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L.A.'s UnCabaret At 25

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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

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"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

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"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

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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

Was This Modern Dance Pioneer Forgotten Because She Got Too Cozy With The Nazis?

From Arts Journal

"Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Bronislava Nijinska are regularly invoked to recall a golden age of female creativity and power. These women ... had a transforming influence on the language and practice of dance. And there is one more name that should also be added to the list: the German choreographer Mary Wigman." The Guardian (UK) 05/22/13 (includes video) ... Quick Read

Pina Bausch's Successor Named At Tanztheater Wuppertal

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This summer, four years after Bausch's sudden death, dance educator and former company member Lutz Förster will take over as artistic director of the provincial German company that Bausch made world-famous. He is not a choreographer, and he says that "there will be no new productions until 2015." Haberler (Istanbul) 04/24/13 (in English) ... Quick Read

Tate Britain Buys Constable For £23M To Share With Regional Galleries

From Arts Journal

"A turbulent landscape in which storm clouds and sunlight vie for mastery over Salisbury Cathedral, which John Constable hoped would help secure his eternal reputation as an artist of genius, has been acquired by the Tate ... will be shared and travel between a group of regional museums, including the national galleries of Wales and Scotland." The Guardian (UK) 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

Hirshhorn Museum Director Resigns Over 'Bubble' Project Delays

From Arts Journal

"Richard Koshalek, the high-profile director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, announced his decision to resign by the end of the year after the Hirshhorn board's split vote Thursday on the fate of the Seasonal Inflatable Structure project, informally known as the 'Bubble'." The Washington Post 05/23/13 ... Quick Read

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L.A.'s UnCabaret At 25

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

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

Alec Baldwin Says Movies Are Abandoning Great Acting To Television

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

Images From The Birth Of British Modern Dance

Was This Modern Dance Pioneer Forgotten Because She Got Too Cozy With The Nazis?

Pina Bausch's Successor Named At Tanztheater Wuppertal

Tate Britain Buys Constable For £23M To Share With Regional Galleries

Hirshhorn Museum Director Resigns Over 'Bubble' Project Delays

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