Artful Prague Nov 20, 2009
The gloomy wonders of Prague. (5) - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
The Incredibly Beautiful Architecture of Prague Nov 20, 2009
"The creators of Artbreak used the book , by Mihaly Cskszentmihlyi, as a philosophical touchstone. But toward the end of the week, I sometimes felt it had been Jared Diamond's , so exhausted was I by becoming a culture vulture. Still, it was worth it to drag myself to the evening performances. One night we saw the avant-garde, five-man dance group Les Slovaks Dance Collective. In the lobby before the performance were traditional Slovak dancers, the women in dirndl skirts, the men in boots... (Slate)
Ashkenazy reveals Prokofiev's postwar hope Nov 17, 2009
The opening work, Ashkenazy's assemblage of scenes from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, burst forward with a refreshing splash of colour and richness from the strings and maintained a poised thread of stylistic irony throughout. Ashkenazy has taken love music from the opening, moving through masked ballroom flirtations, to end with the fight scene and duel of Act II.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Turnbull early scratching Nov 4, 2009
Prokofiev emerged as the top composer, with three scores in the top 10: two from Peter and the Wolf plus his work for the ballet Romeo and Juliet. Tchaikovskys The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Rimsky-Korsakovs Flight of the Bumblebee, Pachelbels Canon and two pieces from the Disney animated film Fantasia, including Dukass The Sorcerers Apprentice, were also in the top 10 proof that music from popular storylines rules the nursery. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
romantic exoticism Nov 4, 2009
This is not the place to trace the long and complex history of how the transcendent, irrational, self-destructive passion of a Romeo and Juliet came to be considered the birthright of every European citizen; but this conviction which continues to shape much of our thinking about relationships, marriage, and the family found its mature form during the Romantic age. So thoroughly has love become identified with romance that the two are now generally taken as synonyms, disregarding the earlier... (Harper's Magazine)
Annual int'l dance, drama festival opens in Beijing Oct 31, 2009
The Chinese works will also be complemented by foreign works as "Don Quixote" by the American Ballet Theater and "Romeo and Juliet" by the British TNT Theater. Editor: Mu Xuequan. (Xinhuanet, China)
What would Borat say? Kazakh orchestra to visit MIT Oct 28, 2009
Under the direction of two rising conductors, French conductor Christophe Mangou and Kazakh conductor Kanat Omarov, the program will begin with the Symphony Orchestra performing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy, followed by Sergei Rachmaninoff s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Kazakh pianist Jania Aubakirova. Kazakh traditional music ensemble Turan will perform a traditional composition, titled Kerogly, in addition to traditional songs. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Big Mac ordered for a big occasion Oct 23, 2009
00004000 Highlights are: Nigel Jamieson's Ngurrumilmarrmeriyu (Wrong Skin), inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and featuring the Chooky Dancers from Elcho Island; New York's independent theatre group Elevator Repair Service performing its acclaimed adaptation of William Faulkner's 1929 novel The Sound and the Fury; and Adelaide's youthful theatre troupe The Border Project joining the Sydney Theatre Company's permanent ensemble, The Residents, for Vs Macbeth. The STC's artistic directors,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sheridans WYO Theater reaches milestone Oct 6, 2009
She told of a time when Sheridan businesses chipped in so local children could attend a national touring companys production of Romeo and Juliet. . (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Brick City: Newark's Real Reality Show Sep 21, 2009
Its easy to get hooked on the real-life soap opera of Jayda Jacques and Darel Creep Evans, two gangbangers caught up in a Romeo and Juliet type of relationship. Shes a Blood. (Slate)
Object of a new desire Aug 31, 2009
Just as Romeo and Juliet gripped the Elizabethans, Tennessee Williams's drama A Streetcar Named Desire has blazed across stage and screen for decades. It's been made into an opera (by Andre Previn), a ballet and three films, most famously by director Elia Kazan in 1951, with Brando, Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter in the leads. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cops Missed Earlier Chance to Save Jaycee Aug 30, 2009
One of the reasons that police cannot keep track of the high risk offender is that the Registries include Romeo and Juliet offenders, the 18 year old who had sex with his 14 year old girl friend who said and acted as if she was 16. There are also many sex offenders who are considered low risk and yet they are on the same registry and displayed the same as the highly dangerous predator or the psychotic individual. (CBS News)
