When I lived in Boston, I met and worked with many press agents. I remember one of them saying once, “you know, there’s good news and there’s bad news. And then, there is some f*cking serious news.† I know she would agree when I say the past few weeks have been filled with way too much of that serious news. As an arts writer, I froze in the midst of it. … [Read more...] about That’s Right, You’re Not From Austin
Robert Wilson
Sopranos Yearning for Zion, in New York
As I watched Nico Muhly’s new opera Dark Sisters last weekend in New York, at the same time his Quiet Music for solo piano was being performed in Houston by Aperio’s Michael Zuraw. I would have loved to attend both performances. Muhly’s work figures prominently right now on my MP3 player, and it’s been a while since I’ve been so taken with the work of a young composer … [Read more...] about Sopranos Yearning for Zion, in New York
Looking Up in Texas
“Looking up suggests hope, and hope has no significance on stage except as a function of narrative,†said the legendary Deborah Hay in a recent lecture at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. One of the greatest thinkers, choreographers, and performers in American dance, in 1970 Hay left New York and moved to Vermont. Six years later, she settled permanently in Austin, … [Read more...] about Looking Up in Texas