Mike Kenny: “I’m getting so sick of people telling me there’s a boom in theatre for children. Where is it? This is the time of year when theatre remembers the children’s audience exists. There’s panto, but, can we agree for a start that panto doesn’t count, it is to theatre what karaoke is to music.”
Tag: 11.23.10
Cookie Monster Campaigns to Host Saturday Night Live
“In this latest video from Sesame Workshop … that lovably greedy Muppet makes his best case for why he deserves the nod, sending up S.N.L. segments like ‘MacGruber’ and ‘Weekend Update,’ and giving a musical performance in the guise of Monster Gaga.”
How Blogging Is Changing The Australian Food Scene
“In just a handful of years, the food blog has taken off faster than a runaway sushi train. In Australia, the uptake of blogging — along with tweeting and Facebooking more recently — speaks volumes about this country’s obsession with food, and it seems ardent foodies are jumping aboard the new media express in droves.”
Bob And Harvey Weinstein Back From The Dead
Under new financial restraints, they’re rebuilding the staff they had to slash and investing in movies that reflect the creative and commercial sensibilities that made them Hollywood mavericks when they ran Miramax Films.
Tom Krens Off The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project
“Rumours of his departure have been circulating since the Abu Dhabi Art fair last month after Krens, whose profile had been high in the region, was not present.”
Yale University Agrees To Return Machu Picchu Artifacts
“The Peruvian government welcomes this decision and recognizes that Yale University preserved these artifacts, which otherwise would have ended up scattered in private collections around the world or would have even disappeared.”
University Presses – Endangered And Trying To Reinvent
“For the most part, now such illusions have been dismissed, and even while desperately treading water (and watching some of their weaker brethren go under), the presses, and many others both in and outside of the university sphere, are now seriously and smartly seeking … short-term and long-term replacements not just for a broken business model but for a shattered publishing ecosystem.”
Chinese Art Prices Soar, Signalling A Shift In Taste
“The phenomenal prices being paid for Chinese works of art provides a fascinating insight into the tastes of China’s new rich who are driving the market.”
A Contentious Debate About The Role Of Culture In Perm, Russia
“What began as a self-styled cultural revolution is now slipping into a culture war of sorts. On one side is a self-assured elite from Moscow, here to instruct the provinces on what is new, cool and cutting-edge. On the other side are the guardians of a local culture, who feel threatened and belittled by the implication that they are a bunch of rubes.”
Our Love Affair With David Mamet Ends?
“The news that the most recent David Mamet revival, A Life in the Theatre, is set to close in New York next Sunday (28 November) after poor ticket sales has led people to ask a previously unthinkable question: has Broadway fallen out of love with Mamet?”