#antoine silverman

[donospl]

Veronica Swift  “Veronica Swift”

Mack Avenue Records, 2023 Trzeci album Veronicki Swift nagrany dla Mack Avenue Records będzie niewątpliwym zaskoczeniem dla wielbicieli wielkiego talentu tej Artystki. Jej dwie poprzednie płyty zachwycały, ale jak twierdzi sama wokalistka, pomimo ścisłych związków z jazzową tradycją nigdy nie był to jej ulubiony gatunek muzyczny. Chociaż dorastała w jazzowej rodzinie (matka – Stephanie…

[mychameleondays]

David Bowie: The Next Day

incl. CD

ISO Records/Columbia/Sony 88765461861

Released: March 29, 2013

[mitjalovse]

Some albums that get released after a very long time surprise us thanks to their contexts. For instance, The Next Day by David Bowie was a huge shock, since many assumed he retired. Still, we must admit the LP could be braver, though one needs to understand Bowie merely wished to see back then – this is my personal theory –, if he still commands our attention. Thus, the disc finds him doing his greatest hits in the version of a platter of an original material, which seemed like an appropriate thing to do for someone of his stature. For instance, the tune on the link reminds us of his previous tributes to Scott Walker, yet this one seemed different thanks to him pointing there towards his final destination in the form of a disc.

[ulrichgebert]

Aber Zeit ist ja relativ, wissen wir seit Einstein. Er sitzt gelegentlich am Strand und spielt die Geige, während auf Feldern mit Raumschiffen getanzt wird, der Zug, mit dem er seine Theorie erklärt langsam über die Bühne rollt oder Gerichtsverhandlungen oder irgendwas in einem Gebäude stattfindet und andere Bilder, die Philip Glass und Robert Wilson in den Sinn kommen, wenn sie an ihn denken. Durch den kompletten Verzicht auf eine Handlung und letztlich auch auf Opernsänger (der Chor macht die meiste Arbeit. Obwohl ziemlich gegen Ende* gibt es eine sehr schöne Sopranarie.) und die Besetzung mit bloß 6 Instrumentalisten, von denen einer auch die Titelrolle spielt, muss ihr avantgardististisches minimalisitisches Großkunstwerk Einstein on the Beach als außerordentlich untypisches Beispiel für eine Oper in 4 Akten gewertet werden. Sie ist sogar noch länger als Love Exposure. Die Zuschauer wurden ermutigt, zwischendurch ruhig mal rauszugehen, weil man davon ausgehen kann, daß wenn man wieder kommt, auch nichts wesentlich anderes los ist (Das  stimmt natürlich nicht, Philip Glass sagt, er versteht gar nicht, warum Leute seine Musik für Endlosschleifen halten, es passiere immer was.) Also gut, es ist immer was los, aber halt recht langsam. Man ist etwas fassungslos, hat aber das Gefühl, man sollte das schon mal erlebt haben. Ich war allerdings doch ganz froh, daß ich das jetzt im Wohnzimmer machen konnte, und nicht im Opernhaus. Am Schönsten ist “Night Train”.

          *d.h. nur noch eine Stunde oder so

[pistakkiomusic]

In A Sentimental Mood - Blue Moods Album Version By Antoine Silverman From the album Blue Moods Added to Discover Weekly playlist by Unknown User on December 25, 2023 at 12:00AM Listen on Spotify https://ift.tt/g72bIlX

[newagesispage]

                                                               JANUARY        2023

THE  RIB  PAGE

Happy New Year babies!!!!  

*****

Billy Porter has been added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Predictors are saying that book stores are making a comeback and that mocktails will be big in 2023. The reasoning is that people drank way too much during Covid and also discovered they like REAL books. High -end dive bars and jello shots are also trending.   It also seems that we have a bit of a 70’s revival going on.

*****

The new USPS stamps for 2023 have been revealed: Look for John Lewis, Tomie dePaula, the Everglades, skateboard art, life magnified, bridges and the Northern Cardinal.

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Days alert: I am miserable about Xander and Sarah. And nobody knows what to think of this shady Eric. Is it Eric? Has he just plain had enough of the good guy image? Samantha needs to come to town and be an angel. I mean it would be great cuz you could never trust it. So glad that Roman and Kate are together but let’s give them a real story!! Let’s not push Abe and Paulina too far in the background. We all love them!!!!!!

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Sexual assault news: Steven Tyler has been accused of sexual assault of a minor.** Andrew Tate, an influencer, kickboxer, reality show dude and his brother, Tristan were arrested for human trafficking. They are suspected of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create porn to sell.

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A new test can detect 20 different kinds of cancer with 1 blood sample.

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With so many movies making it seem like everybody wants a ride in Santa’s sleigh, I guess there should be more amusement rides like that.

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Word is that Election is back in Tracy Flick can’t win.

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Variety named Psycho the best movie of all time. I have been saying that for years. I realize there are many important films but I can think of nothing that changed the game like this one.  

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The DNC has replaced Iowa with South Carolina as the first primary State.** The new DNC chair in the house is Hakeem Jeffries.

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Dolly’s Magic Mountain Christmas. Bless her heart.

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I guess Q-Elon just wanted an all -out already popular site to spread their propaganda. He loves diet coke too. What is in that shit? ** Musk is no longer the world’s richest man.

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The singers from the Charlie Brown Christmas show were finally given credit and paid some back pay!! It’s about time.

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Warnock won in Georgia.

