Dan Mattingly
Dan Mattingly
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YDA's 'Cripple' gets leadership
Student to direct for first time in history of the Dramat
These days, the Yale Dramatic Association must walk an "imaginary line between mainstream appeal and artistic value," said Lisa Holme '05, the Dramat's production officer. Last year's sold-out fall mainstage, "Batboy," was a rock musical about a...
YUAG to close for two-year renovations
Art
Go to the Yale University Art Gallery; drink in the art while you can. Get your fill of Braque, Monet and Rothko. Come this summer (although no date has been officially announced) the museum is almost sure to shut its doors for an extensive...
Arts Preview: Catch the best of New Haven Catch the best of New Haven
Fall is a busy season for the arts in New Haven. The city's two world-class museums -- the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery -- get rid of their by-now-stale summer exhibits and local artists, in smaller studios around...
Eclectic local band struggles, pounds the pavement to secure a major record deal.
Gargantua Soul has played a lot of different crowds. As the only unsigned act at Woodstock '99, they were in front of some 30,000 people, and their last six concerts at Toad's Place have been sold out. But they have also driven 15 hours to play to a...
Arts Council executive director to retire in June
Frances "Bitsie" Clark loves meetings. It does not matter how long -- Clark says she loves watching people mingle, and she loves dissecting personalities. "I'm interested in the way things happen," she said. "It keeps you from getting burned out.
'Fever' likely to be a hit in Europe's discos
Music
To coincide with the release of Fever, Kylie Minogue -- gay icon, international superstar, and owner of more than 30 top-20 hits in Britain -- shot an underwear ad that ran in theaters across the United Kingdom. In the minute-and-a-half spot, she...
New BAC director wants strong Yale ties
In the middle of a residential neighborhood just outside Los Angeles is a famous botanical garden and research institute. Surrounded by drab suburban housing, it is an island of strange, twisting trees and shrubs, ringed by a tall stone wall --...
Levin appoints new British Art Center director
Amy Meyers GRD '85 tapped to head gallery starting in September
Yale President Richard Levin announced on Thursday that he has appointed Amy Meyers GRD '85 to be the new director of the Yale Center for British Art -- the largest museum of its kind outside of Britain. For the past 13 years Meyers has worked at the...
Charming 'Affair' not to be missed
Theater
Wipe memories of the novel and film versions of "The End of the Affair" out of your head. Get ready for a musical. And brace yourself: Ian Lowe '04 wrote the script, composed the music, stars in one of the lead roles and -- goodness gracious --...
Gay men's chorus mixes politics, music
The story of the Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus is a sometimes befuddling mix of the political and the sublimely musical. Their shows, which mix musical theater and cabaret, tend to play off the sexual identity of the singers. But the group's ascension...