BroadwayWorld has just confirmed additional casting for the upcoming Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof Alix Korey All Shook Up, Chicago will play Yente, Samantha Massell La Boheme will play Hodel, Ben Rappaport Mr. Robot, Picnic will play Perchik, and Alexandra Silber Master Class will play Tzeitel. In addition, Jessica Vosk The Bridges of Madison County will play Fruma Sarah, Aaron Young will play Sasha, and Julie Benko Les Misrables, Jesse Kovarsky The Death of Klinghoffer, and Silvia Vrskova will also join the cast.
- 8/19/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This week, Vulture will be publishing our critics' year-end lists. 1. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Metropolitan Opera The Met had a rough year: the threat of a strike, conflict over the allegedly terrorist-loving The Death of Klinghoffer, and a nauseating deficit ($22 million!). But once the curtain goes up, such trivial problems fade in favor of much worse ones, like those playing out in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. In Graham Vick’s long-absent vintage production, the soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek made killing your husband, banging his employee, poisoning his father, and going on a death march to Siberia into a hugely entertaining evening.2. St. Matthew Passion, Peter Sellars and the Berlin Philharmonic Sellars reconfigured both the Park Avenue Armory and Bach’s oratorio, performing the piece in the round and bringing out the intimate human currents in a monumental, scriptural score. Led by Simon Rattle, it was also terrific theater. 3. Salome,...
- 12/11/2014
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
When director Peter Sellars and composer John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer had its initial runs in Brussels and New York in 1991, it caused a sensation and a furor. The subject matter, still fresh in the public consciousness, was the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by the Palestinian Liberation Front, and the ruthless murder of 69-year-old Jewish —and wheelchair-bound — passenger Leon Klinghoffer. Considering, for instance, that the aftermath of the public uproar left talented librettist Alice Goodman virtually unable to work, the piece languished for two decades, with major opera houses
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- 10/22/2014
- by Ken Scrudato
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Can you measure the vigor of an art form by its ability to stir up loathing? Last night’s Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer suggested that audiences still respond to opera with passionate disagreements — at least when the opera deals with the Palestinian hijacking of a cruise ship and the murder of one of its passengers. Groups who believe it’s anti-Semitic and want it yanked from the stage mustered a few hundred protesters (surely not thousands, as has been reported), who were penned by police on a traffic island. A few dozen more bought tickets so they could bring their indignation indoors. One was arrested; the rest have now actually seen the opera and can criticize it with authority.It was a tense night. Audience members shouted and shushed; a few pushed past others to stomp up the aisles. I was waiting for...
- 10/21/2014
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
The show must go on, even if the city's former mayor is protesting outside. Also read: Pat Robertson: Jews Are Too Busy ‘Polishing Diamonds’ to Tinker With Cars, Mow Lawns That's what happened Monday in New York, as former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and about 400 protestors camped outside Lincoln Center to protest the opening of “The Death of Klinghoffer.” Also read: Catholic League President Rants Over Gays, Jews in Hollywood During Explosive CNN Interview The docu-opera depicts a Jewish man taken hostage on a cruise ship by Palestinian terrorists in 1985 and ultimately thrown overboard. Protestors outside–many in wheelchairs to portray wheelchair-bound Klinghoffer–shouted.
- 10/21/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
This piece originally ran on Sept. 21, 2014. Last night, The Death of Klinghoffer opened at the Met and was met, as predicted with protesters outside the auditorium — including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani — and hecklers inside. Justin Davidson will have a full review of the opera later today. Will an opera about terrorists ever not be timely? Can The Death of Klinghoffer ever stop incandescing? John Adams’s work had its premiere in 1991, when the events it was based on — the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder of an American passenger, Leon Klinghoffer — were still raw memories. In the years that followed, occasional new productions and weekly bursts of lethal fanaticism kept reactivating the arguments about the opera. Now that it’s finally coming to the Metropolitan Opera, Palestinian hijackers seem almost to belong to another era, before 9/11,...
- 10/21/2014
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
The New York Metropolitan Opera's first performance of The Death of Klinghoffer was met with vociferous protests Monday as demonstrators including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuiliani gathered outside the Lincoln Center to denounce the performance as anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. John Adams' opera Klinghoffer has proved controversial from its very first performances in 1991. The subject matter is based upon the 1985 murder of the wheelchair bound Jewish-American Leon Klinghoffer by members of the Palestine Liberation Front after they had hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro. Composer Adams addressed the controversy shortly before the West Coast premiere of Klinghoffer at
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- 10/21/2014
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
All over Europe, people who had no idea that the Metropolitan Opera was planning to broadcast its new production of John Adams’s The Death of Klinghoffer in November have just discovered that it won’t. The opera, which deals with the terrorist hijacking of a Mediterranean cruise ship and the murder of an American Jew, Leon Klinghoffer, has been dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism ever since its 1991 premiere. There will be time when the production opens at the Met in the fall to chew over the work’s politics and prejudice. For now, the company’s general manager, Peter Gelb, prodded by the Anti-Defamation League, has decided that (a) no, it’s not anti-Semitic; (b) it’s a masterpiece; (c) it’s perfectly fine for the Met to perform it for its heavily Jewish audience (and donors); and yet (d) actually, it might be better if European audiences didn’t get another look,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
After an outpouring of concern that its plans to transmit John Adams's opera The Death of Klinghoffer might be used to fan global anti-Semitism, the Metropolitan Opera announced the decision today to cancel its Live in HD transmission, scheduled for November 15, 2014. The opera, which premiered in 1991, is about the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship and the murder of one of its Jewish passengers, Leon Klinghoffer, at the hands of Palestinian terrorists.
