Igor Stravinsky

Theater: Not So "Good People," Fine "Timon," Lovely "Nightingale" and No KO for "Beautiful Burnout"

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Frances McDormand, The Waltons, Robert Lepage, Theater, Broadway, Boxing, St. Ann's Warehouse, Igor Stravinsky, Richard Thomas, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

GOOD PEOPLE ** out of **** TIMON OF ATHENS *** NIGHTINGALE *** BEAUTIFUL BURNOUT ** GOOD PEOPLE ** out of **** Manhattan Theatre Club at Samuel J. F...

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What Is Wrong With the Arts?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yo-Yo Ma, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Tennessee Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Rubinstein, Merce Cunningham, Alvin Ailey, Arts Management, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Arts, Richard Rodgers, Igor Stravinsky, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

The arts are in a parlous state, but contrary to popular belief, it isn't the fault of unions or the absence of arts education in our schools. The arts are in trouble because there is simply not enough excellent art being created.

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The International Street Cannibals' Spicy Chamber Music

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Ellsworth, Franklin Chen, Amanda Mottur, Handel, John Mulkerin, Cello, Anya Migdal, Megan Sipe, International Street Cannibals, Bach, Dan Barrett, Composers, Manhattan School of Music, Chamber Music, Dan Cooper, Classical Music, Alphorn, Taka Kigawa, Gene Pritsker, Lynn Bechtold, Gleason's Gym, Parkside Lounge, Dimitri Dover, Sound Liberation, Strike, Igor Stravinsky, St. Mark's on-the-Bowery, Telemann, New York News
Peter Christian Hall

I was expecting something unpredictable early in 2007, when I made my way to Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn to watch the iconoclastic classical musicians and composers known as the International Street Cannibals mix it up with some young boxers.

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MUSEUM EXHIBIT: Diaghilev And The Ballet Russes On Display In London

artdaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sergei Diaghilev, Museums, Ballet Russes, Art Exhibits, Victoria and Albert Museum, Picasso, Chanel, London, Igor Stravinsky, Henri Matisse, Arts News

LONDON.- The V&A's major autumn exhibition, "Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909--1929", will explore the world of the influential...

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WATCH: DANCE IN THE MUSEUM: Diaghilev And The Golden Age of Ballets Russes

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Diaghilev, Serge, CoCo Chanel, Victoria and Albert Museum, Pablo Picasso, Geoffrey Marsh, Ballet, Leonard Blavatnik, Picasso, Chanel, Igor Stravinsky, Henri Matisse, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Crane.tv's video leads us through the impressive journey that is Serge Diaghilev's creative career as the mastermind behind Les Ballets Russes, his cr...

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Coco and Igor (A Mayor Koch Review)

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CoCo Chanel, Audrey Tatou, Thomas Farley, Coco-Chanel-and-Igor-Stravinsky, Aj Abucay, New York Insider Productions, Brooke Astor, Igor Stravinsky, Entertainment News
Ed Koch

This film received mixed reviews from other critics. I enjoyed it immensely, and think it is well worth seeing.

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America's Cheesiest Charttoppers (Part 2)

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mouth & MacNeal, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods, America, Cole Porter, Neil Young, Morris Albert, Charlene, Terry Jacks, Odia Coates, Helen Reddy, Billy Joel, Starship, Jennifer Lopez, David Geddes, Bruce Johnston, Barry Manilow, Ohio Express, Igor Stravinsky, Les Crane, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, Bobby Goldsboro, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

A carton of Maalox later, l submit the following tracks for induction into the Worst Hits Hall of Fame.

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Love Among the Geniuses

Debra Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Percy Adlon, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, Alma Mahler, CoCo Chanel, Gustav Mahler, Mahler on the Couch, Igor Stravinsky, Arts News
Debra Levine

Two recent biopics depict the torrid love lives of great artists -- one of our favorite subjects.

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HuffPost Review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky Movie Review, Mads Mikkelsen, CoCo Chanel, Anna Mouglalis, Marshall Fine Movie Review, The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The chemistry between the haughty Chanel and the reserved Igor is sizzling. The film opens a window into two very different creative minds and shows the sparks they strike.

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Bless This House

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leos Janacek, Dmitri Shostakovich, Tyler Angle, Ballet, Michelle Williams, Bruno Moretti, Alexei Ratmansky, Salzburg Festival, Brussels Opera House La Monnaie, The Rake?S Progress, W. H. Auden, Robert Wilson, Ashley Bouder, Paris Opera, Philip Glass, Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, Gérard Mortier, Opera, George Balanchine, Charles Wuorinen, Peter Martins, Film, Christopher Wheeldon, Peter Gelb, Rudolph Bing, Goeran Gentele, The Markopulos Case, Pierre Boulez, Mauro Bigonzetti, Brokeback Mountain, Metropolitan Opera House, Pelléas Et Mélisande, Einstein on the Beach, Wendy Whelan, Death in Venice, Heath Ledger, Gesamtkunstwerk, Debussy, Entertainment News
Norman MacAfee

The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Opera, is dark as it undergoes a year of renovation. It is a house of past and perhaps future artistic importance in two art forms.

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