What is it about Stephen Sondheim and Hollywood? Sondheim has been the preeminent figure in American musical theater for nearly 40 years. Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for all of these works, each of which has helped extend and redefine the musical. None has been adapted to the screen.
Tag: 12.23.07
Was Cubism A Dead End?
“Cubism didn’t just change what pictures after it looked like. It changed almost everything about the way an artist could come at the world. And here’s what makes that cubist watershed even more notable: A century later, and it’s hard to find a clearly cubist touch in much of anything young artists are making. Can there truly be a watershed that doesn’t water what’s downstream?”
Is Butoh Dead?
Can modern dance survive and develop, many wondered early on, without a core syllabus like ballet’s? The same question might be asked of Butoh.
Iran Wins Case To Force Return Of Stolen Artifacts
“Iran won an important court ruling Friday in its bid to force an international art dealer in London to return 18 ancient artifacts that allegedly were stolen from the country’s tombs.”
Celeb Bios Have Tanked In The Bookstore
Publishing experts are predicting piles of stock for remainder bins and badly dented finances after a spectacular failure of the “decline-and-fall-and-plucky-fight-back” memoirs.
State Defies Court Preservation Order, Destroys Historic Buildings
“The state agency overseeing the expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center yesterday began tearing off the facades of two historic buildings on North Broad Street in defiance of a protection ruling issued Thursday by the state’s top preservation official.”
Mass-Producing Exclusivity
“While the broad story of luxury’s fate in the contemporary market is often told as a steady decline from class to mass, the brand is an example of an equally pronounced countertrend: lux-ing up previously workaday products.”
2007 – The Year Of The Play
“Let it be noted that in 2007, a wearying year in which audiences might have been excused for staying home with a mystery or drowning sorrows in bubbly musicals, people were lining up for tickets.”
Year In Dance – All About The Dancers
Critic Alastair MaCaulay saw a lot of dancers for the first time this year…
The Obtuse Way We Talk About Art
“When it comes to fashionably obtuse language, the art world is one of the leading offenders. Academic pretensions flash through like brush fire, without a drop of cold water splashed their way.”