“How much did you pay for them?” She was wearing a low-cut black polyester top that accentuated her breasts, “Ten bucks,” a short denim skirt and high cork-heeled sandals, “the guy who sold them to me said I should take it with a friend.” The tall front windows were wide open and August sounds from the street-passing car stereos, trolling ice cream trucks, an argument between two women about a man who happened to be standing in front of the building, kids shouting from adjacent stoops and the ones clustered around the open hydrant down the block-filled the living room as he poured over the images.
He spent Saturday afternoon assembling his best work then hung the black and white enlargements on the taut wire running across the living room. Suzanne was undeniably beautiful and Brian mistook that for virtue. The black and white images of Suzanne that he’d developed and printed as the week dragged on, “Are you serious?” now seemed feeble as they finally faced each other, “Where?” Her forearm brushed his, “Right near where we met,” as he led the way toward the exit, “in Washington Square.” When she passed through the gate and they embraced he knew something extraordinary was happening. He met Suzanne by the token booth at the Clinton-Washington G stop, “I got two hits of acid on my way over here,” she exclaimed while passing through the wooden gate, “isn’t that insane,” which slammed behind her. at the Whitney Biennial / “Supposium 2014” at MoMAīrian got up early that Saturday to do his laundry then tracked down a friend who owed him ten dollars and scored some crystal meth in the process. Semiotext(e): 28 Pamphlets for the 2014 Whitney BiennialĬritical Practices, INC.
The George Kuchar Reader, Edited by Andrew Lampert.Richard Barnett’s The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration Paul Chan’s Selected Writings, 2000–2014 edited by George Baker and Eric Banks A new version of "West Side Story" is even due out this December.Soft/Not-soft Doppelgänger (12 Meditations) One of his earliest successes was writing the lyrics for "West Side Story," before doing music and lyrics for shows including "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Company," "Follies," "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "Merrily We Roll Along," "Sunday In the Park with George," "Into the Woods" and "Assassins" - many of which were also adapted into films. Sondheim is easily one of the most prolific Broadway icons ever, with nine Tony Awards to his name, as well as an Oscar for "Sooner of Later (I Always Get My Man)" performed by Madonna in "Dick Tracy," a Pulitzer Prize and eight Grammys. Richard Pappas, speaking to the New York Times, the legendary composer-lyricist died suddenly this morning after celebrating Thanksgiving with friends the day before.
He was 91.Īccording to his lawyer and friend F. Bernadette Peters, Vanessa Williams, Neil Patrick Harris and more from Broadway and Hollywood paid tribute to the legend.Ĭelebrated Broadway icon Stephen Sondheim died at his home on Friday, November 26.