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in “big data,” Interesting world premiere in San Francisco American Conservatory Theater, BD won He wears a brightly patterned tie, a cerulean fur coat, and a onesie covered in cartoonish lightning bolts to play M, a vivid personification of the technology we use every day. She wears particularly playful clothes.
“He even says in the play that he can be helpful, but also very funny,” he told The Times this week. “This throwaway line is meant for laughs, but it really sets the tone. Sure, technology is all wires, metal, and diodes, but we all have a relationship with technology; It’s so eye-catching and distracting that I don’t think about it much.”
kate atwell I visited and realized this colorful feature. Mozilla and tactical tech pop-up “Glass room” Located in front of the Market Street store At the end of 2019.
“We were dealing with issues around surveillance data in a personal and personal way, which is very important, rather than in a big societal way,” the playwright explained. “This study shows how the amount of seemingly meaningless data we provide on a daily basis actually provides a pretty solid picture about ourselves: who we are and who we are. We were able to point out how people are interested in it and all the questions it brings up. You can’t connect it too closely to capitalism.”
Throughout the play, the enchanting M interacts with family members as they move through life. “All the other characters reflect their own fears and desires off him in some way,” he says, changing to suit their own needs and influencing their deepest impulses. Mr Wong of M said.
“This technology is so insidious that we can no longer make decisions the same way,” he said. “That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s not very natural because it can make you think about things you wouldn’t otherwise think about.”
Wong believes that the first act of “big data” is comedy. In the second act, “This play attacks you. I think this shows the complexity of this subject matter. And how it goes from funny to almost dark or upsetting.” “I think it shows how quickly things can change,” he said. “So we can embrace and enjoy all the great things we can do now that we couldn’t do before, but we have to remember that everything comes at a price.”
The play’s development required many adjustments to keep up with real-world, evolving debates surrounding emerging technologies. “We didn’t want to get behind the times just because ChatGPT became friends, and we didn’t want to get too far ahead of the curve because it felt like a sci-fi movie about a dystopian future,” said ACT Artistic Director. Told. pam mckinnon. “This play is, in very human terms, a present-tense struggle with everything. These conversations are happening not just on this stage, but in living rooms and corner offices.”
BD Wong, Michael Fillis, Gabriel Brown in “Big Data” at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
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He wrote that “Big Data,” which runs through March 10, is “one of the Bay Area’s most promising world premieres in recent memory.” san francisco chronicle critic lily janiak in her review. And it’s especially fitting that the play premieres in a region dominated by the tech industry. In fact, the creators want the film to speak directly to the people their characters are discussing.
“San Francisco is a place where there’s a lot of innovation going on with all these objects, which means it’s a place of radical thinking,” Atwell said. “And there are a lot of people here who are at the forefront of considering the ethical questions around this issue. This play is not about taking a high ground, it’s not about reprimanding anyone. With this technology, we It raises questions about how it exists in the world.”
“Audiences love to see themselves reflected from the stage,” added McKinnon, who also directs the play. “People like to feel like a work of art is taking them seriously, even when it’s being criticized, and maybe especially when it’s being criticized.”
throughout the arts
geffen playhouse intimate Audrey Skirball Kenneth Theater It was transformed into a swampy Texas forest for its world premiere. “Black Cypress Bayou” by Kristen Adele Calhoun. director tiffany nicole green Featuring an ensemble led by “P Valley” Star brandy evansa suspenseful comedy that begins when a family of black women find themselves around the dead body of the richest white man in the state.
A theater critic for the Times wrote, “At the moment neither the play nor the direction feels completely settled.” Charles McNulty in his review. “But the work as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts, which is still evolving. The cast treats ‘Black Cypress Bayou’ with the respect it deserves.” New works take time to ripen, but this play has already left an indelible mark. ”
Angela Lewis, Kimberly Scott, and Brandi Evans in “Black Cypress Bayou” at the Geffen Playhouse.
