“As the pianist strides onstage, the page turner, cloaked in muted hues, trails behind. She is not to bow, but rather to sit immediately on the spare chair beside the piano bench and hunch. She is to be small and silent. … At the performance’s close, she is the first to retreat. The applause is not hers. She is also rarely missed. Many a show has gone on without a page turner.” Jennifer Gersten looks not only at this silent assistant’s subordination, but also at the times she (or he) has gotten a laugh, saved the day, and even had a part written by the composer.
Are These The Next Jobs To Be Taken By Robots?
You know that great American novel you’ve been planning to write? Start now, before the machines take a creative writing class.
Louis Langrée Re-Ups With Cincinnati Symphony Through 2021-22
“The announcement, made Sunday, comes on the eve of Langrée’s first international tour with the Cincinnati Symphony next month to Asia. In August, he and the CSO will embark on a three-week tour to capital cities and major music festivals in Europe.”
Small Record Store Chain Steps Up To Buy 70 HMV Canada Music Stores
HMV said it was closing the stores across Canada because it was losing tons of money. But upstart music retailer Sunrise Records is making a major bet it can expand quickly to make the stores profitable. “A lot of the younger consumers still love having something tangible,” argues the company’s enterprising young CEO
Moonlight Writer/Director Barry Jenkins And Original Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney Accepted The Best Adapted Screenplay Award Together
“‘I told my students, ‘Be in love with the process, not the result,’ ‘ Jenkins said — but admitted he did like the result.”
A Shoving Match, Possibly Involving A Neo-Nazi, Broke Out At The Minneapolis Institute Of Art This Weekend
Three people, at least one of whom who appeared to have a white nationalist symbol on his jacket, argued with a group that had been protesting the president’s executive orders on immigrants – and the fight went all the way to the third floor of the museum, where, amid the 18th century European art, guards had to subdue the fighters.
The Sculptor Camille Claudel May Finally Be Getting The Recognition She Longed For
After an apprenticeship, and a relationship, with Rodin, Claudel’s art was overshadowed by his. She was committed to a mental institution by her family – but film lovers know this from not one but two films about her. Now, she’s getting her own museum, and the work speaks for itself.
As William Hogarth Fans Know, A Gin Craze Nearly Destroyed 18th Century London
And it’s all because Britain was at war with France – which made French brandy hard to come by.
Sergei Polunin Says He Was Tricked, And That Ballet Dancers Need Agents
The take of the ‘bad boy of ballet,’ who left the Royal Ballet in a surprise move in 2012: “The company sort of owns you. I thought about my future. In 10 years’ time, I would be in the same position as when I started – the best dancer in the world, but still sharing a flat. You’re an adult, but you live like a kid.”
A New Horror Film Helps Redefine The Genre, Gets 100 Percent On Rotten Tomatoes, And Wins The Box Office
Time to reevaluate horror? None of the Best Picture nominees got anything like 100 percent from the critics. But “Get Out,” starring comedian Jordan Peele, “is the latest in a string of bloody horror films that attempt to contribute to America’s cultural conversation in a meaningful way.”
The Agency In Charge Of The U.S.’s Internet Is Just About As Divided As The Country
The story is long and winding, involving massive public comment and a stonewalling GOP, but “you can’t blame petty politics alone for the mess the FCC finds itself in. Debates over net neutrality and cable boxes stem from an ideological shift in Washington. In earlier days, it was ‘good regulation versus bad regulation,’ says Chris Lewis, vice president of the consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge. Now it’s ‘more regulation versus less regulation.'”
When Will Dev Patel Get His Chance To Be A Leading Man?
Here’s the deal: “It’s not a given that he’ll remain on the industry’s radar for very long. That’s because to be a leading man in Hollywood requires more than just box office success, an award-winning list of credits, or even the esteem of your peers. You also (still) need to embody the American film industry’s narrow ideals of romantic masculinity.”
So The Oscars Happened, With Mostly Predicted Results – Until The Wild Ending
Here’s the complete list.
The Oscars End With An Envelope Mix-Up At The Worst Possible Time
WHAT. JUST. HAPPENED. (What just happened was that La La Land was announced as Best Picture, but … that was fake news, an envelope mix-up. The real Best Picture winner: Moonlight. See the video of it all here.)
Top AJBlogs From The Weekend Of 02.26.17
WHAT’S GOING ON IN OPERA?
The news that Darren Keith Woods was summarily fired after a sixteen-year extraordinarily successful career as General Director of Fort Worth Opera added to some odd news from Vienna a short time ago seems inexplicable. … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuthPublished 2017-02-23
The stories we weave are incomplete…
It’s Black History Month again, and though I haven’t blogged about it, it’s been on my mind. I’ve thought of it when I’ve gone to the Kennedy Center, and seen that their most visible gift … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2017-02-23
Music and Design
WHY do we talk about “seeing” bands or orchestral groups? How did album jackets and photography of musicians — whether Francis Wolff’s shadowy shots of jazz musicians smoking in the shadows or Astrid Kirchherr’s … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-02-23
The Composer Of ‘Fun Home,’ Now On Tour, Knows How To Create Cacophony
Jeanine Tesori, among the most-nominated composers in Tonys history, says music is where science and art meet.
Actor Bill Paxton, 61, Dies From Complications Following Surgery
The Emmy award-winning actor, co-star of “Apollo 13” and star of “Big Love,” died on Saturday, according to Rolling Stone. Tributes continue to come in from his shocked co-stars and directors.
The U.S. Denies Entrance To 21-Year-Old Syrian Documentary Maker And Oscar Nominee
The young cameraman said earlier in the year, “If we win this award, it will show people across Syria that people around the world support them. It will give courage to every volunteer who wakes up every morning to run towards bombs. … If I cannot enter the US, I will not give up: we know that we have many friends in US, that there are people that share our humanitarian values.”