Propwatch: the invisible chairs in Boy
Our chat before Boy began was all about the travelator. The Almeida Theatre has been reconfigured for Leo Butler’s play to allow a moving walkway to snake around the space. Actors were already sitting,… … read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2016-05-15
The Sleeping Beauty Wakes in a Brave New World
Katy Pyle’s Ballez performs Sleeping Beauty and the Beast in the La MaMa Moves Festival. Act 1 Prologue ofSleeping Beauty and the Beast. In no particular order: iele paloumpis, Lindsay Reuter, Ashley Yergens, Erica… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-05-14
Katy Pyle’s Ballez performs Sleeping Beauty and the Beast in the La MaMa Moves Festival. Act 1 Prologue ofSleeping Beauty and the Beast. In no particular order: iele paloumpis, Lindsay Reuter, Ashley Yergens, Erica… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-05-14
Me and My World
Bari – Pianist Emanuele Arciuli, director of the “Embracing the Universe” festival that ended yesterday, likes to casually mention that America is currently producing the best music in the world – and he doesn’t mean… … read more
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2016-05-14
Bari – Pianist Emanuele Arciuli, director of the “Embracing the Universe” festival that ended yesterday, likes to casually mention that America is currently producing the best music in the world – and he doesn’t mean… … read more
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2016-05-14
Joe Temperley, 1929-2016
Joe Temperley is dead at 86. In recent years, he was a mainstay of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra. In the 1970s following the death of Harry Carney, his glorious baritone saxophone sound anchored… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-05-13
Joe Temperley is dead at 86. In recent years, he was a mainstay of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra. In the 1970s following the death of Harry Carney, his glorious baritone saxophone sound anchored… … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-05-13
Comments from the outside
Reactions of outsiders to the DC Ring, which I raved about in my last post. The Valkyrie, end of Act 2. Battle under an overpass, with Fricka watching from above. By “outsiders” I… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2016-05-13
For the twelfth time…this is it
Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production ofSatchmo at the Waldorf, starring Barry Shabaka Henley and directed by me, opens tonight in West Palm Beach. With two successful public previews under our belts, I now feel safe… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-05-13
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-05-13
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