London’s National Theatre has been hit by a fresh crisis after the director of a new production of Peer Gynt, due to open next month, returned home to Ireland on medical advice. But his departure was marked by reports of mounting friction between him and the cast at the Olivier Theatre. He was alleged to have been asked to leave the theatre last weekend after shouting abusively at the cast during a preview performance. – The Independent (UK)
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CUBA WELCOMES AMERICAN DANCE COMPANY
Crowds jam a performance by the Washington Ballet in Cuba. The performance is the first by an American dance company in decades. – Washington Post
WAGNER IN ISRAEL
Wagner was finally performed for the first time at an orchestra concert in Israel Friday night. As the concert was about to begin, an 80-year-old Polish-born man whose family perished in the Holocaust “stood up in the audience, swinging a noisy rattle in protest.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)