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Trump’s company was found guilty on 17 counts of fraud. ** Trump is selling virtual cards with his  picture for $99 a pop.  

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Look for Donald Glover as Hypno- Hustler, Antoine Desloin with a script written by Myles Murphy.

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Sometimes I am astonished at how big the Hallmark movies have become. I don’t think I get it.

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The owner of Thomas Murray woodworking has been arrested for multiple counts of fraud for services never performed.  

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Time’s person of the year is Volodymyr Zelensky and the spirit of Ukraine. Zelensky came to Washington and visited Biden. The Ukraine Pres gave a speech which was mostly well received. Pelosi looked like she was going to eat him alive. Republicans in the house will probably try to stop money from going to the cause.

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Leslie Jones, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. Will fill in as Trevor Noah leaves the Daily Show. Who will finally be the next host?

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I really miss the show Stumptown!!

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Some cheap rags are reporting that the Idaho murders are part of some new Manson loving family. In fact Bryan Kohberger was arrested for the murder of 4 in Idaho.

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The numbers are coming out and about twice as many republicans died from Covid than Democrats.

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R.I.P. Brad William Henke, Pope Benedict, Maureen Arthur, Kirstie Alley, Gary Friedkin, Ronnie Turner, Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, Georgia Holt, Dorothy Pitman- Hughes, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Lee Lorenz, June Blair, Bob Mcgrath, Sonya Eddy, Dino Danelli, Daniel Brush, Leonard Mancini, Cecelia Marshall, Gaylord Perry, Thom Bell, Elayne Jones, Stephen Greif, Jo Mersa Marley, Franco Harris, John Aniston, Neal Jimenez, Tony Vaccaro, Bob Penny, Ian Tyson, Robert J. Dowling, Barara Walters, Pele, Vivienne Westwood, Shirley Watts, Brandon Royer and Justin Royer.

[twinnedpeaks]

yes pls! thank u sm

ofc !! love being asked about books tbh .. anyways heeeeere u go!! the ones with dates arent released yet, and if there are spelling errors or some shit its bc my memory sucks so dont mind that

the anatomy of being, shinji moon

the basic eight, daniel handler

black chalk, christopher yates

funny boy, shyam selvadurai

the lake of dead languages, carol goodman

tin man, sarah winman

a separate peace, john knowles

good bones, margaret atwood

baby teeth, zoje stage

wind, sand and stars, antoine de saint exupéry

your heart is a muscle the size of a fist, sunil yapa

the beauty of the husband, anne carson

red doc, anne carson

if beale street could talk, james baldwin

the project, courtney summers

the morbids, ewa ramsey

hello i want to die please fix me, anna mehler paperny

people like us, dana mele

girls against god, jenny hval

the atlas six, olivie blake

we need to talk about kevin, lionel shriver

the wasp factory, iain banks

a dowry of blood, s. t. gibson

being lolita, allison wood

prozac nation, elizabeth wurtzel

the face on the milk carton, carolina b. cooney

the secret lives of baba segi’s wives, lola shoneyin

a study in charlotte, brittany cavallaro

hell followed with us, andrew joseph white (7/7-22)

we play ourselves, jen silverman

none shall sleep, ellie marney

vampires in the lemon grove, karen russell

homesick for another world, ottessa moshfegh

a certain hunger, chelsea g

the woman in the library, sulary gentill (7/6-22)

the letting go, deborah merkus

tripping arcadia, kit mayquist

fiona and jane, jean chew ho

the lost apothecary, sarah penner

radio apocalypse, kayleigh gallagher

young mungo, duglas stuart

burning butch, rb mertz

sedating elaine, dawn winter

no touching, ketty rouf

other peoples clothes, calla henkel

flowers in the attic, virginia andrews

frankenstein in baghdad, ahmed saadawi

how to murder your life. cat marnell

among thieves, mj kuhn

boy parts, eliza clarke

this is how you lose the time war, amal el mohtar

woman eating, claire kohda

valley of the dolls, jacqueline susann

the school for good mothers, jessamine chan

witchlings, claribel a ortega

[flashoe]

Celebrities Who Have Done Blackface

Blackface is described in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as: “dark makeup worn (as by a performer in a minstrel show) in a caricature of the appearance of a black person.” 

The use of blackface is disgusting and racist. I’m compiling a list of celebrities who have done blackface. I’ll include my sources.

Please include any names in the comments if I’ve missed any! :)

Andrés Iniesta (Spanish soccer player)

Anthony Sabatini (Florida state representative)

Antoine Griezmann (French soccer player)

Billy Crystal (Actor)

Brant Tomlinson (South Carolina county council candidate)

C. Thomas Howell (Actor)

Colton Haynes (Actor)

David Williams (Actor)

Drake (Rapper)

Dov Hikind (New York state assemblyman)

Eiza González (Actress)

Frank Sinatra (Singer)

Fred Armisen (Actor)

Fred Astaire (Actor)

Gigi Hadid (Model)

Hal Patton (Illinois state senate candidate)

Howard Stern (Television personality)

Jane Krakowski (Actress)

Jason Aldean (Singer)

Jimmy Fallon (Comedian)

Jimmy Kimmel (Comedian)

Joni Mitchell (Singer)

Joy Behar (Television Personality)

Julianne Hough (Actress and singer)

Julie Andrews (Actress)

Justin Trudeau (Canadian prime minister)

Kay Ivey (Alabama governor)

Kim Kardashian West (Television personality)

Kylie Jenner (Television personality)

