Yearly Archives: 2021
In France, Some Theaters Can’t Reopen Because Demonstrators Demanding Reopening Won’t Leave
"For the last two months, culture workers in France have been protesting on-site at scores of theaters around the country, demanding they reopen and...
Germany To Spend Yet More Billions On COVID Relief For The Arts
"The German government on Wednesday unveiled a €2.5 billion ($3 billion) fund to kick-start the country's pandemic-hit cultural sector. The fund will provide insurance...
Why Does Social Media Make Us Feel Bad? There’s Science For That!
Concerns around social media have become mainstream, but researchers have yet to elucidate the specific cognitive mechanisms that explain the toll it takes on...
Why Is Spotify Getting Into Virtual Concerts Just As In-Person Performances Are Coming Back?
The demand for remote performances is presumably waning, which is why it's weird that Spotify just entered the virtual concert business and thinks people...
Still Ticking: The Mousetrap, Running For 67 Years In London, Gets Set To Resume...
For 427 days, an old wooden board inside the foyer of St Martin’s Theatre in London was stuck on the number 28,199. It had...
Cuban Artists Demand National Museum Take Down Their Work Until Fellow Artist Is Released
In an act of protest, the artists are now calling for any of their works on view in the museum to “be covered in...
Can Robots Help Ease Loneliness?
In 2018, New York State’s Office for the Aging launched a pilot project, distributing Joy for All robots to sixty state residents and...
Finalists To Fill Trafalgar’s Fourth Plinth
Mayor Sadiq Khan said it was the "most international line-up" of artists. The landmark has been home to a rolling commission of artworks since...
Forgotten Archive Of Brontë Family Manuscripts Headed To Auction
"The collection was put together by Arthur Bell Nicholls, the widower of Charlotte, who of the six Brontë children lived the longest, dying in...
We Need A New Model For Selling Music. How About This?
"I sometimes feel we’re losing sight of how valuable music is. I get messages on Patreon or Instagram from fans telling me how my...
Performance Artist And Director Robbie McCauley Dead At 78
" résumé included reimagining classic American plays through diverse casting and a stint in the ensemble of Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking 1976 Broadway show, For...
In Rushdie’s Defense…
In his new book, “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020,” Rushdie attempts to perform a defensive castling move. He suggests his work has been misunderstood...
The King Of Nouveau Hula
Patrick Makuakāne understands well the value of the traditional dances passed down through generations. ("I love those little gems. They're like family heirlooms …...
NFT Of One Of YouTube’s Most-Viewed Videos Of All Times Is Sold For Beaucoup...
Sunday's spending spree means the mysterious anonymous bidder will become the owner of the Charlie Bit My Finger clip. But it also gives them...
This Island, A COVID Success Story, Had Kept Its Stages Running Right Through The...
"A recent surge in cases — Taiwan's worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic — has brought a halt to cultural life on...
Amazon Buys MGM For $8.45 Billion
For Amazon, snapping up MGM — which has more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV shows in its catalog — is a way to...
Largest Queer Theatre In L.A. Fires Director For Sexual Misconduct
Michael A. Shepperd, artistic director of Celebration Theatre, has been terminated following an internal investigation of allegations that he groped and propositioned an actor...
‘Let The People Pee Without Missing A Note!’ — Maybe Doing Two-Hour Operas With...
For its first post-pandemic performances this fall, Lyric Opera of Chicago — based, it seems, on feedback from potential audience members and official guidelines...
Federal Court OKs Alan Dershowitz’s Libel Suit Against CNN
Representing Trump during his first impeachment trial, Dershowitz ended his answer to a question from Sen. Ted Cruz by saying, "Every public official that...
The Mysterious Foundation That Rescued Performing Arts Orgs From Pandemic Ruin
Here is the story — told, it must be said, rather against the wishes of its founder, who'd have preferred privacy — of the...
Anna Halprin, Pioneer Of Postmodern Dance, Dead At 100
"Before Halprin, American dance was cast in Graham's regal mold, presented formally onstage, and performed by highly trained bodies that acted out the...
Louvre Gets New Director, Its First Female Boss In History
"The French president Emmanuel Macron has nominated Laurence des Cars, currently the president of the Musée d'Orsay, to helm the Louvre in a major...
England’s Amateur Choirs Were Ready To Sing Again After A Year, And Then —
"Choirs had been working under the assumption that restrictions on rehearsals would be relaxed on 17 May, at the same time as shops, bars...
Biden Sets Aside Tradition, Fires Four Members Of The US Commission Of Fine Arts
On Monday, the Biden administration sent letters to architect Steven Spandle, landscape architect Perry Guillot, sculptor Chas Fagan and commission chairman Justin Shubow asking...
Comparing The Careers Of Mike Nichols And Tom Stoppard
The paths they each followed are telling. If you are even marginally involved in the theater, it is impossible not to envy the state...
