“Some might say that the theory proposed by Manichev and Parkhomenko is very extreme because it places the Great Sphinx in an era where there were no humans, according to currently accepted evolutionary patterns.”
The Problem Isn’t Blackface In Opera, It’s Opera’s Scarcity Of Black Faces
Anne Midgette moderates a conversation between five rising African-American opera singers – Alyson Cambridge, Soloman Howard, Kenneth Kellogg, Deborah Nansteel, and Russell Thomas – about the issues they face in their careers in 2015. (The makeup in Otello is not one of them.)
Publishing Field Is Getting Younger And Less Well-Paid, But It’s Still Lily-White
“The book publishing industry’s workforce was younger in 2014 than in 2013, and, as a result, average compensation was down year over year, according to our annual salary and jobs survey. … it is also possible that the data reflects the success publishers have had in replacing aging, experienced, high-priced baby boomers with younger, less expensive employees.”
‘Get Me a Carole King Type’ How Casting Directors Find Stand-Ins For the Famous
“The Broadway season presents famous people gracing the stage, both in person and in character. How do casting directors find the actors who can portray living, breathing legends? Playbill.com goes into the audition room to learn how the decisions are made.”
It Is Impossible To Stop Comparing Yourself To Your Peers
“They say comparison is the thief of joy, and this, as it turns out, is one cliché that has a raft of empirical evidence backing it up. But there is another truth about social comparison: It’s pretty much inevitable, so you may as well learn to use it to your advantage.”
The Show That Makes People Literally Dance In The Streets
Choreographer Dan Canham says that his Of Riders and Running Horses is “about reclaiming the city space in a gentle way. In the four UK cities the show has been performed in so far, he said they always ended with a spontaneous dance party erupting as the audience joined in.”
Has The Brazilian Audience For Broadway Musicals Disappeared For Good?
“The cast of ‘The Full Monty,’ which opened in Rio last week, rehearsed in a donated room of a barren mall. The producer and director, Tadeu Aguiar, reused sets and costumes from his other shows — although the police uniform stripper costumes were created from scratch. Instead of a salary, the cast was offered a cut of the box office. With no union to protect the actors, and unemployment surpassing 8 percent, ‘there are a lot of people who will do it for nothing,’ said one actor, André Dias.”
Elena Ferrante Explains That, Just Like Jane Austen, She Keeps Her Identity Secret For Reasons
“She uses neither her own name nor one that she has chosen. Her stories are not reducible to her; rather, they are written from within a tradition that encompasses her and at the same time allows her to express herself. In this sense they are indeed written by a lady, the lady who does not fully coincide with everyday life but peeks out during the often brief time when, in a common room, a space not hers, Austen can write without being disturbed.”
Hollywood: Are Viewers Lazy, Or Is It Filmmakers Who Fit That Description?
“Just a few years back, we had relatively sophisticated fare such as The Dark Knight hitting cinemas. If Christopher Nolan’s movie were to be remade today, would it be titled Batman v Joker?”
The Performance Art Piece That (Truly, Deeply) Appears To Be A Feminist Lesbian Haunted House
“The project, which occupies the park’s entire community center, features a singular marriage of high-minded gender and queer theory mixed in with zombies, witches, feminist latch-hook rugs and some very large sculptures of tampons.”
With Our Desire For Happiness, We’re Making Ourselves Miserable
“Instead of trying to be more blissed out, less wrought or angry, they argue, we should assume that we’re going to have negative feelings and develop ways to behave like decent human beings despite them.”
British Government Sets A High Bar For Exporting A Rembrandt
“It’s important that paintings, especially one as famous as this, are available for our students to learn from.”
Classical Music Under Threat (No, Not That One…)
So how many classical traditions might there be? By my reckoning, at least 15, and though they seem diverse, they coalesce into a handful of stylistic families.
Appeals Court Gives Google Book Scanning Big Win For Fair Use
“This was a unanimous decision by all three judges on the panel, giving yet another complete victory to Google saying that its book scanning project is fair use — and, as an appeals court ruling, is useful in creating precedent in the all important 2nd Circuit (with some pretty damn good quotes for future cases). This is a big and clear win for fair use.”
CBS Refuses Advertising For Robert Redford Movie That Is Critical Of CBS
Sony Pictures Classics sought a multi-million dollar ad buy to promote the film on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” the “CBS Evening News,” ”CBS This Morning” and “60 Minutes,” but was turned down, said Sherri Callan, president of Callan Advertising, the company that places ads for Sony.
Paris Opera Ballet Hires First Chinese Dancer In Its 346-Year History
“Lam Chun-wing, a 19-year-old from a working-class Hong Kong suburb, is an unlikely addition to the world’s oldest ballet company – a state institution steeped in French tradition.”