On the road right now, which makes it kind of difficult to post, but this caught my eye: the new trailer for HAIRSPRAY:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=17651
“Hairspray to hit the big screen! Click now to watch this hot trailer featuring all the stars including John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes and more! “
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Dancehunter (huh, just mistyped that Dancehunger, Freudian slip perhaps?) got a fantastic interview with Alison Crawford, the Artistic Director for Cirque’s Corteo. The whole interview is well worth reading, but I especially like this bit, about how Cirque’s philosophy of performance and technology work together:
"Corteo is one of the most technical touring shows that we have. We have had some major technical work and always need to make sure the fluidity is working. We added a lot of the show and have done a considerable amount of tweaking to get to where we are today. It’s got to grow with …read more
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In my day job, I am covering a public hearing. Parents are upset because of arts funding cut in our district. One made a very practical argument, and I honestly think it’s the only argument that has any hope of actually making a difference: that is, we live in a visual and storytelling world. Our country more and more is becoming (sometimes, admittedly, to our embarrassment) the world’s entertainer. So why not accept that? Make our kids the greatest artisans and performers, and reap the benefits?
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Yesterday I got to renew my acquaintance with the dancer Colleen Coy, who is performing choreography by Maureen Janson with tonight’s opening of “The Pearl Fishers”, an opera by Georges Bizet (better known for Carmen). Rather than transcribe, I wanted to just let you hear her own words, and especially the energy and enjoyment that comes through in her voice when she talks about working with the opera.
I was curious, since I’d found a lot of differences moving from the theatre world to the dance world in terms of production methods, to see if she had any difficulties–or particular joys–in …read more
Aside from the fact that 75% of my progeny (aka, 3 daughters) are in this, I’m also the tech director. Gonna be some great stuff, and tickets will go fast, so grab ‘em while you can!
Proud Theater Presents:
Proud Theater: Plugged In
DATES: May 10th, 11 th and 12th, 2007
WHEN: 7:30 PM
WHERE: In the Drury at the Bartell Theatre
113 E. Mifflin Street – Madison, Wisconsin
TICKETS: $10 – available at The Bartell Theatre 9-4 M-F or
by credit card at 608-204-0280 or by reservation for ‘Will Call’ at 608-661-9696, Option #1
EVENT AND PERFORMANCE INFO: contact Proud Theater
Think the youth in America …read more
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While I am, admittedly, really excited about seeing the Madison Opera’s rendition of the Pearl Fishers (even in nosebleed seats, the thought of Bizet that I’m not familiar with is like knowing that your favorite band just released a new album), this other event caught my eye via a very informative artist’s blog:
OH, FORTUNA
Inspiration for this exhibition stems from the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s scheduled performance of Carmina Burana in May. Orff’s music provides cohesion for the variety of art photography, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture and painting that comprises the exhibition. The symphony’s themes of fate, color, sensuality, balance, lust, hedonism, …read more
Well, the reviews are coming in, and they aren’t pretty. “Starts out dumb and gets dumber” is one of the kinder statements. See the chum-filled waters yourself:
” The result? Lyrics like “She’s confused about gender/She’s been too long at sea” truly stink, as do the stagnantly staged stretches of boring screeching and mushy recitative. “- the Village Voice
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…but with all the bad reviews and horror stories pre-opening, I can only say that I hope the Pirate Queen has managed to patch all her leaks…
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While getting coffee at Escape Coffee House, there was a young woman in line in front of me who looked vaguely familiar. When you’ve lived in a town as small as Madison for as long as I have, that’s an easy thing to have happen, but I couldn’t place her, until she recognized me and reminded me of her name, Colleen Coy, and that she’d been a part of Li Chiao-Ping Dance company during several of their concerts I tech-directed.
She told me she’s now dancing with the Madison Opera, and will be performing with them this Friday as they present:
The …read more
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I’m all for records, and for milestones, but every once in a while there’s one or two that simply boggle the imagination.
8000 Performances.
Now, I know there are some of you out there who are not into Mr. Webber’s music. You are sick of it, and wish he (and Mr. Rice, I’ve heard tell) would just put their music away for an eon or two and then be featured in a retrospective.
Sorry. I’m not with you on this one. Perhaps it’s because this is the music I’ve sat around the piano with my daughters and sang. Perhaps it’s because in the …read more
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