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“On Deadline with Gabe Pressman”: My Starstruck 1973 Profile of the Late Dean of NYC TV Reporters
Back in 1973, clutching a masters degree in journalism from Columbia, I decided to take the class that Gabe Pressman, gave at the New School. This “indefatigable dean of New York’s television reporters” (as described ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-06-26
A New American Home for Italian Contemporary Art
There’s a new kid on the art block in the Hudson River Valley–Magazzino, in Cold Spring, about an hour and 45 minutes north of New York City. I went up to attend its opening on ... read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2017-06-26
Butterflies in the spotlight
Like many other major newspapers, The Wall Street Journal has started presenting special events for its subscribers. The editors approached me a few weeks ago about taking part in a theatrical event, a post-show talkback ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-26
Just because: Agnes De Mille talks about Oklahoma!
Agnes De Mille talks about the making of Oklahoma! (which she choreographed) on Musical Comedy Tonight, hosted by Sylvia Fine and originally telecast by PBS on October 1, 1979: (This is the latest in ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-26
Almanac: Nicholas Hytner on the ultimate reality of theater
“You start with a vision, and you deliver a compromise.” Nicholas Hytner, Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-26
Art for ____________’s sake. What would you fill in?
A few weeks back I was in NYC and had the opportunity to attend a Public Forum event featuring the brilliant Jeremy McCarter reading from his new book Young Radicals: In the War for American ... read more
AJBlog: JumperPublished 2017-06-25
Four Companies, Six Dances
Karole Armitage, Jaqulyn Buglisi, Elisa Monte, and Jennifer Muller join forces. Elisa Monte’s Day’s Residue. Left rear: Clymene Baugher. Jumping (foreground): Scott Willits. Plus Thomas Varvaro, Wade Watson, and Alrick Thomas. Photo: Darial Sneed As ... read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2017-06-24
Lloyd Cole and All the Poets
YOUR humble blogger has been a fan of Lloyd Cole since songs like Lost Weekend and Why I Love Country Music showed up on “alternative” radio in the mid-’80s. I’ve seen him perform and ... read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-06-23
Ethics and Critics: Conflicts of Interest Infect NY Times Reviews
If a newspaper accepted outside compensation for favorable coverage, that would be clearly be a violation of journalistic ethics—a conflict of interest, potentially compromising the integrity of its reports. That’s essentially what’s happening, though, on ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-06-23
The Rust-Belt Country House Opera that Pleases All the Senses
PELLEAS ET MÉLISANDE by Debussy;Garsington Opera at Wormsley;14 June 2017;Mélisande- Andrea Carroll;Conductor – Jac van Steen;Director – Michael Boyd;Designer – Tom Piper;Lighting Designer – Malcolm Rippeth;Movement director – Liz Ranken;Photo credit: © CLIVE BARDA/ArenaPAL; ... read more
AJBlog: Plain EnglishPublished 2017-06-23
This show is not about Donald Trump! (Really!)
In today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Broadway transfer of a British stage version of 1984. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Like all great parables, George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” long ago cast off ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-23
Replay: Garson Kanin talks about Thornton Wilder
Garson Kanin talks about his friendship with Thornton Wilder in a 1987 interview. Kanin wrote Born Yesterday, co-wrote the screenplays for Adam’s Rib and Pat and Mike, and directed the original Broadway productions of The ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-23
Almanac: Thornton Wilder on living adventurously
“The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it, you say to yourself, ‘Oh, now I’ve got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home.’ ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-23
Recommendation: Miles Davis At Newport 1955-1975
Miles Davis At Newport 1955-1975:The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy) Miles Davis’s importance and recognition grew dramatically in the decades covered by the recordings on these four volumes. When he played in ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-06-22
Propwatch – all the stuff in Hir
‘No good ever came from things.’ This line from Hir by Taylor Mac is guaranteed to strike fear into propwatchers. For what is this series but an act of devotion to the innate goodness ... read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2017-06-22
See me, hear me (cont’d)
My most recent appearance on Theater Talk, the weekly TV series hosted by Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel, is being telecast in two parts. As was the case last week, I’m part of a panel ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-22
Burroughsian Credo: ‘Include Me Out’
“Learning a hieroglyphic language is excellent practice in the lost art of inner silence.” — William S. Burroughs, The Third Mind “Cup of tea at dawn a room with rose wall paper wind stirs ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2017-06-22
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-22
Almanac: Thornton Wilder on style
“Style is but the faintly contemptible vessel in which the bitter liquid is recommended to the world.” Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-22
See me, hear me (cont’d)
My latest appearance on CUNY-TV’s Theater Talk, a discussion of the second half of the Broadway season just past, can now be viewed online. The hosts are Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel and the other ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-06-21

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