President Nicolas Sarkozy saluted Gracq’s memory, describing him as “one of the greatest French writers of the 20th century, who far from the worlds of fashion and society built up a system of original thought and a powerful body of work.”
Tag: 12.23.07
Argentine ballet Great Julio Bocca Retires
Amid bursting fireworks shot high over the stone spire called the Obelisk, the man dubbed the Baryshnikov of Latin America bid farewell to professional dancing as he performed to Argentine pop singer Diego Torres singing Frank Sinatra’s trademark tune “My Way.”
Bad Year For The Concert Tour Business
“The top 20 tours generated $996 million, down 15.6 percent from the year before, according to preliminary data issued on Friday by Pollstar, which covers the concert business. The previous low was $951.1 million in 2004, when Prince and Madonna topped the box office.”
The Huntington Theatre’s Hot New Star
“While Peter DuBois begins to make plans as the youngest artistic director to be appointed at the Huntington, he is leaving some of his colleagues shaking their heads in both admiration and disappointment that New York has lost a rising star to Boston.”
Shock Of The New
“Judging a play by a performance can lead to some embarrassing verdicts, yet theatergoers do this all the time when sizing up new works. Separating the player from the play, to paraphrase Yeats, is never easy. And critics themselves aren’t always adept at distinguishing where fault and virtue lie.”
Is Copyright Law The Wrong Way To Protect Creative Products?
Maybe not. Take a look at comedy performers. “People usually talk about how the Internet destroys intellectual property,” says Christopher Sprigman. “But here the Internet enforces intellectual property. It helps to protect creativity by shaming pirates.”
Carol Bly, 77, Lioness Of Minnesota Letters
“Bly, of St. Paul, had a milelong curriculum vitae that reflected a lifetime of writing, teaching, mentoring, editing and pamphleteering — even designing personalized crossword puzzles.”