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A world of reflections

From The Australian

THE strength of the National Gallery of Victoria's Monet exhibition is in the artist's later garden pictures. ... Quick Read

The Rite thing

From The Australian

STRAVINSKY wrote The Rite of Spring 100 years ago and caused a riot.  Why do choreographers love this pioneering ballet music? ... Quick Read

Shades of Gray

From The Australian

HE stereotyped the sexes in Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. Now John Gray's new book, on women at work, treads a similar path. ... Quick Read

Hooked on classics

From The Australian

SIMON Stone says he "steals" from and "corrupts" the classics. Playwright Andrew Bovell says this is "lazy" and "conservative". Who's right? ... Quick Read

L.A.'s UnCabaret At 25

From Arts Journal

For a quarter-century, "it's been a place to hear unvarnished, rough-edged ideas being tried out ... It brought in funny people from the huge Hollywood talent pool ... and freed them to talk about things in their own lives." Founder Beth Lapides's key instruction to performers: "When you get onstage, do the material that, if you don't do it, your head is going to explode." NPR 05/20/13 (includes audio) ... Quick Read

'A Terrible Evil': Edgar Allan Poe Writes About His Wife's Illness and Death

From Arts Journal

"In a passage buried deep in this long letter full of business chatter and gossip, Edgar Allan Poe recounts the story of his wife Virginia's 1847 death from tuberculosis and describes his own desperate reaction" - and reveals some insight into his own use of alcohol. Slate 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Florida Grand Opera Can't Find Stage Big Enough For Tristan

From Arts Journal

"Florida Grand Opera has postponed Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for a season and will be performing Massenet's Thaïs in its place for the 2013-2014 season. The decision to wait was made when the company could not find large enough stages in Miami and Fort Lauderdale." The Miami Herald 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Alec Baldwin Says Movies Are Abandoning Great Acting To Television

From Arts Journal

"When I started out in the early 80s, two-thirds of the movies made were very cast specific, meaning: 'We need that woman to play the psychiatrist and that man to play the judge.' Now that's down to one quarter. ... Cable TV is the bastion of great acting now." The Guardian (UK) 05/23/13 (includes video) ... Quick Read

What's Really At The Root Of The Culture Wars? Onanism

From Arts Journal

Hugo Schwyzer: "The questions that self-pleasure raises are foundational: to whom do our bodies belong? What is sex for? Tell me how you really feel about masturbation, and I can more or less predict how you'll feel about the more frequently debated 'sex war' issues." The Atlantic 05/22/13 ... Quick Read

Images From The Birth Of British Modern Dance

From Arts Journal

"In the process of a move from [Rambert Dance Company's] old London base in Chiswick to their new South Bank headquarters, photographs of their history have been catalogued for the first time, providing a fascinating record of how an artform was created - and an audience for it." The Guardian (UK) 05/23/13 (slide show) ... Quick Read

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