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...directed by Joy Fairfield ’03 and Sabrina Blum ’03. Even for those who saw the Broadway revival 14 times, it will still be worth skipping the Nov. 15 opening of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets to make a trip to period Berlin and party with the debaucherous denizens of everyone’s favorite nightclub. Expect a re-imagined production and an immensely talented, gorgeous cast...
...conclusions are nonsense. Cooper and King's work, they argue, is merely warmed-over theories with a dash of forensic science thrown in. This field has been plowed before, they note, and has yielded nothing conclusive. "People love to speculate," says Marianne Eaton-Krauss, a Tutankhamen expert at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. "But there isn't any evidence...
...opened the papers and thought, 'I said what?'" he recalls. "It's embarrassing, because it's not what I meant and it's certainly not what I think." Let's hope he finds a better translator now that he's made his long-awaited move to the podium of Berlin's legendary Philharmonic Orchestra...
...Rattle was just the palate cleanser they needed after the sometimes difficult tenure of Claudio Abbado, the first maestro to announce his retirement in the orchestra's 120-year history. Rattle signed a 10-year contract and has already overseen some changes. Last year he negotiated a deal with Berlin's government that made the orchestra an independent foundation and gave pay increases to the musicians. And the musicians granted Rattle the right to speak at auditions - a privilege, he proudly notes, "even Karajan didn't have...
...British contemporary art and an admirer of Hirst. He is clearly excited, however, to be moving from a country "where politically the arts are not even on the radar" to one where "the arts are a profound part of the body politic." As the head of one of Berlin's leading institutions, Rattle will play a central role in the cultural life of a city he calls "the de facto capital of the new Europe." The orchestra reflects this internationalism - its three concert masters are an Israeli, a Pole and a Japanese. And whatever linguistic differences may divide them...