Yearly Archives: 2023
Melissa Barak Puts Her Stamp On Los Angeles Ballet
"I want people to see that LAB is on the road to … becoming one of the country's leading dance companies," she said. "Over...
A NY City Ballet Dancer Grapples With Retirement
On Sunday, I will retire from New York City Ballet after 16 years with the company. I have spent over a year preparing myself,...
The Eddie Redmayne “Cabaret” Will Be Broadway’s Most Expensive Revival Ever
The budget is $24.25 million, and the box office will have to take in $1,2 million a week just to pay running costs —...
Recording Industry Is Having A Record-Breaking Year
Streaming revenue was up 10.3 percent from last year — at $7 billion, it accounts for 84 percent of music revenue in the United States....
The Critic Who Was Repeatedly Bopped On The Head With A Playbill (And Other...
In yet another article pegged to Lauren Boebert getting thrown out of Beetlejuice: The Musical in Denver this month, former Chicago Tribune critics Nina...
When AI Models Disagree: Two Different Verdicts On Whether A Painting Is By Raphael....
“I am concerned that this situation could potentially undermine the progress we have made in the past five years in establishing A.I. as a...
California Will Provide Money To Help Small Arts Groups Comply With New Employment Law
"Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget trailer bill allocating an estimated $11.5 million to small performing arts organizations to help them recover from...
Dance Critic Laura Bleiberg, 65
A native of Los Angeles, Bleiberg earned an undergraduate degree in history at Scripps College and a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University....
Stephen Gould, One Of The World’s Leading Heldentenors, Dies Two Weeks After Announcing Cancer...
"The (61-year-old) singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival, where he was scheduled to perform (three different leading roles). He said he made...
SoundShirt: Lyric Opera Of Chicago Will Offer New Technology For Hearing-Impaired People To Experience...
"The technology utilizes tiny motors — 16 of them — embedded in the fabric, like those that make cellphones vibrate. … Lyric is the...
Rupert Murdoch Resigns As Chairman Of Fox Corp. And News Corp.
"Fox said Thursday that Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies. His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and continue as chief...
Grisham, Franzen, George R.R. Martin Lead A Third Lawsuit By Authors Against Open AI
"The Authors Guild — led by authors including George R.R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen and John Grisham — sued OpenAI, accusing the company of engaging...
Orchestra’s Last-Minute Season Cancellation: What The Board Has Said
In a statement headlined "Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Announces Potential Ceasing of Operations," the board chair said, "Despite our persistent efforts over the last year, we...
Library In Washington State Wins Lawsuit, Is Saved From Possible Closure Over Culture War...
"The Dayton library – which was on the verge of becoming the first library in the country to shutter over disputes about what books...
Two Years After Its Search Led To A Racism Controversy, Indianapolis Museum of Art...
"Newfields has appointed Belinda Tate as the next director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfield, concluding a nearly four-year hiring process and...
The Books You Always Meant To Read (But Haven’t)
Librarians and teachers, self-professed fans of lengthy, complex tomes, and even bookstore owners have similar tales of woe. Some of the books on the...
Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Perform “Under Protest” Without A Contract
They took a jab at CEO Matias Tarnopolsky, claiming his pay went up by 111% from 2019 to 2022, at the same time they...
San Francisco Symphony Musicians’ Contract Expired A Year Ago. What’s Happening?
Negotiations began over a year ago, going into formal sessions on Sept. 15, 2022, ahead of the contract’s expiration, with the Musicians Union Local...
Key To The Metropolitan Opera’s Future: Contemporary Work
Aiming to rebuild its audience from post-pandemic lows by attracting younger and more diverse ticket-buyers, the company is devoting fully one-third of 18 staged productions to...
The UK Film Industry Has Been Thriving
According to the British Film Institute (BFI), spending on such productions reached a record £6.27bn last year, with most of that money coming from overseas....
New York’s Live Performance Industry Convenes Its First Meeting
Mayor Eric Adams convened the inaugural meeting of the first-ever Live Performance Industry Council, which features a mix of leaders representing the theater, music...
Gloria Steinem Remembers The Debut Issue Of Ms. Magazine
"I didn’t know what the response would be, especially on newsstands, with no precedent or place for a women’s magazine that wasn’t about home,...
The Highly Unusual Dance Career Of Choreographer Trajal Harrell
"This late starter — he turned to dance after graduating from Yale in the 1990s — has never taken formal classes in the techniques...
How To End Doom Scrolling (It’s A Design Issue)
Like the perspectival evolution that occurred when frescoes affixed to walls gave way to portable paintings, shrinking the screen down to the size of...
TikTok Stars Are The New Saviors Of The Cookbook Industry
"Several TikTok creators, many of them with little or no professional cooking experience, have gone from tinkering in their home kitchens to topping best-seller...
