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| re: At Home with Diane Paulus | |
| Posted by: BigM 09:37 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
| In reply to: re: At Home with Diane Paulus - lordofspeech 05:24 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| I echo your sentiments. All artists should have nice places to live, and she's not responsible for what Harvard does with its theater program. The only show of hers I've seen is Pippin; it didn't match the Fosse original, but I would have thought the piece was unrevivable, and her concept made for a perfectly respectable production. As for the rest of her shows, I can't name a director who hasn't gotten a variety of pro and con judgements on this very board; in this art, in the end, it's largely a matter of subjective opinion. | |
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| re: At Home with Diane Paulus | |
| Posted by: NYCscribe 10:23 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
| In reply to: re: At Home with Diane Paulus - BigM 09:37 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| Diane comes from a family with money. As does Ben Platt. Should we be mad at them for this? | |
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| re: At Home with Diane Paulus | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:19 pm EDT 08/14/17 | |
| In reply to: re: At Home with Diane Paulus - NYCscribe 10:23 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| Exactly...it's highly unlikely that Paulus is paying the rent on her UWS townhouse strictly with money earned from her career as a director. In addition to family money, I imagine her husband probably has a job that brings in a nice salary for their family. I know it's gauche to talk about money, but part of me wishes that the writers of these "let's meet these working theatre artists living in fabulous NYC homes" profiles would find a way to mention exactly how these folks pay for their homes and expensive furniture. Something like "A legacy from grandparents helped Mr. Smith and his partner afford to make the move to blah blah blah." I also wondered whether ABC had perhaps given Paulus a discount on her furniture in exchange for being plugged in the article. The other part of me recognizes that it's none of anyone's business how these folks pay for their lives. These profiles are pure fantasy aspiration for those of us without family money who need to pay the bills with what we earn from our work. |
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| Her husband does have an income.... | |
| Posted by: towel 09:42 pm EDT 08/14/17 | |
| In reply to: re: At Home with Diane Paulus - JereNYC 01:19 pm EDT 08/14/17 | |
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| Paulus' husband came up with a name for ART's second performance space. He had a contest and the winning name was "Oberon." According to The Boston Globe "The university owns the Oberon building and takes in the revenues from it, but Weiner owns the trademark to Oberon and is paid a monthly royalty." This is for use of the name. He "wrote" The Donkey Show so he gets royalties from their consistent performances of his show produced by the theatre his wife runs | |
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