Art and Culture

“To some people, these are just puppets. … To me, there’s so much to them. It’s sculpture, casting, painting, sewing, mechanics, history, research, performance design — all at once. They are like kinetic art objects.” – The New…
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Hadestown the Musical has been a sleeper hit this summer at the movie theatres. It's a recorded version of the live performance, and the surprise success might mean more pro-shots of Broadway plays and musicals are coming.…
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The conductor is a con artist. Or: The conductor is God. Musicians frequently encounter both of these extreme views of music’s most mysterious profession. It’s not surprising that conductors elicit suspicion as well as adulation. The…
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“The actress Laura Linney, who graduated from Juilliard in 1990, was confused when Ms. Smith stared at the floor during her entire audition. ‘She wasn’t looking, she was listening,’ to Ms. Linney’s voice, the actress said.” – The…
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A few days ago, I came across a close-up of Elizabeth Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952) on social media. Like the features of the actress in her role as the medieval heroine Rebecca of York, the footage was vivid. The lips were of an almost…
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On July 28, a group of 10 people ransacked the headquarters of the Italian fuel distribution company, Lilli Petroli, in L’Aquila, located in Italy’s Abruzzo region, spending as long as eight hours on the premises before making off with…
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“We tricked them by putting soccer in a comedy show. … The first thing you’ve got to do to get somebody to become a soccer fan is just make them care about one team, to find one team.” Even if it’s fictional. – Los Angeles…
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“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street.” Er … a solution presents itself. – BBC Source link
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