Profile for sinister teashop

AC126748 said: "I saw a regional production several years ago that had the horrible idea of casting men as the two primary female characters. (The less said, the better.) Despite that regrettable choice…

A few generations back, gay male playwrights were attacked by certain critics for what they saw as phony female characters who were really disguised gay men. That was crude and homophobic but then it seemed to swing back to an equally crude response where gay t

“James885 said: "Yeah he’s not planning on renovating the building, he’s planning on tearing it down. And of course the newly constructed building - if it even happens - will be stripped of Kennedy‘s name.

Congress needs to do its job, step up and stop this man from wrecking one of this country’s great cultural institutions."

I would prefer Congress first deal with his personal extra-judicial militia that is assas

BrodyFosse123 said: "Changes in foreign titles has always been common practice for decades.

Here are the titles used for Spanish productions:

WEST SIDE STORY became AMOR SIN BARRERAS (Love without Barriers)

THE SOUND OF MUSIC became LA NOVICIAREBELDE (The Rebel Novice/Nun)

BYE BYE BIRDIE became UN BESO PARA BIRDIE (A Kiss for Birdie)

THE MUSIC MAN became VENDEDOR DE ILUSIONES (Seller of Illusions)

FLOWER DRUM SONG beca

bwayobsessed said: "Maybe if their entire history wasn’t based around having 300 unpaid interns while raking in enough money to hire movie stars they’d have a more sustainable business model…"

The unpaid intern issue has sunk them, with among other things that were out of their control. But I don't know if I would agree that their entire history was based on the exploitation of interns. It began more or less as a summer festival for the Yal

I like the gambit of drawing audiences to Williamstown with the louche provocations of JOH but I fear there is not enough money in the coffers of the Festival to do it justice, which is a disservice to JOH (no matter what you think of him) or the Festival’s audience or the continuing legacy of the Festival itself. The cultural demographic that created the Festival died some time ago even if many of its audience members are still alive. Time for the Festival to reinvent itself as somethi

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "sinister teashop said: "Has Peter Gelb or anyone else in the nyc opera establishment ever extended any help to this company? Have they even uttered a word of support for them?"

Ever? Surely. But there are limited meaningful ways thatthe Met (or Gelb personally) could help them in the short-term. Your post just feels like an attempted dig at Gelb.


Surely? Where and when?

I am seriously m

• Sometime this year, in the coming months, The Kennedy Center will switchto Ticketmaster for ticket sales.
• Trump, Grenell, and their cronies will intentionally bankrupt the organization. (This isn't news at this point).
• The Kennedy Center will no longer be a non-profit.
• Trump and his clan will call it a "democrat failure"

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whatever2 said: "kdogg36 said: "blaxx said: "I wonder who DOES perform there now."

The National Symphony Orchestra is the remaining major resident performing arts organization. They'll obviously have a harder time finding a suitable replacement venue, given their audience size and more intensive performance schedule, but I have to believe they won't be there too much longer, either."

i hope you're right, but IDK