Re-Tooling Diaghilev's Most Radical Ballet For 2017

"Parade was advertised as the world’s first cubist ballet - mostly in deference to Picasso's designs, but also as a way of explaining the comic, disconnected logic of its fairground scenario and the clash of musical styles and found noise (pistol shots, sirens) in Satie's score. ... But for National Dance Company Wales (NDCW), it is Diaghilev's relation to the Russian revolution that has provided the starting point of its show P.A.R.A.D.E." Judith Mackrell has a look.

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Harold Pinter's Widow Finds Unknown Play - And Prints It In The Guardian

Antonia Fraser: "I did something I've never done before. I scribbled some notes on a page from one of Harold's yellow legal pads because I was waiting for a taxi to go to Mass, and too lazy to go upstairs. ... When I had written the note, I stripped off the yellow page. Then I nearly fainted. Beneath lay Harold's unforgettable handwriting - although rather frail - and a title: 'The Pres and the Officer'. Six pages followed, his handwriting getting noticeably stronger." (includes complete script)

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An Opera Built On Sounds Too Low For Us To Hear

"For most of the work's duration, twenty-four subwoofers, placed with their cones pointed upward, emit electronic tones that vibrate at a frequency of 10.67 hertz, or around ten oscillations per second. ... Human ears can't detect sounds much below twenty hertz, but you register their presence all the same. ... The body is listening even when the ears tune out." Alex Ross checks out Ashley Fure's "opera for objects," The Force of Things.

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After 91 Years, New York City's Notorious Cabaret Law Is Repealed

"A nearly century-old law that turned New York bars into no-dancing zones, prevented singers like Billie Holiday and Ray Charles from performing and drew protest from Frank Sinatra, is finally set to be struck down."

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Man Behind 'Hamilton' Ticket Ponzi Scheme Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud'

"Five other charges related to the pyramid scheme have been dismissed. The development comes just days after [Joseph] Meli's attorneys at Kasowitz Benson Torres - notable for its extensive connections with President Donald Trump - brought a motion to suppress evidence based on alleged government misconduct."

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They're Finally Breaking Ground On DC's Contentious Eisenhower Memorial

"After 17 years of soap opera-like drama - including villains, family squabbles and money problems - the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial has reached its happily-ever-after stage. ... Ushering any construction project through Washington's bureaucracy is never quick or easy, but the Eisenhower Memorial journey suffered multiple setbacks, most focused on architect Frank Gehry's modern design, unveiled in 2010."

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'Today's Gossip Is Tomorrow's News' - Amid The Sexual Harassment Firestorm, A We-Told-You-So By The Founder Of Gawker

Nick Denton: "The headlines are shocking - unless you read Gawker before it was shut down ... Those first accounts of sexual harassment - even if anonymous or thinly sourced - give confidence to victims that they are not alone. Gossip, though it draws those motivated by envy and resentment, is also a tool of the powerless."

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