The Long, Slow Implosion Of Woodstock 50: A Timeline

MUSIC Posted: August 1, 2019 6:03 am

“January 9, 2019: Everything’s Just Peachy …
March 5, 2019: … Or Is it?”
– Vulture

Books that made me
Clive James recently filled out the Guardian’s “Books That Made Me” questionnaire. I was so struck by his answers—as well as the questions themselves—that I ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Cell phones and Slave Play
The thirty-ninth episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Just because: Janet Baker sings Berlioz
Janet Baker sings Berlioz’s “Le spectre de la rose” (from Nuits d’été) with Herbert Blomstedt and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1972: (This is ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Almanac: Mary Renault on human possibility
“It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly.” Mary Renault, The Persian Boy ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Hannah Svensson And Friends
One of the highlights of the 2019 Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival was a concert by Hannah Svensson. Now, Ms. Svensson’s new album, Places And Dreams, ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2019-10-13
Is Porgy a “Stereotype”? — Take Three
Kevin Deas Kevin Deas, the exceptional bass-baritone who is the anonymous “Porgy” of my previous blog, has written to me at greater length about singing ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2019-10-13
This Week’s Top Audience Stories: Hacking Your Local Arts Organization To Fit Your Needs
This Week’s Insights: Hacking your arts experience… When audience controls live-streaming of course there are issues… Why Netflix on Broadway is a win win… And ... read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts AudiencePublished 2019-10-13
A Matter of Attribution & Legacy
The LA2-Keith Haring Story . . . Angel Ortiz Filmed and edited by Brian Neff and Alicia Angel. “The art world has disfigured the ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2019-10-13
Is Porgy a “Stereotype”? — Take Two
Sidney Poitier as Porgy Of the interesting emails I received in response to my American Scholar review of Porgy and Bess, the most informative was ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2019-10-11
Comment on Fashion and Dance Get Married by Farrell Dyde
Symmetrical and never boring. ... read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2019-10-11
On his own hook
In the online edition of today’s Wall Street Journal, I review Second Stage’s Broadway transfer of the original Chicago production of Tracy Letts’ Linda Vista. ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-11
Replay: Stéphane Grappelli and George Shearing play “Sweet Georgia Brown”
Stéphane Grappelli and George Shearing play “Sweet Georgia Brown” in Stéphane Grappelli and His Quartet. Dave Goldberg is the guitarist, Coleridge Goode the bassist, and Ray ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-11
Almanac: Trollope on power
“Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-11
“The Frick Breuer”? Metropolitan Museum May Hand Over the Keys for the Whitney’s Rental in July…
…or maybe not. The Metropolitan Museum last year had agreed to let the Frick Collection take over the Met’s lease next summer on the ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2019-10-10
The walls of an abyss
In today’s Wall Street Journal I review an important New York opening, the Irish Repertory Theatre’s off-Broadway revival of Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol. Here’s an ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-10
After Domingo, what?
In this week’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column, which appears in the online edition of today’s paper, I discuss the case of Plácido Domingo. Here’s an ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-10
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 ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-10
Why “Porgy and Bess” and the Met Need One Another
To read my review of the Met’s new “Porgy and Bess,” just posted online by “The American Scholar,” click here. It begins: That the Metropolitan ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2019-10-09