- 6/17/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Pluralism is the defining feature of music at the end of the 20th century – from the minimalist film music of Michael Nyman to the lush sounds of Toru Takemitsu to the spectralist works that explored sound itself, writes Gillian Moore
"We live in a time not of mainstream but of many streams," John Cage mused as he surveyed the musical scene shortly before his death in 1992, "or even, if you insist upon a river of time, then we have come to the delta, maybe even beyond a delta to an ocean which is going back to the skies … "
The 12th and final episode of The Rest Is Noise festival is called New World Order. It may still be too early to have the historical distance to tell what really mattered in classical music at the end of the 20th century. What is clear, however, is that in the closing decades...
"We live in a time not of mainstream but of many streams," John Cage mused as he surveyed the musical scene shortly before his death in 1992, "or even, if you insist upon a river of time, then we have come to the delta, maybe even beyond a delta to an ocean which is going back to the skies … "
The 12th and final episode of The Rest Is Noise festival is called New World Order. It may still be too early to have the historical distance to tell what really mattered in classical music at the end of the 20th century. What is clear, however, is that in the closing decades...
- 12/4/2013
- by Gillian Moore
- The Guardian - Film News
Penny Woolcock scoops best British feature for One Mile Away while international prize goes to Chinese film Here, Then
The 66th edition of the Edinburgh film festival wrapped up on the weekend with a high-profile screening of Pixar's Scots-themed animation Brave, and took the opportunity to dish out a handful of awards – a practice that had been abandoned for last year's controversy-mired event.
The Michael Powell award for best British feature film went to One Mile Away, Penny Woolcock's documentary about the attempt to forge a truce between two London gangs. This follows the Sheffield Doc/Fest's bestowal of its Inspiration award on Woolcock, best known for the opera film The Death of Klinghoffer and the urban musical 1 Day.
Winner of the award for best film in the international feature competition was Here, Then, a study of alienated youth in contemporary China from director Mao Mao, while special mention was given to documentary Papirosen,...
The 66th edition of the Edinburgh film festival wrapped up on the weekend with a high-profile screening of Pixar's Scots-themed animation Brave, and took the opportunity to dish out a handful of awards – a practice that had been abandoned for last year's controversy-mired event.
The Michael Powell award for best British feature film went to One Mile Away, Penny Woolcock's documentary about the attempt to forge a truce between two London gangs. This follows the Sheffield Doc/Fest's bestowal of its Inspiration award on Woolcock, best known for the opera film The Death of Klinghoffer and the urban musical 1 Day.
Winner of the award for best film in the international feature competition was Here, Then, a study of alienated youth in contemporary China from director Mao Mao, while special mention was given to documentary Papirosen,...
- 7/2/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Allen is adapting his 1994 movie for the stage, Matilda wins the public vote at the Whatsonstage awards, and Chortle's female-unfriendly comedy awards shortlist is no laughing matter
Screen to stage
Yet another film is being adapted into a stage musical. This might not sound like news – but the film in question is Woody Allen's Oscar-winning 1994 movie Bullets Over Broadway, and the adapter is Allen himself. You'll recall that the plot follows a struggling writer trying to get a big break into New York theatre. Which all sounds rather wonderfully circular. No word yet on when the show might open or who it might star.
Stage to screen
It's not all one-way traffic, though. Sky Arts announced that it is to broadcast a filmed version of Simon Callow's one-man play about the Bard, Being Shakespeare, while the BBC and Arts Council England unveiled a project of an even more intriguing kind,...
Screen to stage
Yet another film is being adapted into a stage musical. This might not sound like news – but the film in question is Woody Allen's Oscar-winning 1994 movie Bullets Over Broadway, and the adapter is Allen himself. You'll recall that the plot follows a struggling writer trying to get a big break into New York theatre. Which all sounds rather wonderfully circular. No word yet on when the show might open or who it might star.
Stage to screen
It's not all one-way traffic, though. Sky Arts announced that it is to broadcast a filmed version of Simon Callow's one-man play about the Bard, Being Shakespeare, while the BBC and Arts Council England unveiled a project of an even more intriguing kind,...
- 2/24/2012
- by Alistair Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Bingo
Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Bingo
Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.