Luann de Lesseps (Television personality)

Marcus “Buff” Bagwell (Wrestler)

Mark Herring (Virginia Attorney General)

Megyn Kelly (Talk show host)

Mike Ertel (Former Florida Secretary of State)

Paula Deen & her son

Ralph Northam (Virginia governor)

Robert Downey Jr. (Actor)

Robert Gattie (Louisiana House of Representatives candidate)

Sarah Silverman (Actress)

Sia (Singer)

Ted Danson (Actor)

Tom Hanks (Actor)

Tyra Banks (Model)

Zach Braff (Actor)

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/us/celebrities-in-blackface-list-trnd/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_performed_in_blackface

https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-wore-blackface-2018-10#sarah-silverman-wore-blackface-for-a-plot-line-on-her-comedy-central-show-21

https://filmdaily.co/news/celebrities-who-did-blackface/

[thisdayinphishtory]

2 years ago: MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV - 2016

Phish • October 31, 2016 • MGM Grand Garden Arena • Las Vegas, NV

Set 1: Carini[1], Your Pet Cat > AC/DC Bag > Free > Possum, What's the Use? > Wombat, Tube, Wolfman's Brother, Ass Handed, Petrichor > Run Like an Antelope[1]

Set 2: Five Years[2], Soul Love[3], Moonage Daydream[4], Starman[3], It Ain't Easy[5], Lady Stardust[6], Star[5], Hang On to Yourself[5], Ziggy Stardust[7], Suffragette City[5], Rock 'n' Roll Suicide[4]

Set 3: 46 Days > Sand > Twist[8], Meatstick > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Backwards Down the Number Line > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Space Oddity

[1] Lyrics changed to reference Trey's shirt. [2] Phish debut; With Sylvia D'Avanzo, Alisa Horn, Todd Low, Antoine Silverman, Alissa Smith, and Hiroko Taguchi on strings; Trey on acoustic. [3] Phish debut; With Sylvia D'Avanzo, Alisa Horn, Todd Low, Antoine Silverman, Alissa Smith, and Hiroko Taguchi on strings and Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, and Jo Lampert on backing vocals; Trey on acoustic. [4] Phish debut; With Sylvia D'Avanzo, Alisa Horn, Todd Low, Antoine Silverman, Alissa Smith, and Hiroko Taguchi on strings and Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, and Jo Lampert on backing vocals. [5] Phish debut; With Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson, and Jo Lampert on backing vocals. [6] Phish debut; Trey on acoustic. [7] Phish debut. [8] Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Carini and Antelope featured lyrics altered to reference Trey's shirt. Trey teased Martian Monster in Free and Undermind in Possum. The second set "musical costume" was David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. All of the songs in the second set were Phish debuts. Five Years, Soul Love, Moonage Daydream, Starman, and Rock 'n' Roll Suicide featured a string sextet comprised of Sylvia D'Avanzo (violin), Alisa Horn (cello), Todd Low (viola), Antoine Silverman (violin), Alissa Smith (viola), and Hiroko Taguchi (violin). All the songs in the second set other than Five Years, Lady Stardust, and Ziggy Stardust featured Jennifer Hartswick, Celisse Henderson and Jo Lampert on backing vocals. Trey played acoustic guitar on Five Years, Soul Love, Starman, and Lady Stardust. Trey did not play guitar (but contributed lead vocals) on It Ain't Easy and Rock 'n' Roll Suicide. Page did not play keyboards (but contributed lead vocals) on Ziggy Stardust. Carmel Dean arranged the all of the vocals and strings in the second set. Twist featured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike and Page on percussion. Also Sprach Zarathustra contained Fame quotes from Trey.

[makesart]

Einstein on the Beach. Эйнштейн на пляже. Роберт Уилсон и Филипп Гласс. from Форма агентство в on Vimeo.

Лейбл: Chatelet/Telmondis/Mezzo Страна-производитель: Франция, Théâtre du Châtelet Жанр: Opera (Minimalism) Продолжительность: 4.32'23"10 Язык: English Перевод: не требуется Субтитры: French hardsubs Режиссер/Хореограф: дирижер Michael Riesman, постановщик Robert Wilson Исполнители: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman, Jasper Newell, Charles Williams, Jennifer Koh, The Lucinda Childs Dance Company, The Philip Glass Ensemble Треклист: Опера в 4-х актах, музыка и текст Philip Glass и Robert Wilson, хореограф Lucinda Childs, режиссер телетрансляции Don Kent Описание: 7 января 2014 года на сцене Théâtre du Châtelet Боб Уилсон представил восстановленную версию своего легендарного спектакля «Эйнштейн на пляже». Прямая трансляция осуществлялась CULTUREBOX. Опера «Эйнштейн на пляже» создана специально для Авиньонского фестиваля 1976 года. Этот год стал переломным в истории минимализма, который уходит от экспериментализма и околороковой направленности своих ранних лет и окончательно утверждается на фундаменте «твёрдой» академической музыки. К стилю обращаются уже сформировавшиеся успешные композиторы. «Эйнштейн на пляже» стал самым знаковым сочинением Гласса. Первую постановку оперы (в концертном зале) композитор осуществил на собственные скромные средства - в 60-х и 70-х годах он зарабатывал на жизнь в качестве нью-йоркского таксиста. Минимализм в те годы был мало интересен широкой публике. О первых выступлениях «Ансамбля Филипа Гласса» композитор рассказывал так: «На наш первый концерт пришло шесть человек: двое из них были мои друзья, и одна была моя мать». После премьеры «Энштейна» всё изменилось - Гласс оказался буквально завален заказами от ведущих оперных театров мира (в т.ч. Метрополитен и Ла Скала) и вскоре стал самым исполняемым (по совокупному числу постановок) оперным композитором XX века. «Эйнштейна на пляже» называют легендой и классикой новаторского театра. Неожиданная для театральной истории тема научных исследований физиков (теории относительности и производства ядерного оружия) позволила авторам пойти на эксперимент создания уникальной эстетической реальности, полной удивительных визуальных и пластических эффектов. «Эйнштейн на пляже» мало напоминает оперу в традиционном её понимании. Композитор написал ее для The Philip Glass Ensemble, в котором совсем нет солистов - только небольшой хор, который пропевает бессмысленный набор слогов в такт музыке. Сюжетный текст читает диктор, а в партии главного персонажа, Эйнштейна, вообще нет слов - она написана для скрипки. В спектакле доминируют три визуальные темы - поезд, судебный процесс и космический корабль, парящий над землей. «Эйнштейн на пляже» – первая опера трилогии Филипа Гласса «Портреты». Другие две - «Сатьяграха» и «Эхнатон» - посвящены соответственно Ганди и Эхнатону. Все три оперы не имеют сюжета, а лишь символический набор эпизодов, живописующих портрет исторической личности, чьи идеи коренным образом изменили картину мира вокруг неё.

