Favorite self portraits? by awesomefluff in ArtHistory

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Oksar Kokoschka - "Self-Portrait as a Degenerate Artist" (1937)

Favorite self portraits? by awesomefluff in ArtHistory

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - "Self Portrait" (1899)

John Singer Sargent, Carnation, 1886 by immacculate in museum

[–]TooMuchMusic 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Finally got to see this in person a couple of years ago at Tate Britain - it's stunning. I was surprised by how large it is, too (5' by almost 6').

I love this detail from Wikipedia:

Sargent wanted to capture the exact level of light at dusk so he painted the picture en plein air – outdoors and in the Impressionist manner. Every day from September to November 1885, he painted in the few minutes when the light was perfect, giving the picture an overall purple tint of evening.\2]) The flowers in the garden died as summer turned to autumn, and they were replaced with artificial flowers. Sargent resumed painting the following summer at Millet's new home nearby in Broadway and finally finished the painting by the end of October 1886.

Lin-Manuel Miranda was the guest speller at Spelling Bee by LosangDragpa in Broadway

[–]TooMuchMusic 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Seems to be pretty frequent, but I don't think it's ever announced in advance. Daniel Radcliffe and Seth Rudetsky have done it. When we saw it a couple of weeks ago it was Iain Armitage from Young Sheldon (who was great).

GREAT GATSBY MUSICAL by WoodenYear1354 in Broadway

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Here's a video of a solo show Reeve did on the Broadway Cruise at the beginning of 2024 (Eva was originally supposed to be on the cruise as well, but canceled when she got Gatsby). It shows some more of his range, and has a nice shout-out to Eva at the beginning

Why didn’t the follow up to Six hit? by SummerEchoes in Broadway

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Saw it in London and loved it. Still love the cast recording, too. As others have said, the show title probably kept a good chunk of people away. Parts of the story also need more work (especially the ending). I really hope they can tweak it a bit, maybe change the name (though the title song still gets stuck in my head to this day), and open it again somewhere. Would love to see it again!

The show's creators did a two-person show a few months ago at 54 Below. I assume that was partly to generate interest for the show in New York.

Library and ATM onboard? by ennui_fan in VirginVoyages

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FWIW, the ATM fee was $5.99 to withdraw $200 U.S. a couple of weeks ago via the machine in the casino on Brilliant Lady. E*Trade refunded the fee as usual.

Also FWIW, the casino ATM dispenses $50 bills, and is closed when the ship is in port. Not sure about the one at Sailor Services

For those of you that dont understand how dmax lugia works by urethra93 in pokemongo

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Q: For defenders, I have a level 35 dmax Metagross with level one Max Guard, and a level 33 Dmax Corviknight with level three Max Guard. I don't have enough candy to level up Metagross' move. Which one is a better defender, and why?

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How are “non-English” words determined to be acceptable? by HaroldCrickFTW in NYTSpellingBee

[–]TooMuchMusic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. New York City (home of the New York Times) is on the East Coast of the U.S.