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Robert Wilson has died

81 points by paulpauper 1y ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/theater/robert-wilson-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/theater/robert-wilson-dea... (https://archive.ph/VnwA0 https://archive.ph/VnwA0)

addaon 1y ago
Not Robert Anton Wilson the writer, who passed away a couple decades ago, but Robert Wilson the playwright. fnord
- zabzonk 1y ago
  > fnord Hey, I saw that!
  - balamatom 1y ago
    They don't hide 'em anymore. Cheaper these days to just come for the person who sez he sees 'em.
    - zabzonk 1y ago
      Oh God, my back door is open - aai Cthulu fhatang! [slurping noises]
- corgihamlet 1y ago
  Thank you, I wondered why the name sounded so familiar.
- justinator 1y ago
  Hail Eris!
  - eth0up 1y ago
    Shh... We must stick apart.
dang 1y ago
Robert Wilson had a powerful effect on other artists. This documentary has some great sequences with Tom Waits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo This was the most memorable bit for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo#t=2902 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo#t=2902
toomuchtodo 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(director) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(director)
shutupnerd0000 1y ago
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sramsay 1y ago
Truly, one of the most original artists of our time. I am among those who think Einstein on the Beach is one of the greatest theatrical works of the twentieth century, but I don't think I ever saw a Wilson piece that didn't completely blow my mind. I seem to recall an interview in which he said that he didn't think many of his works should be revived. I hope that's not true, and that his pieces have a long life in repertory.
nbzso 1y ago
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- balamatom 1y ago
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  - dang 1y ago
    Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 1y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
frereubu 1y ago
A couple of families recently told me that they showed or took their 9-to-10-year-old children to the Wilson staging of the Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach, and the kids were transfixed for the whole performance. I found it interesting how Wilson's staging seemed to make Glass's music so accessible.
gayjew 1y ago
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wlevine 1y ago
I love Einstein on the Beach. This interview with Robert Wilson is totally bonkers: https://youtu.be/sKFVorIvpAo?si=LbfQFK8-7OziqyUI&t=1322 https://youtu.be/sKFVorIvpAo?si=LbfQFK8-7OziqyUI&t=1322
gjfkririfif 1y ago
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81 points by paulpauper 1y ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/theater/robert-wilson-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/theater/robert-wilson-dea... (https://archive.ph/VnwA0 https://archive.ph/VnwA0)

addaon 1y ago

Not Robert Anton Wilson the writer, who passed away a couple decades ago, but Robert Wilson the playwright. fnord

zabzonk 1y ago
> fnord Hey, I saw that!
- balamatom 1y ago
  They don't hide 'em anymore. Cheaper these days to just come for the person who sez he sees 'em.
  - zabzonk 1y ago
    Oh God, my back door is open - aai Cthulu fhatang! [slurping noises]
corgihamlet 1y ago
Thank you, I wondered why the name sounded so familiar.
justinator 1y ago
Hail Eris!
- eth0up 1y ago
  Shh... We must stick apart.

dang 1y ago

Robert Wilson had a powerful effect on other artists. This documentary has some great sequences with Tom Waits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo This was the most memorable bit for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo#t=2902 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxvRUBqV3jo#t=2902

toomuchtodo 1y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(director) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(director)

shutupnerd0000 1y ago

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sramsay 1y ago

Truly, one of the most original artists of our time. I am among those who think Einstein on the Beach is one of the greatest theatrical works of the twentieth century, but I don't think I ever saw a Wilson piece that didn't completely blow my mind. I seem to recall an interview in which he said that he didn't think many of his works should be revived. I hope that's not true, and that his pieces have a long life in repertory.

nbzso 1y ago

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balamatom 1y ago
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- dang 1y ago
  Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 1y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

frereubu 1y ago

A couple of families recently told me that they showed or took their 9-to-10-year-old children to the Wilson staging of the Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach, and the kids were transfixed for the whole performance. I found it interesting how Wilson's staging seemed to make Glass's music so accessible.

gayjew 1y ago

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wlevine 1y ago

I love Einstein on the Beach. This interview with Robert Wilson is totally bonkers: https://youtu.be/sKFVorIvpAo?si=LbfQFK8-7OziqyUI&t=1322 https://youtu.be/sKFVorIvpAo?si=LbfQFK8-7OziqyUI&t=1322

gjfkririfif 1y ago

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