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[rndyounghowze]

Rites of Spring Proves That The Rush Of Good Storytelling is Worth The Ride

@risingsunnyc

By Ricky and Dana Young-Howze

New York, New York

Venmo: @rndyounghowze

Review 209

It’s always interesting and challenging writing reviews of short play festivals. You have to honor the work of a whole bunch of people in an itty bitty amount of time. When you throw in the fact that these plays were written, rehearsed, and performed in a short amount of time you also have to honor the amount of experimentation and expression involved. These plays didn’t exist just a little while ago and now they do. It’s that joy of creation that makes writing these reviews so rewarding.

Each of the Eight Teams had a prompt or a line to use in the story and a prop. Then they had to write a play about something Spring themed. Let’s see how they did!

Spring Cleaning for Mrs. J

Written by: Orlando F. Rodriguez

Directed by Mia Y Anderson

Cast- Luana Seu, Judd Silverman, Josephine Pizzino

She has to do spring cleaning and finds a cursed object and has to solve riddles to escape a magical bird. The husband doesn’t listen to us however and chaos ensues. The characters were super relatable to us since we are a married couple ourselves. Dana couldn’t keep from yelling at the screen saying this guy had better listen up. If that had been Dana and me in this situation I would have been dead before the last wish. We both appreciated the nice twist at the ending. Playwriting is all about managing tension and staying ahead of expectations. The fact that Rodriguez was able to do that in a short time was amazing. Kudos to some brilliant directing by Anderson and the talented cast.

Eggs In One Basket

Written By: Donna Latham

Directed by: Chelsey Smith

Cast-Ralane Cantisano, Raul Chavez, Samuel Neagley, Maggie Kissinger

A girl is taking a boyfriend back to her magical childhood stomping grounds. Her fairy besties are not amused. The acting of our two performers playing the fairies was really effective. Dana and I Iove fairies and pop culture and these were a great balance between mystical beings and your catty best friends. We like the idea of modern fairies telling you to dump your man. I now have to add “Starbucks date with these fairies” to my bucket list and that is the best review I could give to Latham’s playwriting.

Chasing Juliet

Written by Katie Frazier

Directed by Brock Hill

Cast: Lluvia Almanza, Anel Carmona, Orlando F. Rodriguez, Maya Schnaider, Zara Kaahn

This story about a young woman trying to keep up with her favorite blogger shows us why keeping up with the Joneses doesn’t always pay off. We both laughed at the “identities as a haunted house” line! We loved that this play was funny AF and got to the point quickly. Kudos to the cast on this one for pulling off a great performance.

Riots of Spring: The Audition

Written By Becky Saunders

Directed by Antonio Mniño

Cast Ellie Mae Niller, Sean Phillips, Samantha Simone

This play about a mistaken identity at an audition was performed excellently but it did seem to have a pacing problem. That’s a shame because I personally favor plays that attempt something ambitious like an episodic structure in a short form. It was weird and wacky and I have no clue why they did it but I’m glad they tried it. When pulled off correctly these things can really shine. I’d love to see if Saunders does a second version after this. A revision not done under the ticking clock might kick this good play up a notch to phenomenal.

Miracle Birds

Written by Ben Dworken

Directed by Paul Andrews

The Cast: Jonathan Wong Frye, Jennifer Atkinson, Isabelle Barany, Mary Sheridan

I have literally had fever dreams about a day when I’ll be walking out in a mask and people will be staring at me like I’m a freak because everyone except me for this universal message that COVID was over except me. So I really feel for this dude. Now these three ladies and their miracle birds were absolutely nothing from my dreams. Very good acting on the part of Atkinson, Barany, and Sheridan and kudos to Wong Frye for going along with that “is this even real” face. Good job to Ben Dworken for making me Google and see if Miracle Birds even exist. I hope I never see these ladies and their bird nest in a dark or well lit alley.

The Year Of The Fall Of May

Written by Susan Goodell

Directed by Paige Washington

Cast-Jo Walker, Natalie Osborne, Rick Benson

Three individuals wonder if they angered the goddess by not performing the May festival. We didn’t know what the stakes were or what would happen if the parade didn’t get done this year.

