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Renée Fleming Will Make Her Broadway Debut in 'Living on Love' in April, Written by Joe DiPietro and Directed by Kathleen Marshall

Grammy Award-winning opera singer Renée Fleming will make her Broadway debut this spring in a new play titled "Living on Love," a comedy based on none other then an opera diva, according to "The New York Times."In "Living on Love," Fleming will play opera singer Raquel De Angelis, whose conductor-husband starts to fall for a woman hired to ghostwrite his long-delayed autobiography. She retaliates by hiring her own ghostwriter but also gets romantically attached.Fleming will only sing a little in the play, some improvised a cappella.“I’ve spent my life singing tragic characters, so to be able to make people laugh is an extraordinary joy,” said Fleming.Written by Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro ("Memphis"), Living is based on the play "Peccadillo" by Garson Kanin.
By Jaime Prisco

  • K-Pop's Clara Releases Video for 'Gwiyomi Song 2' Featuring Comic Book Legend Stan Lee

    Popular Korean actress Clara has released a video for her debut single “Gwiyomi Song 2,” which surprisingly features Stan Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.“Gwiyomi Song 2” is an upbeat remake of the “Gwiyomi Song,” a K-Pop single release by Hari in 2013. In the video, Lee performs his version of the “Gwiyomi Player,” a popular dance move featured in the video. Many compare the popularity of the “Gwiyomi Song” in Korea to the viral video “Gangham Style,” which was released in 2012."Gwiyomi" or "kiyomi" is Korean slang used to refer to a cute person. The video is filmed in "aegyo" style, a popular method used in K-Pop girl groups. Aegyo refers a cute, affectionate style often expressed through a baby voice and facial expressions and gestures, similar to the Japanese concept of "kawaii."
    By Jaime Prisco

  • How Re-Establishing Diplomatic Ties with Cuba Will Change the Arts

    The restoration of diplomatic and commercial ties between the United States and Cuba will not only hit us politically but will also have a profound effect on music and the arts.Though battling bureaucratic laws, the cultural exchange between the U.S. and Cuba has not been lost in recent years. Even before this week’s announcement, musicians have been traveling to perform in the previous out-of-bounds nation. Arturo O’Farrill, a New Yorker, was performing at the Havana International Jazz Festival with his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, while Cuban flutist Maraca was in New York preparing to play this weekend at Jazz at Lincoln Center.President Barack Obama’s “new approach” to Cuban policy will make it easier for American artists to travel to Cuba to perform and vice versa. Cuba could even plausibly become a profitable tourist destination for the first time in five decades. The new policy can end need for time-consuming security checks that often leave Cubans who want to perform in the United States in limbo. Easing commercial restrictions could allow American presenters to begin paying fees to the Cuban artists they bring to the United States, who by law are now allowed only smaller per diem payments and travel reimbursements.
    By Jaime Prisco