Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
“Gangnam Style” Blew Up The Internet. Its Creator Had A Tough Time After That
The video, which now has some 4.6 billion views, was so culturally pervasive in 2012 that Barack Obama was asked about it on Election Day. NASA...
Mark Williams On Being The First Black Man To Lead A Major North American...
"I’m not saying we shouldn’t address it; we are where we are, and we have to talk about it. But it’s difficult being the...
John von Rhein Remembers Ned Rorem
Rorem came across as an artist of disarming candor, fierce intelligence, urbane wit and, above all, enormous personal charm. We hit it off immediately and,...
Forecast: Theatre Fortunes Will Be Rough This Coming Year
By 2022, according to the same survey, 30 percent of responding theaters were projecting deficit operating budgets, and there’s a huge increase in that...
Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Completes Expansion, Will Reopen With A New Name
A $20 million commitment from New York State, announced Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, completes the Buffalo museum’s $230 million capital campaign, believed to...
Orchestras Are Beginning To Tour Again
With the mass introduction of vaccines, the decline in infections, and the lifting of travel restrictions, orchestras have already taken to the road, with...
New Women Directors At Three Big Ballet Companies
As three celebrated, longtime directors depart these companies, the entrance of women is proving that female directors are staking a firm claim in a...
The Number Of College Students In America Is About To Fall In A Precipitous...
In four years, the number of students graduating from high schools across the country will begin a sudden and precipitous decline, due to a...
In Praise Of Monotony
As one gets older and realizes that most of life’s good stuff is contained between two ledger entries, one sees that if it weren’t...
The Theatre World Never Really Understood The Subversive Side Of Lorraine Hansberry
The subversive intent of Hansberry’s art and activism has long been underestimated. Early reviews of Raisin, which debuted in 1959 and made Hansberry the first Black...
Controversy: Did Bob Dylan Actually Sign The Copies Of His Book Fans Paid For?
Justin Steffman, a professional authenticator who runs a Facebook group for collectors, said the autograph was most likely created by an autopen. The machine, which recreates...
The Remarkable Sphinx Organization Turns 25
Perhaps Sphinx’s most fundamental and meaningful achievement has been its simplest one, the part that crying mother caught onto: creating a community of people...
Orchestra Impresario Bruce Coppock, 71
"It is no exaggeration to say that no single person had a greater role in the SPCO's artistic trajectory over the last 20 years...
New Entertaining Bios Of Mary Rodgers And Stephen Sondheim Demonstrate The Power Of Voice
Two new brazenly entertaining works of theatrical biography are a reminder that “voice” is as essential to the stage as it is to a...
Why Streaming Can’t Be The Movies’ Only Revenue Stream
The problem with this—on top of the hope that each of these studios could replicate Netflix’s first-mover advantage—is that streaming never ever made sense...
A New Era Of Copyright Fights Is Beginning Over AI
Some people who make a living from their visual creativity are upset that AI art tools trained on their work can then produce new images in...
Esperanza Spalding Quits Harvard Faculty Over Curriculum Proposal
Spalding wrote she communicated with Harvard about a “decolonial education” curriculum she would like to implement as a course or initiative, but said what...
Playing Music To Treat Schizophrenia
“Having a mental health diagnosis is not a reason to not have a creative life." Schizophrenia can be disabling, but therapy, medication and even...
Finally: A Meaningful Treatment For Alzheimer’s?
The therapy slowed cognitive decline, the statement said, raising hopes that a drug might finally apply the brakes to Alzheimer’s and provide “a clinically...
China’s Grandparents Are Becoming Social Media Stars
In this corner of the Chinese internet, octogenarians croon, septuagenarians tango and gray-haired fashionistas strut down catwalks and offer makeup tips to millions of...
Banksy Claims Clothing Brand Stole His Images, Urges Fans To Steal Clothing
On Friday, November 18, the anonymous graffiti artist took to Instagram to accuse the clothing retailer of using his work without his permission before...
Theatre Critic Michael Feingold, 77
Michael Feingold has twice received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. - Broadway...
NYC Ballet Star Accuses Company Of “Body Shaming”
The renowned troupe “strongly encouraged” star dancer Ashley Bouder, 38, not to perform in its star-studded fall gala because of her “appearance,” Bouder posted this week on Instagram....
Authorities Bust Russians Running The World’s Largest Pirated Books Library
“The defendants are alleged to have operated a website for over a decade whose central purpose was providing stolen intellectual property, in violation of...
The World Now Has So Much Data, Scientists Had To Invent New Measures For...
Yotta (24 zeroes) was the largest prefix in the metric system before the new additions. Now, the Earth's mass can be said to be...