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West Side Story is the product of four Jewish geniuses: Leonard Bernstein (music), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), Arthur Laurents (book, based on Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet ) and Jerome Robbins (choreography). It revolutionized musical theater in 1957, not only with its volatile subject matter of gang warfare and a gritty look at urban life and prejudice in the 1950s, but in the way dance was totally integrated with character and narrative. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Local theater companies approach a new season Aug 28, 2009
20-28); and Shakespeare's enduring tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet" (April 17-25). Launched in 1996, the theater company focuses on plays for children and their parents. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New symphony conductor says nothing beats a game of hockey Aug 28, 2009
Best theatrical performance: "Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' at the Globe Theater, London, England.". Favorite sports event to watch: "By far, ice hockey. Growing up with so much hockey in our family, it was hard not to watch. Nothing beats a live game! I played a lot of soccer and tennis when I was younger. I still hit the ball around from time to time.". (Sioux City Journal)
Andre Prokovsky, dancer and ballet choreography Aug 22, 2009
He was especially known for evening-long productions that choreographically retold familiar stories from literature or opera, among them Anna Karenina (Australian Ballet, 1979), The Three Musketeers (Australian Ballet, 1980), Dr. Zhivago (CAPAB Ballet, South Africa, 1983), Romeo and Juliet (London City Ballet, 1985), and La Traviata (London City Ballet, 1989). He also staged his own versions of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty, as well as dance sequences in operatic productions by... (Boston Globe)
* [SOFT COVER : US] Shakespeare on the Chinese stage Aug 16, 2009
Also discussed are Taipeis Shakespeares Wild Sisters (f@) company (notably its Crazy Scenes of 2002, based on episodes featuring madness extracted from Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear and Othello), the Golden Bough Theaters (Kt) Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) Yumei and Tianlai (P) of 2004, based on Romeo and Juliet, and the Godot Theaters (G@) Kiss Me Nana (kaRR) of 1995, based on The Taming of the Shrew. But the question nevertheless remains as to what... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Aug 14, 2009
TSO and Per Poc (IKX_VS. Per Poc) brings together the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (O_T) with the Per Poc puppet company to present Prokofievs Romeo and Juliet. The production will also feature actress Lang Tsu-yun (a) narrating the story, and the orchestra will perform under the baton of guest conductor Domonkos Heja. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
I Capuleti E I Montecchi Aug 13, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Reviewed by Peter McCallumAugust 13, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hatred creates an illusion of indifference Aug 11, 2009
The story of Romeo and Juliet is as old as Pyramus and Thisbe, which was told 1500 years before by the poet Ovid, who inherited it from the Greeks. Although I Capuleti e i Montecchi is not based on Shakespeare's play, Bellini was aware of the earlier sources for this tale of the young lovers whose lives end so tragically. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ballet play 'Romeo and Juliet' rehearsed Aug 4, 2009
Ballet play "Romeo and Juliet" rehearsed at Royal Opera House in London ... Ballet play "Romeo and Juliet" rehearsed at Royal Opera House in London ... Dancers Vladimir Shklyarov and Alina Somova perform as Romeo and Juliet during a rehearsal for the Mariinsky (formerly the Kirov) Ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House in London August 3, 2009. (People's Daily Online, China)
From the Royal Ballet back to where it all began Aug 4, 2009
Plum roles in the coming season include the Prince in The Nutcracker and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. "It s a dream come true," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* [CLASSICAL DVD REVIEW] Jul 29, 2009
Its no coincidence that Bellini had earlier written an operatic version of Romeo and Juliet, called I Capuleti e I Montecchi, also featuring love in the face of family hostility. Now, in his final re-telling of an old story, the heroine goes mad when she comes to believe, wrongly, that her man has gone off with someone else; but this time the couple is re-united in an unexpectedly happy ending. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Stern-Elliott duo to perform at SunnyBrook Jul 22, 2009
This year, she is performing a late Beethoven sonata, a Rachmaninoff prelude, Chopin's 4th Scherzo and movements from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet suite. She is pleased to play this beautiful music at SunnyBrook in advance of her appearance at the Colorado festival. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Fated Love, Vibrantly Alive Jul 8, 2009
IT takes stars to fill Ken neth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet," and American Ballet Theatre has them ... "Romeo and Juliet" still resonates today as a story of conflict that boils up and erupts long after its reason is forgotten. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Thursday TV: Ned Kelly Uncovered Jul 8, 2009
