TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageFranco Zeffirelli Franco Zeffirelli, revered Italian director, dies aged 96The Guardian - Chris WiegandFranco Zeffirelli, one of Italy’s most revered artistic figures, has died at the age of 96. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Zeffirelli was staggeringly prolific and equally celebrated as a director
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsAndy Warhol The Death of the No. 1 Partygoer in New Yorkthecut.com - Matthew Schneier Miles and Joe Dallesandro at the premiere of “Heat,” 1972. “Sylvia Miles Doesn’t Attend Every Party,” ran the New York Times headline in 1976, “She …
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsBob Dylan On the Road With Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and the Rolling Thunder RevueRolling Stone - Nat Hentoff Backstage at the Rolling Thunder Revue, Allen Ginsberg (who has just dedicated his book of First Blues to “Minstrel Guruji Bob Dylan“) asks the …
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageThe Theatre Female playwrights star in new National Theatre lineupThe Guardian - Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondentKate Tempest’s reimagining of a Greek classic and an adaptation of a short film created by the Guardian are two of the standout productions in the National Theatre’s upcoming season, which features more
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsNative Americans 'It's long overdue': the first exhibition for Native American female artistsThe Guardian - Nadja SayejWalk into most museums and there might be something missing on the wall labels beside Native American artworks – an Apache dress from the 19th century might just read: “Title, year, materials.” What’s
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageGwen Verdon How Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell Captured Broadway’s Hottest Meet-Cute in Fosse/VerdonVanity Fair - By Julie MillerMichelle Williams, Sam Rockwell, and Tony-winning Broadway director Thomas Kail on Fosse/Verdon’s most ambitious scene. As Emmy nominations approach, Vanity Fair’s HWD team is diving deep into how some
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StagePlay buttonTony Awards Billy Porter thinks there's a big problem with how we respond to men in dressesMashable - Rachel ThompsonBilly Porter has been the talk of the town this week after donning a showstopping dress-suit hybrid to the Tony Awards. Fashioned out of the Kinky Boots curtain — yes, curtain — Porter's Tony's outfit
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsBruce Springsteen In a Culture War Over the Military, Bruce Springsteen Stands AloneTIME - Andrew R. ChowSome musicians make songs praising troops, like Toby Keith (“American Soldier”) and Kid Rock (“Warrior”). Others rail against war, like M.I.A. (“P.O.W.A.”) and Neil Young (“Let’s Impeach the President”).
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsKurt Vonnegut What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us NowThe New Yorker - Salman RushdieI first read “Slaughterhouse-Five” in 1972, three years after it was published and three years before I published my own first novel. I was twenty-five years old. 1972 was the year of inching slowly toward
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsWalt Whitman Walt Whitman: celebrating an extraordinary life in his bicentennialThe Guardian - Julianne McShaneIn July 1855, a pair of Scottish immigrant brothers, Andrew and Thomas Rome, published about 800 copies of a book of a dozen poems at their Brooklyn Heights printing press. The title of the text, Leaves
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsDrinking Bartenders Pick The Best Bottles Of Bourbon For National Bourbon DayUPROXX - Christopher OsburnThe summer is full of food and drink related holidays. Some of them are less important (we’re looking at you National Tapioca Day), but others deserve a whole week instead of just one measly day. The includes
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsWilliam S. Burroughs When William S. Burroughs met Bob Dylanboingboing.net - David Pescovitz Music critic Casey Rae's new book William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll explores the vast influence that Burroughs had on musicians both …
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsPlay buttonBob Dylan The Inside Story of Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese’s New ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ DocRolling Stone - Andy Greene Early on in Martin Scorsese’s new documentary The Rolling Thunder Revue, Bob Dylan tries to explain the idea behind legendary 1975/76 tour and quickly …
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageEntertainment Here Are the Best, Weirdest and Wildest Moments of the 2019 Tony AwardsTIME - Melissa LockerJames Corden is aware that you may not have seen Hadestown, The Boys in the Band, Ain’t Too Proud or To Kill A Mockingbird. He knows that it’s expensive and midtown Manhattan is a nightmare and there lot
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StagePlay buttonRyan Murphy Billy Porter Arrived a Long Time Ago. The World Finally Caught Up.Esquire - By Justin KirklandHalfway to an EGOT, the red carpet revolutionary and Pose standout opens up about an abusive childhood and his place in Hollywood. Billy Porter’s youth was defined by departures. At eleven, he left the
