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      Broadway has gotten so expensive that American plays are now opening in London instead — flying the whole cast over and renting a West End theater still works out cheaper (The New York Times). Pair that with the Kennedy Center patrons left wondering how to fill a two-year void (The New York Times), and you have a picture of American performing arts institutions pricing — or politicking — themselves out of their own homes. The one counterpoint: Washington National Opera got Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha onto a stage just two months after losing its home, and it worked (The New York Times).

      Simon & Schuster has hired a former Amazon executive as its new CEO — the first outside hire in the company’s memory (AP). Russia is returning to the Venice Biennale, and the backlash is sharp: “the claim that culture is above politics is never neutral,” reads one open letter (ARTnews). And in Germany, the culture commissioner is apparently consulting the domestic intelligence agency before approving funds to independent bookshops — because, as one observer notes, independent bookshops are dangerous precisely because they don’t optimize your curiosity, they derail it (The Guardian).

      All of our stories below.

    • It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/03/it-looks-like-spring-has-come-but-dont-be-fooled.html" title="It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled” rel=”nofollow”>Jan HermanTwo days of suddenly warm weather here in New York City brought a poem to mind, though it’s really too early to think about it.
    • The Data Confirms: It’s Women Who Keep American Contemporary Dance Running

      “Among the largest 150companies, … in all leadership categories except music directors/principal conductors, women comprised between 59% and 85% of artistic and administrative roles.” – Dance Data Project

    • The LiveNation Settlement Will Solve Nothing

      With a fine equivalent to a few days’ revenue and some marginal changes to its business practices, Live Nation will, more or less, plow ahead as the dominant force in live music. – The Los Angeles Times

    • Al Zuckerman, Who Founded One Of The First Modern Literary Agencies, Has Died At 94

      “His working approach was that a literary agent should be a creative and business partner for writers — a relatively novel idea at the time that he launched the agency, in 1973. Writers House now has over 20 agents and 50 employees and represents hundreds of authors,” many of them very prominent indeed. – Publishers Weekly

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    • Good Morning

      Broadway has gotten so expensive that American plays are now opening in London instead — flying the whole cast over and renting a West End theater still works out cheaper (The New York Times). Pair that with the Kennedy Center patrons left wondering how to fill a two-year void (The New York Times), and you have a picture of American performing arts institutions pricing — or politicking — themselves out of their own homes. The one counterpoint: Washington National Opera got Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha onto a stage just two months after losing its home, and it worked (The New York Times).

      Simon & Schuster has hired a former Amazon executive as its new CEO — the first outside hire in the company’s memory (AP). Russia is returning to the Venice Biennale, and the backlash is sharp: “the claim that culture is above politics is never neutral,” reads one open letter (ARTnews). And in Germany, the culture commissioner is apparently consulting the domestic intelligence agency before approving funds to independent bookshops — because, as one observer notes, independent bookshops are dangerous precisely because they don’t optimize your curiosity, they derail it (The Guardian).

      All of our stories below.

    • It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/03/it-looks-like-spring-has-come-but-dont-be-fooled.html" title="It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled” rel=”nofollow”>Jan HermanTwo days of suddenly warm weather here in New York City brought a poem to mind, though it’s really too early to think about it.
    • The Data Confirms: It’s Women Who Keep American Contemporary Dance Running

      “Among the largest 150companies, … in all leadership categories except music directors/principal conductors, women comprised between 59% and 85% of artistic and administrative roles.” – Dance Data Project

    • The LiveNation Settlement Will Solve Nothing

      With a fine equivalent to a few days’ revenue and some marginal changes to its business practices, Live Nation will, more or less, plow ahead as the dominant force in live music. – The Los Angeles Times

    • Al Zuckerman, Who Founded One Of The First Modern Literary Agencies, Has Died At 94

      “His working approach was that a literary agent should be a creative and business partner for writers — a relatively novel idea at the time that he launched the agency, in 1973. Writers House now has over 20 agents and 50 employees and represents hundreds of authors,” many of them very prominent indeed. – Publishers Weekly

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    • Good Morning

      Broadway has gotten so expensive that American plays are now opening in London instead — flying the whole cast over and renting a West End theater still works out cheaper (The New York Times). Pair that with the Kennedy Center patrons left wondering how to fill a two-year void (The New York Times), and you have a picture of American performing arts institutions pricing — or politicking — themselves out of their own homes. The one counterpoint: Washington National Opera got Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha onto a stage just two months after losing its home, and it worked (The New York Times).

      Simon & Schuster has hired a former Amazon executive as its new CEO — the first outside hire in the company’s memory (AP). Russia is returning to the Venice Biennale, and the backlash is sharp: “the claim that culture is above politics is never neutral,” reads one open letter (ARTnews). And in Germany, the culture commissioner is apparently consulting the domestic intelligence agency before approving funds to independent bookshops — because, as one observer notes, independent bookshops are dangerous precisely because they don’t optimize your curiosity, they derail it (The Guardian).

      All of our stories below.

    • It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled
      <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/03/it-looks-like-spring-has-come-but-dont-be-fooled.html" title="It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled” rel=”nofollow”>Jan HermanTwo days of suddenly warm weather here in New York City brought a poem to mind, though it’s really too early to think about it.
    • The Data Confirms: It’s Women Who Keep American Contemporary Dance Running

      “Among the largest 150companies, … in all leadership categories except music directors/principal conductors, women comprised between 59% and 85% of artistic and administrative roles.” – Dance Data Project

    • The LiveNation Settlement Will Solve Nothing

      With a fine equivalent to a few days’ revenue and some marginal changes to its business practices, Live Nation will, more or less, plow ahead as the dominant force in live music. – The Los Angeles Times

    • Al Zuckerman, Who Founded One Of The First Modern Literary Agencies, Has Died At 94

      “His working approach was that a literary agent should be a creative and business partner for writers — a relatively novel idea at the time that he launched the agency, in 1973. Writers House now has over 20 agents and 50 employees and represents hundreds of authors,” many of them very prominent indeed. – Publishers Weekly

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