Kissing is in the air, and not just because it’s spring and my allergies are attacking my face to death. No. Led by Tino Sehgal‘s “This Progress,” which opened at The Guggenheim back in January and featured “Kiss”, where exclusively male-female couples made out on the rotunda of the museum for like, all day, kissing [...]
SHAMELESS HOLIDAY SELF-PROMOTION: But what’s new around here?
Sorry that the C.C. vibe has atrophied in recent to a mere drizzle of self-promotion. But I HAVE to! “It’s in my nature.” So without further apology… First: I’ve had the immense honor (and enormous pleasure) to assemble the opening musical medley for the illustrious, lustrous, and lustful Justin Bond’s “Christmas Spells” opening tomorrow (Wed, [...]
About The Bacchae
I know it’s been a while since I threw down a bona-fide review around these parts. So I’m breaking silence with some thoughts on The Bacchae, which wraps up its run The Public Theater’s Shakespeare In The Park this week. (Warning: this may fall more under “rant”.) It’s also been a while since I had [...]
Der Bling des Nibelung: Götterdämmerung
Jeez, this NYCO situation just keeps getting sadder. Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that an AGMA union strike was imminent, based on a memo AGMA sent out to its members, calling a strike “likely.” It seems the memo also goes so far as to recognize the possibility that a strike could sink the City Opera for good. [...]
Der Bling des Nibelung
So, enough with the depressing news! As much as it’s fun to report on all the havoc the economic meltdown is reeking upon the arts, it’s just getting too depressing. So I thought I’d lighten things up a bit by presenting a Blingee preview of the Ring Cycle I had intended to bring to NYCO, [...]
How Does NYCO Spell Relief? O-R-C-H-E-S-T-R-A A-I-S-L-E-S
Holy fuck balls! Change has come. On the heals of its image redesign, New York City Opera has unbelievably announced (although the link to the press release doesn’t appear to work) that the State Theater is getting…aisles in the orchestra!!! And Peter Martins is cool with it! I don’t know how long the dispute between [...]
Someone took our advice…
I knew there was something going on–finally–over at NYCO, when I got a press release about NYCO’s upcoming semi-staged production/workshop of The Magic Flute from Lisa Lori. Lo and behold, that wasn’t the only change-up at the company: Mama got a facelift! Isn’t she handsome with her new font and her Flash features? You’re welcome. [...]
Naked Brunch
Salome: Review in brief, and in HD So, C.C. stopped by BAM (a couple Saturday’s ago) to see Karita Mattila get naked in The Metropolitan Opera’s brunch-time simulcast of “Salome.” I mean, come on, that’s not the only reason we went to see it, but it was definitely a draw. But lo and behold, as [...]
To Do: Shameless Self-Promotion
Ten years after coming out, composer/performer/writer Ryan Tracy has one more thing to come clean about: His songwriting. Since 1998, Ryan has written over a dozen songs that chronicle his pursuit of the big gay life. But for inexplicable reasons, these songs have remained trapped in the closet: Until now! BIG RELEASE Original songs by [...]
Wherefore Art Thou Boo?
Today, James Oestreich at The Times reports on a single, lonesome “boo” that was sent into the air after the performance of Webern’s “Five Canons After Latin Texts” during a Friday evening Mostly Mozart Festival concert. I suppose a boo, even a single boo, in our age of concert complacency, is something to report on, [...]
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