Yearly Archives: 2021
West End Theatre Folk Look Eagerly, Nervously Toward Reopening
"What's it actually like for the theatermakers who are starting work again after 15 months? Has the pandemic shaped the way they think about...
Status Report: When And How Various Countries Are Restarting Their Arts Scenes
Here's where plans currently stand in Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Spain, as well as the U.S. -...
Balanchine’s Biggest Fan – Nancy Lassalle, 93
“She was the ultimate board member,” said Albert Bellas, chairman emeritus of the S.A.B. “She was financially supportive, knowledgeable and committed.” She was also...
Fear My Book? Ban My Book?
"Those who seek to ban my book and others like it are trying to exploit fear — fear about the realities that books like...
Powell’s Books Union Protests Store’s Rehiring Practices
Under dispute is whether or not Powell's is obliged to honor employees' prior seniority, salaries, and benefits. The union says that the store, in...
Scotland Says Theatres Can Reopen. Theatres Say “No”
In a survey conducted by the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST), 96% of members responded that it is not economically viable for them to...
New Research: Angkor Wat Population Was Greater Than Modern Boston
Researchers have determined the city’s population at its zenith in the 13th century, and the number is impressive: some 700,000 to 900,000 people likely...
World Dance? Seriously?
Typically, it's an intermediary—a manager, a producer, a critic—who labels something as "world dance." The term denotes exoticness, authenticity—and it sells. It's also problematic...
Maybe Hollywood Could Just Give Up On The Golden Globes Entirely
Kyle Buchanan: "That's the thing about awards: These trophies are only as important as the recipients believe them to be, and now that the...
The WPA is history
New York City has announced a new program, City Artist Corps, inspired by FDR's Works Progress Administration. There are two major problems with launching...
A Soldier’s Tale for Today — Premiered
As I put it in a program note: “It’s a COVID-period entertainment: compact, flexible, rejecting Romantic symphonic upholstery in favor of a dry, caustic...
The Point Of The Point Magazine
"As we see it, one of the goals of the magazine is to help our readers remain open to the possibility that facets of...
Setting Of James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ Is Being Turned Into A Hostel, Sending Literary...
The unassuming 18th-century townhouse at 15 Usher's Island is where Joyce's great-aunts ran a music school, and their annual Epiphany dinner was the model...
How To Grapple With An Artist’s Legacy When You’re Responsible For It?
As I’ve tried to make decisions about those areas of influence, I’ve found that I have to fight the “what would Michael have done”...
A Musical About COVID, Titled ‘Breathe’
"Before we get to the logistics of writing, staging and filming a musical" — one with five songwriting teams, four directors plus a supervisor,...
Want Certainty? (It Might Not Be Good For You)
Philosophers have long warned that this desire for certainty can lead us astray. To think and learn about the world, we must be willing...
Berlin Film Festival Will Get A Live Version This Year After All — Outdoors
"The Berlin Film Festival, which took place online earlier this year, will show most of the movies that were part of the competition at...
Andrew Lloyd Webber Restores/Updates London’s Oldest Theatre, Built in 1663
In 2000, Lloyd Webber purchased the building, which he calls “objectively marvellous.” For the past two years, with Stephen Thurley’s help, he has been...
Conductor Christian Thielemann Is Losing His Job
The culture ministry of the German state of Saxony has announced that Thielemann's contract as music director of the Staatskapelle Dresden, one of Europe's...
‘Irreparable Damage’ — Scholars Protest Newark Museum’s Plan To Deaccession Artworks
"When the Newark Museum of Art announced a plan to sell 17 objects in March, it provided few details as to which artworks might...
Penn State University To Build Largest Art Museum Between Philadelphia And Pittsburgh
"The new 71,000-square-foot facility will be constructed alongside the botanic gardens at the university’s arboretum. It will increase the size of the museum...
Houston Symphony’s Music Director, Stranded In Europe By Pandemic, Misses Last Two Weeks Of...
Andres Orozco-Estrada hasn't been back to Texas to conduct his orchestra for a year, but he had been planning to return for concerts May...
More Trouble For Golden Globes As NBC Drops Broadcast
"NBC will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, the network said in a statement on Monday morning. This means the Hollywood Foreign Press...
Architect Helmut Jahn, 81, Killed In Bicycle-Car Collision
He's best-known for a series of major buildings in Chicago, including the Thompson Center, the Xerox Center (now 55 West Monroe), the addition to...
Performance Venues And Museums In UK May Reopen Next Monday (Though Many Will Not)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the lifting of a series of pandemic-related restrictions as of May 17; the new measures include the reopening...
