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New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Looking back at grand ole days of Broadway — with Tonys around the corner
Grand ole days on B'way In 1626 Peter Minuit, a Westphalian and this colony's first governor, bought New York for 60 guilders. About $24. Nearly what a B'way show's intermission drink costs today. Canal Street was then a tangled mass. Still now. New 1600 arrivals could not buy land. They were tenants. Powerless. Still now. All belonged to the haughty land-owning patroons. New settlers argued with powerful Minuit who favored the patroons. Still now. Think Albany, Washington. Think — or try to — of your landlord. So today — just a lousy few hundred years later — it's Tony time. And who really knows every nominee? Talented, able, but our massive public knows a Sarah Snook? Sadie Sink? James Monroe Iglehart? And why so expensive when these leads aren't commanding A-Number-One movies? I mean, it's not like film star salaries. Not like Jennifer Lawrence schlepping Stage Left in her underdrawers. Also, how newly wildly exciting are these 'new' shows — 'Gypsy,' 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'Sunset Blvd.'? When they first opened the subway was a nickel. Older folk don't want to sit home and just watch cops and robbers on Netflix. Yeah, we got stars — Denzel, Gyllenhaal. They're doing 'Othello,' also happening is a riff on 'Romeo and Juliet.' Nice. Great. But new? I mean, please. Shakespeare hasn't written anything — not even a letter to his mother — in weeks. Audiences include the aging. Our citizenry now includes canes, wheelchairs, hearing aids. Needed are longer intermissions. Ladies' cans are always downstairs, which means lumbering through the crowd, limping downstairs, waiting for a free stall then schlepping back up. We're in that theater longer than the actors. Broadway is New York. Foreigners from faraway lands like Montana, Utah, schlep here to see Broadway. Central Park they don't need. They got cows pooping on their front lawn. It's here everybody wants to be. It's New York. It's 'Give My Regards to Broadway.' Nobody's humming 'Say Hello to South Dakota.' Anyone taking pictures of themselves in front of a fire hydrant in Montezuma? And the cost? A drink at intermission with a tip could cost $30? For another $12 you could be the show's investor. Maybe someone to watch their child or someone to watch who's watching their child? How about maybe a hotel — and transportation? Car, taxi, Uber, a pedicab that charges more than a divorce lawyer just to haul your behind four blocks? Keep up with today's most important news Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters And now — tada! — the Tonys. Sunday. Nothing more exciting than maybe watching a rerun of the Knicks. I can't remember anything else this exciting since my first night behind the schoolhouse with that kid who flunked history — but passed everything else. What could be better? Maybe checking Biden's penmanship. Still need an activity? See if Mrs. Biden's hair colorist now charges her. Or accompany Hunter to lift one corner of the rug in the Lincoln Bedroom. So, this theatrical agent told his client: 'If you carry out my instructions, I'll make a big star out of you.' Actor: 'Great. What's the first thing I have to do?' Agent: 'First thing is get an extra cot in your room so I can move in with you.' Only in New York, kids, only in New York.
RNZ News
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
2000s electropop group Minuit announce New Zealand reunion tour
This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Electropop group Minuit – French for 'midnight' – are set to play a number of reunion shows this winter, including dates in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. The three-piece burst onto the Aotearoa music scene in the early 2000s. Comprised of frontwoman and singer Ruth Carr and multi-instrumentalists and producers Paul Dodge and Ryan Beehre, the group is perhaps best known for their breakthrough album The 88 (2003) and hit single 'Aotearoa' (2009). Frontwoman of electropop group Minuit, Ruth Carr Photo: Dennis Thorpe The distinctive charisma of Carr's voice and her unique vocal style – which Carr has previously said is inspired by Nina Simone – creates a cohesive sound, yet no song is entirely alike. The band spins synth sounds, sub bass and breakbeats into fizzing electro-soundscapes, a heady bed for Carr's catchy vocal melodies. The infectious pulse of a drum machine drives the songs. Minuit put out a total of seven albums from 2003-2012. On later albums, they began to experiment with incorporating more organic and acoustic instruments. The band ultimately called it quits after the release of 2012's long player Last Night You Saw This Band . Ruth Carr joined Maggie Tweedie on Music 101 to chat about Minuit's reunion tour this August and their success in Aotearoa.
