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The DVD of the video Bart posted above has a delightful commentary track by Franklin.

I logged in out of curiosity to see what seats were available. On the first two nights, they have four seats together in the back row, far side of the first tier. That's it. Does Kennedy Center accept donations of tickets people can't use? That might explain it. Nothing else is available for the run, but if other donations come in, that might change.

Yes. Those donated tickets can show up for sale at any time.

Before moving to the Duke campus ADF was based at Bennington in Vermont and then Conneticut College..

Here's a tangential supplement to the discussion about a recent Russian literature event:

putins-dead-poets-society

just FYI

I think the embassy staff (perhaps one of the cultural attaches) could have given her a perspective on Russian society and workplaces.

The US does not allow a citizen to choose to become stateless. Since she's not a Russian citizen, and hasn't claimed to be a citizen of anywhere else, she could not renounce her US citizenship. Russia allows dual citizenship in any case; were she to become a Russian citizenship, she could retain her US citizenship.

It just troubles me that in everything I've read she never looked to US authorities in Moscow for protection or guidance. I also know her life has been completely post-Soviet. However this is still Russia, land of pogroms and purges and the ex-KGB still wields lots of authority. The Bolshoi was never an isolated shrine to artistic purity.

It's just sad.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/new-york-city-opera-to-auction-instruments-and-other-items/?ref=arts

New York City Opera to Auction Instruments and Other Items By MICHAEL COOPER

One harpsichord, used, a veteran of many a recitative. A five-octave celesta. A whole percussion-section worth of instruments, including drums, a gong and even a cowbell.

The instruments — which belong to the now-bankrupt New York City Opera — will be auctioned off on Dec. 12 at 10:30 a.m., along with some costumes, scenery and the old office phone system in an online sale being billed as the “Last Chance to Own a Piece of Opera History.”

I keep wondering if any of the personnel at the US embassy was consulted by, or could have helped, Womack about the tax issues or how things work in Russian institutions. It's hard to believe that she was so blinded by her art that she was only listening to people on the inside and never went for a reality check from anybody without a stake in the Bolshoi Ballet.

During this period ABT used children in Petruchka, La Sylpide (in the reel) and in Etudes. SJP could easily have been on stage with ABT in that capacity and I wouldn't put it past a fashion, entertainment, or human interest reporter to be uniformed enough to assume and report that she was a company member.

Maybe she was one of the little girls demonstrating the five position at the opening of Etudes or a child extra in Petrushka.

Very aggressive marketing, but the thing opens tonight and they have an awful lot of seats to sell. Does DC have a TKTS 1/2 price ticket sale booth like New York?

The centralized source for tickets in DC is called TicketPlace and Goldstar also offers 1/2 price tickets.

Following the URL automatically activates the discount offer that I posted.

You will receive offers based on past attendance.

In addition, the subscriptions manager for the KenCen has a special Yahoo group that he will send offers to when tickets are made available to him. This was the source of the offer I posted.

When times were better, and they just wanted bodies in the seats he even gave out comps on occassion, but that almost never happens now.

Another email offer:

The Kennedy Center is offering a special discount offer for $25 orchestra seats for Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty performances on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m., and Friday matinee, November 15 at 1:30 p.m.

You can click the link below and your discount will appear automatically. If you call or stop by the Box Office for the discount, be sure to mention Offer Number "166787”

http://tinyurl.com/lmbyldb

I just received this offer in my email. It is good for Wednesday or Friday. Enjoy!

The Kennedy Center is offering tickets at the special price of $25.00 for orchestra seating for the performance of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet in the Eisenhower Theater on Wednesday, November 6 at 7:30PM and Friday, November 8 at 7:30PM. Tickets are regularly as high as $70 in the orchestra.

You can click the link below and your discount will appear automatically. If you call or stop by the Box Office for the discount, be sure to mention Offer Number 166594. See you at the Kennedy Center!

http://tinyurl.com/ohmct2q

KC has lots of taxpayer money to fund these engagements (in additon to private capital donations).

I have to open my mouth here. The Kennedy Center operates under a unique structure. Performances are not funded by taxpayer dollars. The physical plant of the building and the "living memorial to President Kennedy" are operated with tax dollars through the National Park Service. Performances, educational programing, administrative staff, etc. are funded through the Kennedy Center Trust. Performances went on as usual during the federal government shutdown.

Or they gave a way comp tickets and nobody came.

A second is, IF Robbie Fairchild ultimately lands the Jerry role, why has no one yet suggested that Lise be played (if she can muster a credible French accent) by his fiancee/Broadway veteran, Tiler Peck, with whom he shares such great on-stage chemistry?

Peck is working on the "Little Dancer" project which is also aiming for Broadway. She'll be playing the young version of the Degas statue with Susan Stroman directing/choreographing. So Fairchild & Peck could possibly be on Broadway at the same time in the near future, but they would have to find a worm hole that would let them time travel to appear on the same stage at the same time. (I'm being very very silly .)

Thank you for all of the additional information, Natalia.

Lisa

A double alas, I won't be home when it's being show. . One of our other Washingtonians will have to take on reporting duties for both of us.

Just because it's so sweet and goofy:

This clip cheers me up every time I need a lift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHkciz_yYYI

I think we can consider MacLaine a lapsed or hoorary dancer. Remember, she got her break going on as an understudy for the lead dancer (Carol Hainy [sp?]) in a Fosse Broadway show, Pajama Game, when a talent scout from Hollywood was in the audience.

I think we got half a glass (dancer ;) this year.

There's a wonderful moment in Sleeper where Allen and Diane Keaton riff on Streetcar with Allen as Blanche and Keaton as Stanley.