There was no urgency as if the play lacked heat. You know how you test a skillet’s temperature by hovering your hand over it? We seemed able to stay a long time in this moment. We had brilliant characters and a talented cast. The Good news is I think Goodell has such a great foundation for this play that with a couple of tweaks it will get much better. If I were your dramaturge I would just add a line about the city being destroyed by giant chickens if the parade doesn’t happen (or something to that effect). Whatever you choose would be fine.

The Rite-ing on the wall.

Written By Anel Carmona

Directed by Crystal Ramirez

Cast- Johnny Blaze Leavitt, Mateo Moreno

Ever thought what would happen if magic spells had tech support? Well no you do! This one was oddly weird. I know that’s not a thing but after seeing this yes it is. It’s exactly what I meant about keeping the tension ramped up. Even though it was splotches on a wall, Carmona's writing kept me feeling itchy. Great job from the cast for selling it so well. I feel like our director Ramirez and Carmona had to have a great rapport to get this idea working.

Blue Man Manakins

Written by Molly Kirschner

Directed by Lanise Antoine Shelley

Cast-Ita Korenzecher, Jennifer Iris Rivera, Chris Jumper, Stephanie D. Barney.

This show about birds trying to find a mate seemed to gender swap. We apologize for any assumption about gender but it seemed as though toxic masculinity was coming from a femme perspective and we loved that. That’s one of the great things that we artists get to do sometimes. When we treat the stage like a snow globe and shake things up we can have fun seeing what comes falling down. The cast did an amazing job working with the playwright and director on this idea. Overall a great performance.

This production shows you exactly why short form festivals like these are so vital. This is what is possible when talented people are constrained in space in time. This is the kind of artistry and expression that comes when artists get rid of their internal block and allow themselves to create freely. We as the audience get to come in with the same nervous excitement we would have if we were riding a rollercoaster. Will we make it or will we crash and burn?

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Einstein on the Beach. Эйнштейн на пляже. Роберт Уилсон и Филипп Гласс. from Форма агентство в on Vimeo.

Лейбл: Chatelet/Telmondis/Mezzo Страна-производитель: Франция, Théâtre du Châtelet Жанр: Opera (Minimalism) Продолжительность: 4.32'23"10 Язык: English Перевод: не требуется Субтитры: French hardsubs Режиссер/Хореограф: дирижер Michael Riesman, постановщик Robert Wilson Исполнители: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman, Jasper Newell, Charles Williams, Jennifer Koh, The Lucinda Childs Dance Company, The Philip Glass Ensemble Треклист: Опера в 4-х актах, музыка и текст Philip Glass и Robert Wilson, хореограф Lucinda Childs, режиссер телетрансляции Don Kent Описание: 7 января 2014 года на сцене Théâtre du Châtelet Боб Уилсон представил восстановленную версию своего легендарного спектакля «Эйнштейн на пляже». Прямая трансляция осуществлялась CULTUREBOX. Опера «Эйнштейн на пляже» создана специально для Авиньонского фестиваля 1976 года. Этот год стал переломным в истории минимализма, который уходит от экспериментализма и околороковой направленности своих ранних лет и окончательно утверждается на фундаменте «твёрдой» академической музыки. К стилю обращаются уже сформировавшиеся успешные композиторы. «Эйнштейн на пляже» стал самым знаковым сочинением Гласса. Первую постановку оперы (в концертном зале) композитор осуществил на собственные скромные средства - в 60-х и 70-х годах он зарабатывал на жизнь в качестве нью-йоркского таксиста. Минимализм в те годы был мало интересен широкой публике. О первых выступлениях «Ансамбля Филипа Гласса» композитор рассказывал так: «На наш первый концерт пришло шесть человек: двое из них были мои друзья, и одна была моя мать». После премьеры «Энштейна» всё изменилось - Гласс оказался буквально завален заказами от ведущих оперных театров мира (в т.ч. Метрополитен и Ла Скала) и вскоре стал самым исполняемым (по совокупному числу постановок) оперным композитором XX века. «Эйнштейна на пляже» называют легендой и классикой новаторского театра. Неожиданная для театральной истории тема научных исследований физиков (теории относительности и производства ядерного оружия) позволила авторам пойти на эксперимент создания уникальной эстетической реальности, полной удивительных визуальных и пластических эффектов. «Эйнштейн на пляже» мало напоминает оперу в традиционном её понимании. Композитор написал ее для The Philip Glass Ensemble, в котором совсем нет солистов - только небольшой хор, который пропевает бессмысленный набор слогов в такт музыке. Сюжетный текст читает диктор, а в партии главного персонажа, Эйнштейна, вообще нет слов - она написана для скрипки. В спектакле доминируют три визуальные темы - поезд, судебный процесс и космический корабль, парящий над землей. «Эйнштейн на пляже» – первая опера трилогии Филипа Гласса «Портреты». Другие две - «Сатьяграха» и «Эхнатон» - посвящены соответственно Ганди и Эхнатону. Все три оперы не имеют сюжета, а лишь символический набор эпизодов, живописующих портрет исторической личности, чьи идеи коренным образом изменили картину мира вокруг неё.

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Baltimore’s Mayor, Catherine Pugh, Resigns Amid Children’s Book Scandal

After weeks of mounting pressure, Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore resigned on Thursday amid a widening scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of children’s books that she wrote and that the University of Maryland Medical System paid for while she was serving on its board of directors.

