Herewith one critic’s resolutions for the New Year in the hopes of making the theater a safer, saner place for all of us. Backstage
Tag: 12.20.99
A THOUSAND YEARS OF THEATER
Not much theater going on in 1000, so on to the 20th Century and highlights in show biz. Backstage
IT’S BOOM TIME IN TORONTO THEATERS,
but no one knows quite why. Toronto Star
COMBINING PERIOD MUSIC WITH OPERATIC STYLE
“Gatsby” opens tonight at the Met. – New York Times
- “I ALWAYS WANTED TO WRITE OPERAS” says John Harbison. An interview. Boston Globe 12/19/99
- Previously: GREAT GATSBY: Metropolitan Opera’s first contemporary opera since 1992. Boston Phoenix 12/14/99
- And: COUNTING SECOND CHANCES: Few repeat productions. Hartford Courant 12/17/99
- And: Gatsby and the Jazz Age Toronto Globe and Mail 12/18/99
THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
A Havana drama with several happy endings. – New York Times
- Previously: MAKING GOOD MUSIC AND NEW FRIENDS: – Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 12/18/99
- And: WHOOPS: Milwaukee Symphony watches as Havana’s air traffic controllers deny landing permission to a cargo plane carrying many of the orchestra’s larger instruments. – Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 12/17/99
- And: SYMPHONIC DIPLOMACY: Since the fall of communism it’s been years since a visiting orchestra has come to Havana. – Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 12/16/99
- And: Interview with Milwaukee music director – St. Petersburg Times 12/16/99
AMERICAN TV NETWORKS –
– avoid NAACP boycott on diversity after meeting. Los Angeles Times
FUTURE OF THE FRENCH ART MARKET
On Wednesday the French National Assembly takes up the question of making auctions an ordinary commercial activity. Up to now auctions have been a privilege granted to judiciary officers. Predictably, with no rational regulated system, the art auction market has not flourished in France. ARTNewspaper.com
OLD MASTERS SURGE
At London art sales last week, Old Master paintings followed Impressionists with a run-up in sales prices. London Telegraph
CITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Glasgow’s year-long celebration of architecture and design comes to a close. Some lessons and reflections. The Guardian
WISH LIST FOR THE ART WORLD
If Thomas Hoving could have anything … Artnet.com