Yearly Archives: 2023
Want To Be A K-Pop Star?
Then you'd better move to Korea. - CBC
Waltraud Meier’s Life In Opera
Her 47-year career came to a close in Berlin last week. For every role, she says, "I ask myself, What do I want to...
A Second Woman Accuses Danny Elfman Of Sexual Assault
The woman said Elfman abused her while she was a young, aspiring composer. The accusations include his "exposing his genitals to her and masturbating...
Let Them Eat Cake, Biscuits, And The History Of Art
At Bobby Baker's restaging of her 1976 An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, visitors "five lifesize family members made of biscuits, meringue and...
Boston’s New Repertory Theatre To Close After 40 Seasons
Though it closes with a strong 2023 season, the theatre couldn't get major funders behind it to continue. - American Theatre
Kitty Green Likes To Make Terrifying Movie
Green, who made The Assistant and has the new Royal Hotel out, says - only partly about her films, where women face dangers at...
The Sydney Opera House, At 50
In 1956, Australia held an international competition "to design a national performance venue on Bennelong Point that would put Sydney on the map" -...
Did Brexit Move The Center Of The Art World Back To Paris?
One gallerist says, "The quality of the work is better, things are presented more thoughtfully. And collectors like spending more time here" (despite a...
Authors, Stressed About AI, Take Their Objections To The Courts
Authors are suing to get their work, and characters, out of AI programs. "OpenAI, for its part, has contended that training an AI system...
After A Massive Deal, Microsoft Is Now A Gaming Company
Microsoft "is collecting these infinity stones of game companies." Will this deal be as bad as the Warner Bros.-AT&T merger? - Slate
American Ballet Theatre’s First Woman Artistic Director Takes The Reins
Susan Jaffe has some questions to answer, like how can ABT reflect society, and attract younger audiences - "and how do you make a...
Indie Films May Have A Solid Chance At The Oscars
That's thanks to the writers' and actors' strikes. "If the strike continues without stars on the circuit, voters may be left to their...
The Philadelphia Orchestra Ratifies A New Contract
Two months after a strike authorization vote, the contract ratification means the musicians play on, with a much better deal than management press releases...
A WWII Soldier From The US Stole A Painting From A German Museum
But now it's back. A German curator: "Retrieving a long-lost painting 'is actually a very rare moment for us. ... It’s exciting.'" - Seattle...
Killers Of The Flower Moon May Be In Theatres, But Oklahoma Kids Are Barred...
Teachers are too afraid to teach the book or the reality. "If such policies continue, new generations of Americans will be deprived of the...
The Biggest Failure Of An Art Conservator’s Career
Hey, it wasn't as bad as the botched Ecce Homo restoration in Spain, right? Right? - LitHub
As The Actors’ Strike Reaches 100 Days, Talks To Resume This Week
"'I’m always saying to , you could be the heroes in this,' said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. ... 'The eyes of the industry...
Has The Great British Bake-Off Regained Its Mojo?
The first thing to do was to get rid of the deeply alarming "ethnic" bakes. - NPR
Portland’s Artists Rep Lays Off Its New Artistic Director
The grim news for Artists Repertory Theatre continues as the board lays off Jeannette Harrison "in a cost-cutting move." - Oregon ArtsWatch
Counter-Programming The Taylor Swift Movie With The Films Of Her Many Actor Ex-Boyfriends
Sheer marketing genius for Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. - The New York Times
The Streaming Music Revolution Began With A Demo Tape
Thirty years ago, The Ugly Mugs just wanted to get their music into people's hands. - Fast Company
Art Organizations Went On A One-Day Strike In Support Of Inhabitants Of Gaza
On Friday, October 20, "across New York City, Amsterdam, Santiago, Berlin, London, and beyond, dozens of art galleries, museums, and individuals their spaces...
92nd St Y Abruptly Pulls Event With Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen
The author of the new memoir Man of Two Faces had signed a letter critical of the Israeli government's actions in Gaza. - The...
Australian Theatres Have Become All About The Contemporary
Of the 79 plays being performed in 2024, 68 (87%) were written after 2000, 60 (76%) were written after 2014 and 23 (29%) will...
What It Would Mean For Music If Bandcamp Goes Away
First, there’s the fear that an uncaring new ownership might end up sending one of the world’s most vital music libraries down the digital...