Her resignation comes days after the Baltimore City Council proposed amending the city charter to make it possible to remove her, and after the F.B.I. raided her two homes and her office at City Hall.

Ms. Pugh stepped down from the hospital network’s board, which she had served on since 2001, but she had resisted calls to step down as mayor. She has been home on medical leave for weeks. Her lawyer told reporters previously that she was too ill to make decisions. Bernard Young, president of the Baltimore City Council, has been serving as acting mayor and will complete the rest of her term.

“I am sorry for the harm that I have caused to the image of Baltimore and the credibility of the office of the mayor,” Ms. Pugh said in a statement read aloud by her lawyer, Steve Silverman, at a brief news conference that she did not attend. “Baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward.”

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who appoints the board of the University of Maryland Medical System, applauded Ms. Pugh’s resignation in a post on Twitter.

“This was the right decision, as it was clear the mayor could no longer lead effectively,” he wrote. “The federal and state investigations must and will continue to uncover the facts.”

Ms. Pugh has been under intense scrutiny since March, when The Baltimore Sun reported that she was one of nine members of the board of the University of Maryland Medical System who had profited personally from contracts with the hospital system.

When the scandal broke, Ms. Pugh maintained that there was nothing illegal or unethical about her deal to sell her “Healthy Holly” children’s books, which promote nutritious food and exercise, to the hospital network. The books were to be donated to Baltimore schools and day cares.

She apologized for failing to report the deal on disclosure forms when she was a state senator and returned the most recent payment of $100,000.

But questions continued to swirl over who authorized the contract and how many of the books actually reached children, especially after thousands of books were discovered untouched in a school warehouse. Ms. Pugh has received $500,000 since 2011 from the medical system for the books. Other entities, including Kaiser Permanente, reportedly paid her an additional $190,000 for the books.

“This whole entire episode has been hurtful to the city,” said Jill Carter, a state senator representing Baltimore who has been pushing to limit self-dealing on the hospital network’s board. “Those of us who are holding elected office now, it is incumbent upon us to do everything in our power to restore the public trust.”

Ms. Carter said she began investigating the hospital network’s contracts after hearing complaints from minority-owned businesses that it was impossible for them to bid on contracts, while politically connected board members received lucrative deals that did not go through normal channels of procurement.

Ms. Carter noted that other board members reaped far more from the hospital network, including Francis X. Kelly, who advocated the privatization of the hospital network as a state senator, and went on to obtain $16 million in contracts through his insurance company, Kelly & Associates Insurance Group.

“It’s been very troubling to me that so much focus has been placed on the mayor that there has been too little scrutiny and too little desire to investigate the other members,” Ms. Carter said.

The hospital network’s website lists Mr. Kelly as being “on leave” from the board, along with three other members who had business contracts. He did not return a call seeking comment Thursday.

A recent bill passed by Maryland’s General Assembly will replace the medical system’s entire board in July, and generally prohibits future board members from receiving no-bid contracts.

Michael Schwartzberg, a spokesman for the medical system’s management, said it would not be issuing a statement on the mayor’s resignation.

Ms. Pugh, who was elected mayor in 2016, has long been a fixture in the city’s politics. She previously served as a state senator and majority leader in Maryland’s General Assembly. Her resignation comes after a series of other corruption scandals in the city have shaken faith in Baltimore’s government. Last year, six Baltimore police officers pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging corruption trial that included robbing a motorist of $25,000 and dumping garbage bags full of stolen prescription drugs on the market.

The city, which endured riots and unrest in the wake of the 2015 death in police custody of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, has seen four police commissioners cycle through since Mr. Gray’s death. Last year, former police commissioner Darryl De Sousa pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to file income tax returns. In 2010, another Baltimore mayor, Sheila Ann Dixon, resigned after being found guilty of misappropriating gift cards for the poor.

Joanne Antoine, executive director of Common Cause Maryland, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, said her group has received several calls from people expressing a loss of faith in Ms. Pugh. But Ms. Antoine said she is heartened by recent proposals brought by Baltimore City Council members to tighten ethics disclosure rules and make it easier to remove the mayor.

“I think we’re on the verge of recovering from all of this,” she said. “We believe the City Council is taking steps to move forward.”

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David Henry Hwang was attacked by an unknown assailant with a knife and nearly died. That experience, along with the playwright’s shock at the results of the 2016 Presidential election and his oft-expressed ambivalence towards the patronizing but gorgeous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I,” all make their way into “Soft Power,” an unusual musical by Hwang and composer Jeanine Tesori that inventively and oddly presents the themes of East-West divide that Hwang has long explored in such works as “M Butterfly” and “Chinglish.” “Soft Power” is clever, highly entertaining, hilarious, in places downright inspiring, and chock full of stimulating intellectual, cultural and political argument that forces us to look at American society, and the very nature of democracy, in a different way. “Soft Power” is also, ok, confused….but not confusing.

The heart of “Soft Power” is a spoof of “The King and I” that reverses and updates the story so that the “king” is Hillary Clinton (Alyse Alan Louis) and the “I” is a Chinese musical  producer named Xūe Xíng (standout Conrad Ricamora, who was, in a delicious irony, one of the stars in the last Broadway production of “The King and I.”)  The reversal reflects Hwang’s irritation at such American musicals “where the white hero goes to some dangerous land and civilizes the backwards natives. The writers get all these details wrong. And the locals somehow speak with stupid accents — in their own country.” At the same time, though, such shows make Hwang cry.

