“The theater was packed for a 9 p.m. Saturday screening of the Martin Scorsese film when the moviegoer complained about a woman near him using a cellphone. The woman and two men with her left the theater. But sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said two men returned a few minutes later and stabbed the victim.” With a meat thermometer. Los Angeles Times 03/10/10

“Martin Benson, 72, and David Emmes, 71, won’t be retiring, the theater said in a statement, but will continue under the title of founding directors, advising their successor and taking “an active role” in finding and developing the new plays that have been South Coast’s leading claim to fame.” Los Angeles Times 02/05/10

“After struggling in recent years, the ART has created a splash on the cultural scene this season. Under new artistic director Diane Paulus, the company’s first two productions – both immersive, interactive, unconventional takes on Shakespeare – are selling out and attracting many who rarely go to the theater.” Boston Globe 01/24/10

“Making poetry work as theatre is not without its difficulties, though. Theatre needs oxygenation: movement, energy, argument. It takes brilliance and effort to bring something as dramatically inert as monologue to life. And, of course, it needs to be visual, too.” The Guardian (UK) 01/22/10

“The reasons that conductors’ gender is still an issue for us are twofold: there are still too few female conductors in charge of orchestras (apart from Jane Glover at the Royal Academy of Music, there are no women currently in posts high up the orchestral or operatic hierarchy anywhere in Britain), and the methods and opportunities for training conductors here are pitifully patchy.” The Guardian (UK) 01/22/10