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What to do with an underutilized A-frame carport next to a kidney-shaped pool? A Los Angeles couple chose to tear it down. vertebrae architect lisa little, creates a simple but striking 380-square-foot “trapezoidal” accessory dwelling unit.times staff writer lisa boone All details are listed Little described the creation of this dynamic space as a “modern partner to the property’s 1923 home.”
important events
while Freeze in santa monica airport, felix art fair in Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel with hollywood Spring/Break Art Show in culver city, next week will be a busy week for LA art lovers. people eyeball We have carefully selected frieze works that you cannot miss.,on the other hand, art news Explained the outline of the fest day.
For more exotic products, Matt Stromberg from Hyperallergic Round up “Several cultural events held throughout the city It offers an alternative to the market-driven machinations of trade shows. ”
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stephen saxfamous co-founder of LA fountain theater, announced Sachs plans to retire at the end of 2024. deborah lawr, Established East Hollywood Theater in 1990 And I have been the artistic director for 34 years.
“The more than 30 years I spent starting, cultivating, developing, and leading the growth of Fountain Theater were some of the most enjoyable and rewarding years of my professional life,” said Sachs, who joins the company’s board of directors. He wrote about his decision in a letter to
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Dominique Morisseau in 2021.
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playwright/director Ruben Santiago-Hudson He is also a playwright and an actor. dominique morisseau receive a special honor in Lucille Lortel Award. The annual awards ceremony honoring achievement in off-Broadway theater will be held on May 5th. New York University Skirball Center.
michael werner gallerywhich has spaces in New York, London and Berlin, is adding two more locations to its portfolio: Los Angeles and Athens. Opening in MayThe LA space is located on Camden Drive in Beverly Hills. courtney trout (previous Hauser & Wirth and sean kelly) is the director of The first exhibition will feature the works of an unlikely pair. Markus Lüpertz and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.
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maria teresa griffinI worked there for 49 years. Vario Planners Co., Ltd.The East L.A. architecture firm that combined urban planning and activism died on January 15 at the age of 74.Times staff writer Andrew J. Campa Details are detailed in Griffin’s obituary. She was a founding member and treasurer for many years. mothers of east los angeles. The association, which had about 100 members in the mid-1980s, began fighting against proposed prison plans, holding numerous rallies in Los Angeles and Sacramento until plans to build the facility were canceled in 1992. It lasted 6 years.
rita mackenzieAn actor and singer known for his enthusiastic performances in . “Ethel Merman’s Broadway” He passed away last Saturday after a long illness. Confirmed hollywood reporter. She first played Merman on stage in New York in 1988, and toured the United States, Europe, and Asia in what many consider to be the longest-running one-woman play in theatrical history. She was 76 years old.
charles stendigThe man who introduced modern, avant-garde European furniture to America at his New York City showroom died on February 1st. New York Times obituary He points out how he helped popularize some of the most iconic and playful works of that era. Eero Aarnio’s ball chair, Marcel Breuer’s The Wassily Chair and Bocca, also known as the Marilyn Sofa. He was 99 years old.
on the news
— british museums He has been criticized for renting out his gallery. to accommodate parthenon marble, Greece has long called for designers to be repatriated to Athens for runway shows and repatriated to London Fashion Week. “The British Museum has once again proven that it has no respect for Pheidia’s masterpiece,” said Greece’s culture minister. Lina Mendoni. “The directors of the British Museum are trivializing and insulting not only the monument but the universal values it conveys.”
— california shakespeare theater received a donation of $100,000 from zendaya, via Women Donor Network. The Emmy Award-winning star for the films Euphoria, Dune, and Spider-Man began her career with the East Bay theater company, where her mother also worked as a house manager for her 12 summers. She hopes more stage-based celebrities will follow in her footsteps.
— George Gershwin’s “La, La, Lucille” The first full-length musical, long lost. has been recovered. University of Michigan researcher Jacob Kerzner A complete musical orchestration, including parts for flute, cello, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, bass and piano, was revealed, making it possible to stage a musical for the first time in nearly a century.
And last but not least…
this is your cue To see all four seasons again “Ugly Betty.”