The David Henry Hwang who expresses these views is a character in “Soft Power,” portrayed winningly by Francis Jue. The first half hour of “Soft Power” is a set-up for the musical spoof to follow. Xue Xing meets with David Henry Hwang (called DHH in the program) in 2016 to entice him to write a musical for the Chinese market.  His idea is to use it as a vehicle to bring Chinese values to the world, which is what he says “soft power” means, and what the United States has done for decades through such “international products” as Catcher in the Rye and Saturday Night Fever.

DHH is going to a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, and invites Xue along, where he gets to meet the candidate and get a selfie with her. The two men are both shocked when Hillary loses. Then DHH is stabbed….

“In the moment before I lose consciousness,” he tells us in front of the curtain, “a whole world passes before my eyes. I hear … violins?” – and the curtain opens to offer a musical from China’s point of view – which, like American musicals, shows Xue traveling to the dangerous land of New York, the details are all wrong (the Golden Gate Bridge is in New York), and the locals (Asian-American actors in blond wigs) all have stupid American accents, and carry guns. What follows is a mock razzle-dazzle em musical.  At “the most famous American restaurant of all” – a gussied up McDonald’s —  rolling-skating chorus boys deliver elegant burgers, while Hillary  dances for the voters in a sparkling red tuxedo pantsuit, which she strips off to reveal a skimpy Wonder Woman costume. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court explaining the electoral college system using a suspiciously all-gold ballot box.

Presumably, this has all been DHH’s hallucination brought on by blood loss.

Then , however, Act II begins with a panel by Chinese experts fifty years in the future, during the intermission of the 50thanniversary performance of “Soft Power.” The panelists describe it as a landmark in Chinese art, an example of a new type of theater invented by the Chinese — “’Shūo chàngjù’ — literally ‘spoken and sung drama.’” This very funny scene sharply satirizes Western paternalism towards Asian art by flipping it (“There were no American artists per se. Only native craftspeople.”)

But is this still DHH’s hallucination, or have we dropped that?  The context of the musical we’re watching becomes  unclear. And when the musical picks up again after the panel discussion, the parallels to “The King and I” seem dropped as well.

Soft Power’s creative team is well versed in the American musical form. Director Leigh Silverman (Tony-nominated for Violet, who has been at the helm of some 30 stellar productions Off-Broadway) has put together a fine production on the relatively small stage at the Public Theater. Tesori, Tony-winning composer of “Fun Home” and “Caroline or Change”, has composed 13 songs that range from beautiful ballad to comic hip-hop, lushly performed by a 22-piece orchestra in full view on multiple tiers above the stage. Choreographer Camille A. Brown (Tony-nominated for Choir Boy) provides some expert moves for the performers, most of whom are Asian-American, many of whom are Broadway veterans, all of whom are first rate.

Yet, for all the experienced talent involved, “Soft Power” doesn’t feel like a fully realized musical (in the manner of, say, “The Book of Mormon,” which also includes a satire of “The King and I.”)  I doubt whether even the creative team of “Soft Power” could graph its plot.

This personally strikes me as an almost insignificant complaint in a show that, thanks to Hwang’s passion and sense of urgency, has the potential to change the way we look at the world, and at our own culture. “Soft Power” is at its most powerful when Xūe criticizes American society and democracy in ways that are frankly hard to refute. “Communism in China has raised hundreds of millions out of poverty. “But here in America, you have too much freedom,” he says to DHH in one of many such pointed observations. “You really believe your voting will force the rich to give up their money? Here, you cannot even force your mentally ill to give up their guns. “

Francis Jue as David Henry Hwng

Conrad Ricamora and Kendyl Ito as father and daughter

Conrad Ricamora and Francis Jue

Alyse Alan Louisas Hillary Clinton and company

Conrad Ricamora and Alyse Alan Louis

Alyse Alan Louis and Conrad Ricamora

Soft Power at the Public Theater Play & Lyrics by David Henry Hwang Music & Additional Lyrics by Jeanine Tesori Choreography by Sam Pinkleton Directed by Leigh Silverman. Orchestrations by Danny Troob; music direction and supervision by Chris Fenwick; dance arrangements by John Clancy; scenic design by Clint Ramos; costume design by Anita Yavich; lighting design by Mark Barton; sound design by Kai Harada; sound effects design by Bart Fasbender; video design by Bryce Cutler; hair, wig, and makeup design by Tom Watson; special effects by Lillis Meeh; music contracting by Antoine Silverman; and additional orchestrations by Larry Hochman and John Clancy

Cast: Billy Bustamante (Xue Xing Standby), Jon Hoche (Chief Justice/Hāli Aòhālā/Ensemble), Kendyl Ito (Jing/Prof. Lǐ Bìyù/Ensemble), Francis Jue (DHH), Austin Ku (Bobby Bob/Jū Míng), Raymond J. Lee (Randy Ray/Yáo Tuō/Veep/Ensemble), Alyse Alan Louis (Zoe/Hillary), Jaygee Macapugay (Betsy/Lóng Lín Kūn/Ensemble), Daniel May (Ensemble), Paul HeeSang Miller (Ensemble), Kristen Faith Oei (Ensemble), Geena Quintos (Airport Greeter/Ensemble), Conrad Ricamora (Xue Xing), Trevor Salter (Ensemble), Kyra Smith (Ensemble), Emily Stillings (Swing), Emily Trumble (Zoe/Hillary Standby), and John Yi (Swing). Running time: 2 hours including one intermission Tickets: $105 to $150 Soft Power is on stage through November 10, 2019

