Broadway
REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's 'The Commitments' Musical is All Jukebox, No Politics
Rufus Norris Replacing Nicholas Hytner as New Royal National Theatre Chief
No more bets, gentlemen, the most hotly contested position in British--and maybe world--theater has just been filled. Rufus Norris will take over Britain's National Theatre from 2015, when the (excellent) incumbent Nicholas Hytner steps down. Wagnerian (and Eurovision) Tenor René Kollo, 75, Calls Time
He's 75, so René Kollo has decided that enough is enough. Wagner tenors--real, top-quality Wagner tenors--are few enough in number that when one decides to retire, it doesn't go unnoticed.