- 2/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
The Cannes film festival starts today – with a record four women competing for the main prize. Why so few? The key directors talk to Charlotte Higgins about chauvinism and the Croisette
At last year's Cannes film festival, there was an outcry: there was not a single woman in competition for the Palme d'Or. British director Alicia Duffy screened her debut feature in the Directors' Fortnight strand, and British directors Sophie Fiennes and Lucy Walker both took documentaries, but the main competition was an all-male affair: Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and 17 others. This year – perhaps by chance, perhaps as a corrective measure taken by the selectors – there are four female film-makers in contention: Lynne Ramsay, the British director of We Need to Talk About Kevin; Australian Julia Leigh; France's Maïwenn Le Besco; and Japan's Naomi Kawase. This is still only four out of 20 directors – depressingly, the largest number of women ever...
At last year's Cannes film festival, there was an outcry: there was not a single woman in competition for the Palme d'Or. British director Alicia Duffy screened her debut feature in the Directors' Fortnight strand, and British directors Sophie Fiennes and Lucy Walker both took documentaries, but the main competition was an all-male affair: Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and 17 others. This year – perhaps by chance, perhaps as a corrective measure taken by the selectors – there are four female film-makers in contention: Lynne Ramsay, the British director of We Need to Talk About Kevin; Australian Julia Leigh; France's Maïwenn Le Besco; and Japan's Naomi Kawase. This is still only four out of 20 directors – depressingly, the largest number of women ever...
- 5/10/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
Street artist scoops most entertaining documentary prize at Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards
Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
As usual, he did not appear in person to collect the award for Exit Through the Gift Shop– an amusing faux documentacoops prizery – but sent a message to the audience at the ceremony in London tonight.
Jury chairman Emma Hindley said: "The winner was a unanimous decision. It's a flawlessly made film; original and insightful, it asks questions rather than telling you what to think and at the same time, manages to be very, very funny."
The best documentary series went to Patrick Forbes for Channel 4's insight into Hampshire Constabulary in The Force, while Julian Temple's look at industrial and economic decline of America's Motor City in Requiem for Detroit for BBC2 won best historical documentary.
Mugabe and the White African,...
Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
As usual, he did not appear in person to collect the award for Exit Through the Gift Shop– an amusing faux documentacoops prizery – but sent a message to the audience at the ceremony in London tonight.
Jury chairman Emma Hindley said: "The winner was a unanimous decision. It's a flawlessly made film; original and insightful, it asks questions rather than telling you what to think and at the same time, manages to be very, very funny."
The best documentary series went to Patrick Forbes for Channel 4's insight into Hampshire Constabulary in The Force, while Julian Temple's look at industrial and economic decline of America's Motor City in Requiem for Detroit for BBC2 won best historical documentary.
Mugabe and the White African,...
- 11/2/2010
- by Tara Conlan
- The Guardian - Film News
Enjoy our exclusive tasters of Luca Guadagnino's melodrama about a Milanese family, which premiered at the Venice film festival and opens in the UK on 9 April
I Am Love is an operatic, Visconti-esque drama in which an ailing Milanese paterfamilias passes on the family business to his son and grandson, to the discomfort of his wife (played by Tilda Swinton), and their other two children.
Swinton learned both Italian and Russian for the part. The film also features the first film score by John Adams, the composer of such acclaimed operas as Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer.
What do you make of the poster and the trailer below? Shades of Douglas Sirk? Or something of a sensual overload?
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I Am Love is an operatic, Visconti-esque drama in which an ailing Milanese paterfamilias passes on the family business to his son and grandson, to the discomfort of his wife (played by Tilda Swinton), and their other two children.
Swinton learned both Italian and Russian for the part. The film also features the first film score by John Adams, the composer of such acclaimed operas as Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer.
What do you make of the poster and the trailer below? Shades of Douglas Sirk? Or something of a sensual overload?
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- 2/19/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Penny Woolcock (Tina Goes Shopping, The Death of Klinghoffer, Mischief Night) 1 Day stars newcomers Dylan Duffus, Orhan Whyte, Yohance Watson and Tobias Duncan.
Flash (Duffus) wakes up to a phone call from Angel (Watson) announcing that he’s being released from prison and wants the £500k he’d left with Flash for safekeeping. Short of the full amount and pushed for time, Flash is forced to strike a deal with Evil (Duncan) who more than lives up to his name. 1 Day follows Flash’s race against the clock as he’s pursued by a rival gang, the police, his three irate babymothers and his granny. Labled Britain’s first hip hop musical, 1 Day boasts original music performed by the cast. The film mixes hip hop and grime tracks with gospel, reggae and spirituals providing a realistic, vibrant soundtrack to the story.
Filmed entirely on...
Flash (Duffus) wakes up to a phone call from Angel (Watson) announcing that he’s being released from prison and wants the £500k he’d left with Flash for safekeeping. Short of the full amount and pushed for time, Flash is forced to strike a deal with Evil (Duncan) who more than lives up to his name. 1 Day follows Flash’s race against the clock as he’s pursued by a rival gang, the police, his three irate babymothers and his granny. Labled Britain’s first hip hop musical, 1 Day boasts original music performed by the cast. The film mixes hip hop and grime tracks with gospel, reggae and spirituals providing a realistic, vibrant soundtrack to the story.
Filmed entirely on...
- 7/22/2009
- by Leigh
- Latemag.com/film
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