Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Marlee Matlin’s Brief But Spectacular take on deaf actors in Hollywood
CANVAS Arts: At the Academy Awards this coming Sunday, the film "CODA" is nominated for three awards, including best picture. One of the main actors in "CODA," Marlee Matlin, has brought strong characters to the screen for 35 years. Tonight, she shares her Brief But Spectacular take on uplifting deaf actors and others in the disability community in Hollywood.
The Jim Henson Company Craftspeople Speak Out on Work Conditions
The Hollywood Reporter: On his first day on set in November 2019, a puppet wrangler on Disney+’s Earth to Ned — a talk show spoof starring an alien puppet and produced by The Jim Henson Company — was told by another, more senior wrangler not to address one of the show’s star puppeteers, Kevin Clash, directly.
A new opera about Emmett Till has polarized its creators and its critics
Deceptive Cadence : NPR: At a recent rehearsal for Emmett Till, A New American Opera, composer Mary D. Watkins demonstrated her melodies with a pianist. The 82-year-old said that working on this project has been cathartic, in a sense. She was born just two years before Till was, and can remember the day she learned the 14-year-old boy from Chicago was beaten beyond recognition, shot to death and dumped in the Tallahatchie River.
Olga Smirnova Leaves Bolshoi Ballet After Denouncing War
mymodernmet.com: Russian ballerina Olga Smirnova has shown her disdain for her country's invasion of Ukraine by leaving the Bolshoi Ballet. Smirnova, a prima ballerina who has been with the historic company for a decade, will now dance for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. Her decision lends another voice to the Russians who are denouncing Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.
ProEnglish Theatre in Kyiv: It’s Important that Art Doesn’t Stop during War
The Theatre Times: On the first day of the Russian invasion, the ProEnglish Theatre in Kyiv, the only English-speaking theatre in Ukraine, transformed its premises into a bomb shelter for artists and locals. But they’re not just sheltering from the dangers of war, they’re continuing to make art for their community. Borisav Matić speaks to the director, actor, teacher and founder of the ProEnglish Theatre, Alex Borovenskiy about the current moment and the history of the theatre.
