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British Equity Worries About Increase In Nudity Requests

From Arts Journal

"Fears have been raised [by the actors' union] about the increasing number of acting jobs that require nudity, and the possibility that actors refusing to take their clothes off at castings are being denied work." The Stage (UK) 05/22/13 ... Quick Read

Georges Moustaki, 79, French Singer-Songwriter

From Arts Journal

"He was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star, the most famous of which was 'Milord' ... Developing a reputation as a singer in his own right in the mid-1960s, the hirsute and heavily bearded Moustaki achieved fame with songs including the immigrant ballad 'Le Métèque' and 'Ma Liberté', a hymn to the 1960s free-living spirit." Reuters 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Orlando Philharmonic Buys Itself A Theater

From Arts Journal

The orchestra "is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where [it] will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz, comedy and contemporary music shows." Orlando Sentinel 05/21/13 ... Quick Read

Mary Ward Brown, Prize-Winning Short Story Author, Dead At 95

From Arts Journal

"[She was] a small-town farmer's daughter who resumed a literary career 25 years after putting it aside to run the family farm and raise a son, producing award-winning short stories set in the Deep South and a poignant memoir of life in rural Alabama." The New York Times 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Turning Timeless Film Classics Into Two-Minute Trailers

From Arts Journal

"Of late, though, Criterion has brought its touch to the trailer business with an entertaining and thoughtful series of online promotional teasers that interpret, rather than simply hype, their films - in less than two minutes." The Atlantic 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Granta Is Now Hemorrhaging Staff

From Arts Journal

"A slew of high-profile departures from the prestigious literary magazine and publisher Granta has left staff reeling as owner and philanthropist Sigrid Rausing steps up to take full control of the company." The Guardian (UK) 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Ballet pays homage to Canberra

From The Australian

THE work of Garry Stewart, artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre, has never looked as tame as it does in Monument. ... Quick Read

Long After the Initial Shock, Modernism Still Delivers

From WSJ

Too often, artists do little more than titillate the cognoscenti by being as deliberately "transgressive" as possible, in the process shocking innocently earnest viewers who fail to realize that transgressive art has no purpose other than to shock. ... Quick Read

Disinaugural Blues

From The New Republic

“Holy fucking shit,” said Adam Kokesh from the stage at the Clarendon Grill, in Arlington, Virginia. “For those of you who weren’t there, it’s hard to understand the courage, the literal courage it took to hand out those flyers today.” Kokesh was the doyen of the Disinauguration Ball, a gathering of “liberty activists” – or, if you want to get technical, “anarco-capitalists” – who had gathered to anti-celebrate Barack ... Quick Read

Date Night Pick from Mara?s Playlist: The Hypocrites? Pirates of Penzance

From Boston Herald

Through June 2, 2013American Repertory Theater (Loeb Drama Center) in Harvard SquareTickets: $25-$45Click here for more information ... Quick Read

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British Equity Worries About Increase In Nudity Requests

Georges Moustaki, 79, French Singer-Songwriter

Orlando Philharmonic Buys Itself A Theater

Mary Ward Brown, Prize-Winning Short Story Author, Dead At 95

Turning Timeless Film Classics Into Two-Minute Trailers

Granta Is Now Hemorrhaging Staff

Ballet pays homage to Canberra

Long After the Initial Shock, Modernism Still Delivers

Disinaugural Blues

Date Night Pick from Mara?s Playlist: The Hypocrites? Pirates of Penzance

THINGS WE LIKE

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