To distract her, the Romeo and Juliet of the crew, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), have made her their wedding organiser. Yes, at long last, tonight there's going to be a wedding and a conclusion to the will-he/will-she dilemma that has plagued the series for five seasons. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ballet's Ageless Icon Back Onstage Jul 6, 2009
THE first time Frederic Franklin played Friar Laurence in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet," he was nearly 86 ... ABT will toast him with Champagne on Thursday night, when they also dedicate its "Romeo and Juliet" performance to him. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The right direction : Shakespeare festival starts sixth season Jun 28, 2009
A sixth week was added to the third season, with Wild directing Twelfth Night and Barnes directing Romeo and Juliet. It was a switch for both directors; Barnes usually directed the comedies and Wild directed the tragedies. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Why don't girls play guitar? Jun 21, 2009
India's Romeo and Juliet tragedy. Green tea 'slows prostate cancer. (BBC News)
Consequences of US overtures Jun 21, 2009
India's Romeo and Juliet tragedy. Suspicions behind Iran poll doubts. (BBC News -- Americas)
Sweet surrender Jun 20, 2009
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Iranians braced for crucial day Jun 20, 2009
India's Romeo and Juliet tragedy ... India's Romeo and Juliet tragedy ... Romeo and Juliet tragedy in Indian village. (BBC News -- Africa)
Rejuvenating Kunqu Opera Jun 19, 2009
The play is regarded as one of the most romantic stories in Chinese literature and is often compared to Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. According to producer Bai Xianyong, the storys theme of love and beauty still resonate. (Xinhuanet, China)
ABT Opens With International Buffet May 20, 2009
From upcoming repertory, Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes danced an impetuous, passionate balcony scene from Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet.". Angel Corella went so over the top with bravura flourishes and chest gripping in "Le Corsaire" that you had to smile, while Michele Wiles gave power to the hunt scene from "Sylvia.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
B'way ticket availability through Sunday, May 24 May 18, 2009
"West Side Story." The Sharks and Jets return to New York in a revival of the classic musical loosely based on "Romeo and Juliet." Palace. Ticketmaster. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Summer events listings May 17, 2009
May 21-June 7: Romeo and Juliet. Tickets: $12-$48. (Boston Globe)
Letters to Sunday Datebook May 11, 2009
Her Juliet partnered with David Palmer in 1994 remains the finest "Romeo and Juliet" performance I've seen. Thanks to Helgi Tomasson for bringing it back in its '94 format next year. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Executive director takes note of the Fresno Philharmonic's successful season May 10, 2009
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and a program with music inspired by Romeo and Juliet will also be standouts. For the pops audience, we'll present the Five Browns on their five Steinway Pianos, a spectacular Cirque de la Symphonie show complete with acrobats and aerialists accompanied by classical music favorites, and an evening of the Great American Songbook called Simply Sinatra with Steve Lippia, whose voice bears an uncanny resemblance to ol' Blue Eyes. (Fresno Bee)
Rick Steves: What's new in Europe for 2009 Apr 19, 2009
A park stretches past a variety of fun restaurants to a romantic new pedestrian bridge named for Dom Pedro and Dona Ins (Portugal's Romeo and Juliet). Eastern Europe. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Tenor Bostridge offers a master class in Schubert Apr 6, 2009
Ian Bostridge walked onto the stage at Jordan Hall on Friday night like a bashful sixth-grader about to recite an embarrassing scene from "Romeo and Juliet." He shuffled, he blushed, he wouldn't meet our eyes. By the end of the evening, a remarkable thing had happened. (Boston Globe)
State Symphony Capella and Orchestra of Russia -- Gala Concerts 2009 Mar 28, 2009
Furthermore, the Orchestra will perform M. Glinka's ``Ruslan & Luldmila'' as well as P. I. Tchaikovsky's ``1812 overture'' and ``Romeo and Juliet'' fantasy overture. The SOS Children's Villages is one of the most prominent and exquisite organizations established worldwide, in 130 countries, acting for the care and growth of abandoned children, starting from a very small age until they are adults. (Primezone Releases)
New rules make artists dance for their supper Mar 28, 2009
He took lead roles in Symphonic Variations, Romeo And Juliet and Tales Of Beatrix Potter, which will screen in a filmed version at Australian cinemas next month. As a child, McRae's goal was to follow his father, Phillip, into drag racing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Is West Side Story Overrated? Mar 25, 2009
Is West Side Story Overrated. West Side Story Overrated. (Time.com)
‘Little Women’ performances scheduled at Prairie Arts Center Mar 25, 2009
