“Will the Wii U and its new controller change the way people play games? Possibly. Will the Wii U achieve the same level of success that the original Wii did (nearly 100 million consoles sold)? Probably not. … But I am confident enough to make one big prediction: The Wii U will revolutionize the way we watch television.”
Tag: 11.14.12
New York Public Radio To Record August Wilson’s Plays
“The estate of the playwright August Wilson has, for the first time, granted the rights to record all 10 of his plays about African-American life in the 20th century to New York Public Radio’ Jerome L. Greene Performance Space in New York.”
How Will The Martha Graham Company Salvage Its Flooded Archives?
“[Some] of the costumes, most of which are made of wool jersey, may simply need a good spin in the washing machine … More worrisome are Noguchi’s painted wooden sets and the paper archives dating back to [the] company’s first days. Mold is a major concern.”
When Artists Dabble In Pop For The Sake Of Politics
“On Thursday evening, a group of artists will gather at Anish Kapoor’s studio in London to shoot a parody of Psy’s monster hit Gangnam Style, in support of Ai Weiwei. This follows Ai’s own version last month … It’s not the first time a huge pop hit has been reworked to make an artistic and political statement.” (They don’t all work equally well.)
The New Yorker‘s Chief Theater Critic Leaves The Beat
“One of the most recognizable names in the world of theater criticism is stepping down. John Lahr, the senior theater critic for The New Yorker for close to 20 years, is quitting regular reviewing for the magazine to concentrate on profile writing and book projects.”
L.A.’s Classical Music Station Is Hemorrhaging Listeners – Or Is It?
Arbitron ratings indicate that KUSC radio has lost nearly two-thirds of its listeners since 2009. Yet station managers, saying that revenue has grown slightly (about 3%) during that time and donor rolls have increased by 6% in the past year, argue that Arbitron’s sampling models must be wrong.
Conductor Valery Gergiev, Russian Ambassador
“Gergiev has become a roving ambassador with the open assignment of talking up Russia and its bright future during the second term in power of President Vladimir Putin.”
Venice Floods Again (And Again)
“Flooding is common in Venice this time of year and Sunday’s high tide mark of 150 centimeters (59.06 inches) marked the sixth highest level since 1872, according to the ANSA news agency.”
New York Philharmonic Launches Partnership With Shanghai Symphony
“China long ago emerged as a kind of promised land for classical music, and two of America’s great orchestras are wading in with big projects and very different approaches. You could call one the Philadelphia flier and the other the Big Apple plod.”
Will Barnet, 101, Painter And Printmaker
“In the prints and paintings that he produced from the mid-1960s on, Mr. Barnet ranged between a simplified form of realism and a poetic, visionary symbolism.”