In the forthcoming Britannica Book of the Year, an assortment of engaging images presents some of the more offbeat productions and acts to grace the stage in 2012, including those of a South Korean singing phenomenon, babushka-wearing Russian grandmothers, an actor portraying a severely obese man, and multiple-language performances of all 37 of William Shakespeare?s plays.
Taking the Internet by storm in 2012 was a South Korean rapper named PSY, who logged a record-setting one billion views on YouTube with a music video to his humorous pop song ?Gangnam Style.?
South Korean musician PSY performing in New York City, 2012. Credit: Jason DeCrow?Invision/AP
The first- and second-place winners at the Eurovision Song Contestin 2012 were widely divergent in style. Sublime Swedish singer Loreen took home the top prize with her song ?Euphoria,? and the runners-up, the Buranovskiye Babushki, chimed in with the crowd-pleasing ?Party for Everybody.?
Swedish singer Loreen performs "Euphoria" at the Eurovision Song Contest on May 26, 2012, in Baku, Azer.; she was judged the winner of the competition. Credit: Ilvy Njiokiktjien?EPA/Landov
Buranovskiye Babushki of Russia rehearse their song "Party for Everybody" before winning second place at the May 26, 2012, Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azer. Credit: David Mdzinarishvili?Reuters/Landov
A 600-pound recluse gets more than he bargained for in his quest to reconnect with his daughter in the play The Whale.
Shuler Hensley (left) as the morbidly obese Charlie is assisted by Cassie Beck as his best friend, Liz, in a production at New York City's Playwrights Horizons of Samuel D. Hunter's haunting play The Whale. Credit: Sara Krulwich?The New York Times/Redux
As part of the World Shakespeare Festival in London, actors from around the world participated in 37 plays by Shakespeare performed in 37 languages. Our theatre author described the spectacle as ?The South Bank was a babel of bardolatry and brave new worlds.? In this performance, a theatre troupe from New Zealand interprets Troilus and Cressida.
As part of the Globe to Globe Festival, members of the New Zealand-based Ngakau Toa theatre company perform a Maori-language interpretation of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida at the Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London, April 23, 2012. Credit: Facundo Arrizabalaga?EPA/Landov
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