“Paata Burchuladze, a world-renowned operatic bass and in Georgia also known for his charity foundation Iavnana (‘Lullaby’), on Friday announced that he has cancelled all opera performances for the next year to develop an organization he founded last year called Georgian Development Fund, which many believe may turn into a political party.”
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Want To Know How To Speak Shakespeare? Listen To Rap, Says Mark Rylance
“If I have a general criticism, which is true of my Shakespeare acting and most Shakespeare acting I hear, is that it’s too slow. It’s too reverent. It’s like taking a rap song in 400 years from now, that we think is really wonderful, and deciding it really should be said slowly so all the lovers of rap can hear every word.”
The Guy Who Wrote The Lyrics For ‘Fiddler’ Is 91 And Busier Than Ever On Broadway
“‘He is, as everybody will tell you, the kindest musical theater genius you’ll ever want to meet,’ said Danny Burstein, the actor playing Tevye, who has known Mr. Harnick since 1991. ‘He’s also always honest, which is not something you always find. He doesn’t sugarcoat anything.'”
So, It Turns Out That Erotic Audiobooks Are A Big Business
“Erotic books on audio started appearing about 15 years ago. Early listeners tended to be men, who had mastered the new technology of downloading, Michele Cobb, the executive director of the Audio Publishers Association, told me in an email. Women joined in later.”
The Man Who Won The Mercury Prize Was A Street Artist In Paris Just A Few Years Ago
“He began to busk at the Place de Clichy metro station, making what money he could from music. At first, he sang unaccompanied, learning to project his voice down the corridors and carriages. Within six months, he had scraped enough cash together to move into a hostel. There, he taught himself guitar, piano and drums, slowly finding his calling as a musician.”
What’s Up With The Present Tense In Literary Fiction?
“The present tense seems natural for capturing ‘the jitter and flux of events, the texture of them and their ungraspable speed,’ [Hilary] Mantel explains. ‘It is humble and realistic – the author is not claiming superior knowledge – she is inside or very close by her character, and sharing their focus, their limited perceptions. It doesn’t suit authors who want to boss the reader around and like being God.'”
They Do Say Older Actors Never Stop Working, And Lois Smith Has Proved It
“‘It sometimes makes me cranky and sometimes excited,’ she said. ‘It’s lovely and hard.'”
The Ballet Spotlight Is, For This Cultural Minute, On Men
“Underwood – a male model as well as a ballet dancer – will say he is hopeful things are ‘evolving’, with ballet ‘feeling more relevant to people who are into pop culture’ now than ever before.”
Science Fiction And Fantasy Get A Literary-World Approved ‘Best Of,’ At Last
“You have to create the compelling characters and have the beautiful prose and everything, but a science fiction story has to do all that and also build an entire world for you, or come up with some mind-blowing idea on top of all that.”
The British Art Elite Unites With Students In Outrage About Proposed Move Of Cass Design School
“The issue is not just about changing address and revisiting the menu, it is about a failure to respect the integrity of hands-on creative education or understand the real skills involved that make it attractive to students and their employers and enable it to thrive. Homogenisation is not the way forward.”