very Close To You
That is, in your living room – on demand.
The Issues – And The Debt – Run Deep At The Chicago Symphony
“Ticket sales and performance fees from CSO concerts cover only about half the cost of putting them on. Salaries and the cost of providing benefits for top musicians are rising while revenues remain flat. And the CSO is burdened with more debt than any other major symphony in the country, in large part thanks to a $110 million renovation of Symphony Center, completed in 1997.”