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsPlay buttonBruce Springsteen Springsteen Saxophonist Clarence Clemons Documentary Out This SummerRolling Stone - Ilana Kaplan Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen’s longtime saxophonist, is set to be the subject of a documentary feature that will arrive this summer. For 40 …
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageTony Awards Review: As Broadway Gets Bigger, the Tonys Get BlanderThe New York Times - By MIKE HALEIt was duly noted, early in the 73rd Tony Awards, that the festivities followed a record year on Broadway — more tickets sold and more dollars grossed than ever. But the tight, tinny, careful show broadcast
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsPlay buttonMusic Dr. John Celebrated at Second Line Tribute in New OrleansRolling Stone - Daniel Kreps New Orleans musicians and hundreds of citizens paid tribute to the late Dr. John with a traditional “second line” parade through the Big Easy …
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsPlay buttonBob Dylan Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A user’s guideLos Angeles Times - By Randy LewisThe background: When Bob Dylan toured for the first time in eight years in 1974 following his near-fatal 1966 motorcycle accident, he was backed by The Band for a triumphant tour dubbed Before the Flood
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageHillary Clinton Two-Time Tony Winner Laurie Metcalf Reveals Her Pre-Show Ritual: 'I Can't Stand Doing It'People - Nigel SmithThe actress could win a third Tony award for her performance as Hillary Clinton in Hillary and Clinton Laurie Metcalf will return to the Tony Awards this Sunday for the third time in three years having
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsPlay buttonBruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars reviewThe Guardian - Alexis PetridisThe 19th Bruce Springsteen album has been heralded as a dramatic break from tradition. So dramatic, in fact, that in the interviews accompanying its release, Western Stars’ author has felt impelled to
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageAward Shows Tony Awards 2019: Who Will Win, Who Should WinRolling Stone - Peter Travers The numbers are in: This Broadway season broke attendance and box-office records (nearly $2 billion), which should really juice up the Tony Awards …
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsBob Dylan The Inside Story of Bob Dylan's Finest HourThe Wall Street Journal. - Wesley StaceThe first leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue was his finest hour onstage, a tour without precedent that brought a crazy, cosmic road show to a small theater near you on extremely short notice: 31 shows 23
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsDavid Crosby Watch David Crosby Field Questions About Prison, Infidelity and Living With a Trump SupporterRolling Stone - Andy Greene David Crosby might not seem like the obvious candidate for an advice columnist. After all, this is a man that has abused just about every drug in the …
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageBooks Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay wins the PEN Pinter prizeThe Guardian - Press AssociationLemn Sissay has won the PEN Pinter prize, set up in memory of playwright Harold Pinter. Sissay, 52, who was an official poet for the London 2012 Olympics, grew up in care and has spoken about how he was
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsBooks Tommy Orange: ‘Maybe Jack Kerouac made more sense for a different generation’The Guardian - Tommy OrangeI'm ashamed not to have read Conrad's Heart of Darkness The book I am currently reading I’m always reading too many books at once, but most notably: The Idiot by Elif Batuman, and I’ve just finished Mouthful
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsPlay buttonPatti Smith Patti Smith Details New Memoir ‘Year of the Monkey’Rolling Stone - Angie Martoccio Patti Smith has announced a new memoir, Year of the Monkey. Published by Knopf, the book will be released on September 24th. Year of the Monkey …
TTony Penninoadded this to Page and StageThe Theatre Everything We Know About ‘Bitter Wheat,’ David Mamet’s New PlayThe New York Times - By HOLLY WILLIAMSLONDON — Word that the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet was working on a #MeToo-related play first emerged in February 2018. “I was talking with my Broadway producer and he said, ‘Why don’t
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik MusingsBruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Sets Out for Wide Open Territory on ‘Western Stars’Rolling Stone - Will Hermes There have been times throughout Bruce Springsteen’s career when California has called. He named a song for the state after his parents moved there …
TTony Penninoadded this to Beatnik Musings American Icons: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Part 2slate.com - By Studio 360 Listen to this episode of Studio 360 by clicking the arrow on the audio player below: Slate Plus members get extended, ad-free versions of our …
