Theater
Quickies: Billy Joel Donates Bösendorfer, Mentally Ill Orchestra, No More Artists' Quarter Jazz, 'Hamlet' Selfies, 'The Crucible' Ballet
UPDATE: London's Apollo Theater Cancels 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' Until 2014
UPDATE: All performances of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' have been canceled until January 4, 2014. In a statement on the Nimax Theatre group's website, the company described the Apollo Theatre tragedy as both “shocking" and "upsetting." Those with tickets for the play--adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon's novel of the same name--should contact their initial point of purchase. From the Met to Covent Garden, Even with Glitches, Live Opera Broadcasts Are Here to Stay
"There is this cultural kind of gladiatorial aspect to opera singing and opera singers because they are out there, they are singing into [hidden] microphones for the purpose of the audiences in movie theatres but they are not being amplified, they are on their own." -- Peter Gelb