He has also worked with Summer Stage Playhouse in Annie and Take Me Along and Princeton;s Festival 56 in The Scarlet Letter, City of Angels, Once Upon a Mattress, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet. Recently, he was proud to join the board of the Illinois Theatre Conservatory. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
From Victim To Killer, For Opera . . . And Love Mar 23, 2009
" While they never give each other technical advice, he says, they do affect one another's performance. Take last season's "Romeo and Juliet," when Alagna, in a dress rehearsal, played the bedroom scene opposite the lovely Netrebko in little more than a shirt. Opening night found him wearing little blue shorts. Whose idea was that? "It was a little bit tricky," he laughs. "They gave me a sort of, I don't know, very short underwear. It was right for the situation, but Angela didn't agree. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Ballerina' focuses on great Russian dancers Mar 22, 2009
As the film shows, those who graduate from the corps de ballet demonstrate a near obsessive work ethic that belies their seemingly effortless star turns in "Swan Lake," "Romeo and Juliet" and other classic dances. " 'Ballerina' is the story of a permanent metamorphosis," says director Bertrand Normand. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'West Side Story' revival gets a cultural makeover Mar 20, 2009
Like Romeo and Juliet, the play that inspired it, the musical sets the already extreme emotions generated by first love against the irrational forces of hate. The tale of a doomed romance between the sister of a Puerto Rican gang leader and the co-founder of a posse of all-American hoodlums was pretty hot stuff when West Side Story opened on Broadway in 1957. (USA Today -- Life)
Yo-Yo Ma's global musical laboratory comes to Symphony Hall Mar 6, 2009
In November in Qatar, the group premiered its new multimedia chamber arrangement of "Layla and Majnun," the epic Central Asian opera based on the ancient love story that Ma describes as "the 'Romeo and Juliet' of the Azeri-Persian-Arabic world." It's included on the second of the two Celebrity Series programs that Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble will bring to Symphony Hall on Sunday and Monday as part of a North American concert tour sharing the fruits of the last 10 years. The Globe caught up... (Boston Globe)
Macabre royal tale given fado flavour Feb 24, 2009
Bentley may have gone a little too far with this: Nobody in West Side Story harps on about Romeo and Juliet. The libretto gives Pedro a job in the morgue, which makes it easy for him to spirit Ins's body off to the local cathedral for the denouement. (Globe and Mail)
Review: Tricky performance was easy to love Feb 23, 2009
Like the Shakespearean drama that inspired it, Sergei Prokofiev s ballet version of Romeo and Juliet is a marathon course paved in potholes for performers. Clocking at two and a half hours in its full form, the score is packed with finger-numbingly fast passages, angular contrasts, gargantuan climaxes and peculiar rhythms. (Missoulian, MT)
'Cinderella' moment for chorus master Feb 22, 2009
" Last chance to see 'Wives' An intriguing updating of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" featuring an all-youth cast, winds up today with performances at 2 and 7 p.m. at Sydney Laurence Theatre. Alaska Theatre of Youth has a mission of making the Bard's plays work for juvenile players and audiences. At Alaska Pacific University, more Shakespeare with pre-adult actors, with TBA Theatre's more traditional reading of "Romeo and Juliet" at 3 and 7 p.m. in Grant Hall. Anyone who's caught either of these... (Anchorage Daily News)
Weekend Highlights Feb 19, 2009
Romeo and Juliet runs through March 15 at the Children s Theatre Company of Minneapolis (612-874-0400). The company also has its last performances of The Gruffalo this week through Sunday. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Dramatic inspiration Feb 17, 2009
His resume includes "Romeo and Juliet," a "Midsummer Night's Dream," and "The Tempest.". This has come about because of an unusual partnership between Codman Academy and the Huntington Theatre Company. (Boston Globe)
Love is a many splendored thing: Local orchestra will blend jazz, orchestra, dance and Ol Blue Eyes in the name of love (19) Feb 15, 2009
Typically, a Valentine s concert would involve the Romeo and Juliet s Romantic Symphony by Howard Hanson and love arias from famous operas, said Dollinger. But this year, I thought of a different way to enjoy the love of your life The era of Big Band and early jazz has some of the most heartwarming and familiar tunes to ignite passion, love, and memories of youthful bliss. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Shakespearean drama "Romeo and Juliet" hails at opera interpretation Feb 13, 2009
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Pulse set the scene for romance with a preview of the upcoming Romeo and Juliet operatic adaptation at Crouse College. It will soon be filling the halls of the Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater at the OnCenter. (Daily Orange, NY)
Stage on screen has never looked so good Feb 8, 2009
In fact, Caesar and Cleopatra makes the 1993 CBC recording of Romeo and Juliet starring Megan Follows look like one of those illegal Broadway bootlegs you find on YouTube. So, yes, people unable to make it to Stratford, Ont. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