Soft Power Review: David Henry Hwang’s Sly Reverse Chinese Musical about America David Henry Hwang was attacked by an unknown assailant with a knife and nearly died. That experience, along with the playwright’s shock at the results of the 2016 Presidential election and his oft-expressed ambivalence towards the patronizing but gorgeous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I,” all make their way into “Soft Power,” an unusual musical by Hwang and composer Jeanine Tesori that inventively and oddly presents the themes of East-West divide that Hwang has long explored in such works as “

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Baltimore’s Mayor, Catherine Pugh, Resigns Amid Children’s Book Scandal

If you were a medical system executive, would you purchase $500,000 for children’s books written by a member of your Board of Directors: (1) Yes, (2) No? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

After weeks of mounting pressure, Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore resigned on Thursday amid a widening scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of children’s books that she wrote and that the University of Maryland Medical System paid for while she was serving on its board of directors.

Her resignation comes days after the Baltimore City Council proposed amending the city charter to make it possible to remove her, and after the F.B.I. raided her two homes and her office at City Hall.

Ms. Pugh stepped down from the hospital network’s board, which she had served on since 2001, but she had resisted calls to step down as mayor. She has been home on medical leave for weeks. Her lawyer told reporters previously that she was too ill to make decisions. Bernard Young, president of the Baltimore City Council, has been serving as acting mayor and will complete the rest of her term.

“I am sorry for the harm that I have caused to the image of Baltimore and the credibility of the office of the mayor,” Ms. Pugh said in a statement read aloud by her lawyer, Steve Silverman, at a brief news conference that she did not attend. “Baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward.”

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who appoints the board of the University of Maryland Medical System, applauded Ms. Pugh’s resignation in a post on Twitter.

“This was the right decision, as it was clear the mayor could no longer lead effectively,” he wrote. “The federal and state investigations must and will continue to uncover the facts.”

Ms. Pugh has been under intense scrutiny since March, when The Baltimore Sun reported that she was one of nine members of the board of the University of Maryland Medical System who had profited personally from contracts with the hospital system.

When the scandal broke, Ms. Pugh maintained that there was nothing illegal or unethical about her deal to sell her “Healthy Holly” children’s books, which promote nutritious food and exercise, to the hospital network. The books were to be donated to Baltimore schools and day cares.

She apologized for failing to report the deal on disclosure forms when she was a state senator and returned the most recent payment of $100,000.

But questions continued to swirl over who authorized the contract and how many of the books actually reached children, especially after thousands of books were discovered untouched in a school warehouse. Ms. Pugh has received $500,000 since 2011 from the medical system for the books. Other entities, including Kaiser Permanente, reportedly paid her an additional $190,000 for the books.

Federal agents remove items from the home of Ms. Pugh last month.CreditJohn Strohsacker/Getty Images

“This whole entire episode has been hurtful to the city,” said Jill Carter, a state senator representing Baltimore who has been pushing to limit self-dealing on the hospital network’s board. “Those of us who are holding elected office now, it is incumbent upon us to do everything in our power to restore the public trust.”

Ms. Carter said she began investigating the hospital network’s contracts after hearing complaints from minority-owned businesses that it was impossible for them to bid on contracts, while politically connected board members received lucrative deals that did not go through normal channels of procurement.

Ms. Carter noted that other board members reaped far more from the hospital network, including Francis X. Kelly, who advocated the privatization of the hospital network as a state senator, and went on to obtain $16 million in contracts through his insurance company, Kelly & Associates Insurance Group.

“It’s been very troubling to me that so much focus has been placed on the mayor that there has been too little scrutiny and too little desire to investigate the other members,” Ms. Carter said.

The hospital network’s website lists Mr. Kelly as being “on leave” from the board, along with three other members who had business contracts. He did not return a call seeking comment Thursday.

A recent bill passed by Maryland’s General Assembly will replace the medical system’s entire board in July, and generally prohibits future board members from receiving no-bid contracts.

Michael Schwartzberg, a spokesman for the medical system’s management, said it would not be issuing a statement on the mayor’s resignation.

Ms. Pugh, who was elected mayor in 2016, has long been a fixture in the city’s politics. She previously served as a state senator and majority leader in Maryland’s General Assembly. Her resignation comes after a series of other corruption scandals in the city have shaken faith in Baltimore’s government. Last year, six Baltimore police officers pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging corruption trial that included robbing a motorist of $25,000 and dumping garbage bags full of stolen prescription drugs on the market.

The city, which endured riots and unrest in the wake of the 2015 death in police custody of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, has seen four police commissioners cycle through since Mr. Gray’s death. Last year, former police commissioner Darryl De Sousa pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to file income tax returns. In 2010, another Baltimore mayor, Sheila Ann Dixon, resigned after being found guilty of misappropriating gift cards for the poor.

Joanne Antoine, executive director of Common Cause Maryland, a nonpartisan watchdog organization, said her group has received several calls from people expressing a loss of faith in Ms. Pugh. But Ms. Antoine said she is heartened by recent proposals brought by Baltimore City Council members to tighten ethics disclosure rules and make it easier to remove the mayor.

“I think we’re on the verge of recovering from all of this,” she said. “We believe the City Council is taking steps to move forward.”