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Coupled with this was the problem for young conductors trying to learn their repertory out of the spotlight. An overnight success could make a name, but at what cost? Michael Tilson Thomas, for example, sprang to fame in Boston by substituting for William Steinberg and then spent the next two...
Not coincidentally, by the late 1920s German publications were leaders in that pursuit. The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, or BIZ, boosted circulation to 2 million with a new journalistic form, the photo story. Under editor Kurt Korff and publishing director Kurt Safranski, anywhere from two to five pages of BIZ, heavily...
Now 3.14159 . . . is once again as American as apple pie. Or nearly so. Using U.S.-made supercomputers, two Columbia University mathematicians have established a new record: 480 million digits, a number that, if printed out linearly, would extend 600 miles. The feat was accomplished by David and Gregory Chudnovsky, Soviet...
The roster of current or recent offerings on stages around the U.S. is as remarkable for its diversity as for its proficiency. Santeiro's Mixed Blessings, an adaptation of Tartuffe as a loving lampoon of nouveau-riche Cuban Americans, is the sprightliest and most polished, and it proves the axiom...
Temptation is the fourth of Havel's plays to be staged at the Public; a fifth, Slum Clearance, is scheduled later this year. Unfortunately, the Public's loyalty does not always result in illuminating productions. Temptation retells the Faust legend and evolves into a grimly believable portrait of life in...