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“Nothing Is Too Extravagant For Christ” — This May Be America’s Most Over-The-Top Christmas...
The 17,000 costume pieces are the least extravagant feature of The Gift of Christmas, the annual spectacular presented by Prestonwood Baptist Church near Dallas. On...
Archaeologist Discovers A Pharaoh’s “Valley Temple”
“Nyuserra’s sun temple, which is located in Abu Ghurab about 10 miles south of Cairo, was composed of two parts: the previously excavated upper...
The “Godfather” Of Asian-American Media, Robert Nakamura, Has Died At 88
“As an independent filmmaker, photographer, teacher and activist, he explored issues of justice, identity, memory and racism. He was a founder of Visual Communications,...
Conductor Lorenzo Viotti Will Be Zurich Opera House’s Next Music Director
The Lausanne-born maestro will take up the position in August 2028 for two seasons; the short contract term aligns him with that of the...
Ten Shirtless Men Compete To Star In A Christmas Movie: The Hallmark Channel Does...
The series is called Finding Mr. Christmas. “What is fascinating about the premise is that it’s television for women about men making television for...
You Can Now Go On A Hallmark Christmas Movie Tour
“Connecticut — the location for at least 22 holiday films by Hallmark, Lifetime and others — is promoting tours of the quaint Christmas-card cities and towns...
Mass Market Paperbacks Are About To Disappear From The US Market
“The decision made this winter by ReaderLink to stop distributing mass market paperback books at the end of 2025 was the latest blow to...
Florida Officials Tried To Stop “A Drag Queen Christmas” In Pensacola. Didn’t Work.
“The state attorney general has spent nearly two months lobbying Pensacola officials to cancel the show, to no avail. Instead, the 1,600-capacity tour stop...
After Two Years Shut Down Due To War, Christmas Celebrations In Bethlehem Are Back
The traditional birthplace of Jesus is in the West Bank, and the livelihoods of thousands of people in the Palestinian town depend on visiting...
Why Did Broadway’s “The Queen Of Versailles” Flop So Badly?
“The Queen of Versailles, the biggest-budget production to open on Broadway this fall and the only large-scale new musical, aspired to be a cautionary...
American Ballet Companies Really Need Their “Nutcracker”
It’s been a commonplace for decades that troupes depend on the income from Nutcracker ticket sales to support the rest of their seasons. For...
How A Linguist Constructed The Na’vi Language For The “Avatar” Films
Paul Frommer’s initial parameters were that the language had to sound “nice” (director James Cameron’s word), since they are a relatively peaceful race, and...
How Director Gennadi Nedvigin Has Reshaped Atlanta Ballet
The key is hiring — in particular, hiring dancers proficient in both classical and contemporary techniques, since Nedvigin wants to present top-tier renditions of...
“Imagineer” Eddie Sotto, Who Transformed The Visitor Experience At Disney Theme Parks, Is Dead...
“While Sotto's best-known masterworks are overseas, (such as) the creation of Main Street, U.S.A., for Disneyland Paris …, he had a reputation for fighting...
Rome to Start Charging Visitors To Trevi Fountain
“Starting on 1 February 2026, the Italian capital is introducing €2 tickets for tourists to descend the steps to the area around the water-filled...
More Details About The Mess At The Philadelphia Art Museum
Staffers are feeling cautiously hopeful about new CEO Daniel Weiss. The “cautiously” part would seem to be because of what staffers have been through...
The Met Opera Is Courting Influencers (And The Young People Who Follow Them)
“Newcomers to opera (many are self-described theater enthusiasts), … they share with their followers their delight and surprise at what they have found: the...
New York’s Public Theater Hit By Yet More Layoffs
“A decade after Hamilton opened on Broadway and the Public Theater began reaping roughly $100 million for helping to develop the blockbuster musical, the legendary downtown...
Trump’s First-Term NEA Boss Is Back
“The United States Senate voted to confirm Mary Anne Carter as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. It will be Carter's second...
Major Off-Broadway Theater Is Sued For Discrimination Over Discounts For Ticketbuyers Of Color
According to the lawsuit, Playwrights Horizons promoted the discount with the language ‘For this BIPOC Night performance, we welcome folks who are Black, Indigenous...
Tech Mega-Billionaire Makes Massive Guarantee To Back Up Paramount’s Hostile Bid For Warner Bros.
“On Monday, Skydance-owned Paramount announced that Larry Ellison — the founder of Oracle and father of Paramount CEO David Ellison — had personally agreed...
Kennedy Center Trustee Sues Trump For Renaming Venue
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH), one of the Congressional representatives on the Center’s board, argues in her court filing that Trump and the trustees who...
60-Second Broadway Bootlegs Are Turning Up All Over TikTok. Some Producers Just Love It.
Hey, if there’s going to be short-form piracy, why not consider it marketing and consumer outreach? - The Hollywood Reporter
Finally, Bricks And Arches Are Returning To Philadelphia’s New Architecture
After years of “fast-casual architecture” — blocky, drab grey hulks clad in relentless grid façades which look all the worse next to the city’s...
Atlanta Opera Relaunches Its New-Works Festival
The June event, formerly the 96-Hour Opera festival, is being expanded and rechristened as the NOW Festival (New Opera Works), with well-known librettist and...
