The Dilemma Of David Mamet

“The demise of The Anarchist raises questions about the theater business. Did the lead producers’ devotion to Mr. Mamet – and the hope of a lucrative Glengarry revival – mean staging a new work that wasn’t right, or ready, for Broadway? … And does Mr. Mamet, whose brawny, expletive-filled early plays remain stage mainstays decades after their debuts, still have something to say to a contemporary audience?”

Met Opera Plans $60M Tech Overhaul

“This renovation concerns the guts of the place, replacements or upgrades for the Met’s internal organs: the flies, lighting, stage lift, air circulation and internal communication systems. The Met’s technology has fallen behind European opera houses, where many of the directors bringing new productions to New York are used to computerized controls.”

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 103, Melbourne’s Great Philanthropist (And Rupert’s Mum)

“She was devoted to the arts, to gardens and the landscape, to education and medicine, to the disabled and the underprivileged. Her name is perpetuated at places as diverse as the Melbourne Recital Centre, the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and the former Langwarrin Secondary College.”