The Guthrie welcomes 17 accomplished local actors and vocalists who have all appeared on the Guthrie's stages during their careers to complete the artist line-up as the vocal ensemble for Behold A Gala Performance, honoring 50 years of the Guthrie, tonight, June 22, 2013. Accompanied by a 12-piece orchestra helmed by Musical Director Andrew Cooke, the ensemble will perform songs from some of the greatest musicals of all time, in unexpected ways.
- 6/22/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Director Andrew Cooke fills us in on his Tff 2007 doc about the seminal graphic artist, now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Eight years ago, two brothers decided to make a documentary about one of their childhood heroes. We saw the story of an innovative artist and writer as a vehicle to confront prejudices about an art form we dearly loved but which has been dismissed by 'serious' critics as childish and unsubstantial: the comic book. Sure, Crumb and American Splendor were magnificent films, but they were about eccentrics, social outcasts. Odd balls. Will Eisner was different. First off, the guy wore a business suit. During his 60-year-plus career, he brilliantly walked that delicate tight rope between commerce and art, and in doing so created some of the most enduring art of the 20th century. He was the godfather of the modern graphic novel (a phrase he coined) and his seminal...
- 8/27/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
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