- A Touch Too Much
- NOMI MALONE Live! In person!
This week, while I was busy complaining loudly and often about book awards and whether or not they actually mean anything, Courtney Ferguson previewed Showgirls the Musical—it’s tomorrow! one night only! the Hollywood! see you there! maybe we can come up with a drinking game!*—and it sounds amazing, not that that should be surprising to anyone, giving its can’t-be-unseen source material:
Out of a black-box theater and onto the Hollywood’s stage, the strippers of the Cheetah and the showgirls of Goddess will be able to really kick up their heels. Along with casting locals like Kristin Barrett (as Nomi), the production’s stocked the prop closet with bags of chips, brought in burlesque dancers to “pump up the sexy,” and created projections for the theater’s large screen. Plus, “the dancing is a lot bigger this time,” with choreography by Jamie Langton, who also stars as Cristal Connors. “I was really adamant about using music people know, so it’s a jukebox musical. We do a lot of different eras, but we land pretty heavily in the ’80s,” Griggs says.
- Corey Arnold
- Corey Arnold: Nature photography at its least soothing.
Elsewhere, Jenna Lechner took a look at Corey Arnold’s photos, up now at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art. Arnold spends part of the year in Alaska working as a commercial fisherman (even among the crews that you can see on Deadliest Catch!), so you know his wildlife photos aren’t going to be generically pretty—instead, they’re full of animals who’d like to attack him:
The photos, most shot this year and last year, stand alone in craft as masterful studies in color and light. The photograph “Adak Foam” has the drama, depth, and glow of a Venetian oil painting. The images are large: about four by three feet. They’re classic documentary photographs—Arnold’s done editorial assignments for the likes of Sunset and National Geographic—but with humor and an edge. In most of them, Arnold’s focus is at dead center, which has an unnerving and confrontational effect.
Arnold’s photos are only up through the 29th, so hurry up and see ’em! Bald eagles never looked so menacing.
*FALSE. The only snack appropriate to Showgirls viewing is chips, obviously.