“Like all genuine artists, Kushner writes not as he should but as he must, and his diffuse discursiveness is undoubtedly in part a function of his temperament. Still, the success of Angels in America seems to have confirmed Kushner in the belief that the iron law of economy that governs traditional theatrical storytelling does not apply to him…”
Archives for July 13, 2011
TT: A little traveling music, maestro
Mrs. T and I depart today on a two-week tour of theater companies in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. We’ll be doing a lot of driving, and I thought it might amuse you to know what CDs I’ve packed for the road:
• Pat Metheny, What It’s All About
• The Rockin’ Hammond of…Milt Buckner
• Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far…
• John Wesley Harding, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
• Booker T. and the MGs: The Definitive Soul Collection
• Donald Fagen, Morph the Cat
See you elsewhere!
TT: Snapshot
“All the Cats Join In,” a 1946 Walt Disney cartoon animated by Fred Moore and accompanied by Benny Goodman’s orchestra. This cartoon originally appeared as part of the animated feature Make Mine Music:
(This is the latest in a weekly series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Wednesday.)
TT: Almanac
“I had decided to write about candy because I assumed it would be fun and frivolous and distracting. It would allow me to reconnect to the single, untarnished pleasure of my childhood. But, of course, there are no untarnished pleasures. That is only something the admen of our time would like us to believe. Most of our escape routes are also powerful reminders; and whatever our conscious motives might be, in our secret hearts we wish to be led back into our grief.”
Steve Almond, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America