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Artistic Director Of Utah’s Ballet West To Step Down After 20-Year Tenure
Adam Sklute, who came to Salt Lake City in 2007, will depart at the end of next season. His tenure, the longest in Ballet...
Ex-San Antonio Phil Conductor Launches New Orchestra For City
As the troubled San Antonio Philharmonic, which has canceled more concerts than it has played this year, appears to edge toward collapse, Jeffrey Kahane,...
New York Magazine Investigates Contributor For Alleged Plagiarism
“Ross Barkan, who is a contract writer for the magazine, … has been accused of plagiarism after publishing at least three stories with striking similarities...
Chicago Arts Groups Are Asking Patrons To Turn Over Their Phones At The Door
“If you want a deep dive into Chicago arts and culture, check your phone at the door: The ‘unplugged’ trend is growing locally among...
The (Current, As Of Last Night) 16 Most Expensive Artworks Ever Sold At Auction
Yes, the maybe-it’s-really-a-Leonardo Salvator Mundi is still number one, more than $200 million ahead of the runner-up, which made the list just last year....
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Returned To Iran After The Oscars. Predictably, He’s Going On Trial...
Following the months-long awards campaign for It Was Just an Accident, which won the Golden Palm at Cannes last year and was nominated for...
Twin Cities’ Midsize Theater Companies Are Genuinely Worried About Surviving
“Here, midsize theater companies help anchor the scene and bridge the gap between big playhouses such as the Guthrie and Children’s theaters and smaller...
Louvre Announces Architects For Its Coming Renovation
"The Paris office of STUDIOS Architecture will lead the project, which includes the creation of new galleries and a new lobby. … (The firm’s)...
For The Second Time, A Mistrial In Harvey Weinstein’s New York Rape Case
This was the third time the disgraced producer was prosecuted in Manhattan for his alleged assault of Jessica Mann in 2013. (The initial verdict,...
Conductor Herbert Blomstedt, Aged 98, Falls Ill During San Francisco Concert
Although he had gotten through the dress rehearsal well enough, the San Francisco Symphony’s Music Director Laureate had to be wheeled onstage for Friday’s...
Soprano Felicity Lott Dead At 79
The much-loved singer, admired equally for opera and concerts, passed away two days after she publicly revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis. - The Guardian
How Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown” Became An Opera
“The magic of creator, lead actor, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines’s operatic adaption of Langston Hughes’s 1931 dramatic monologue The Black Clown lies in its everythingness....
One Of Cuba’s Most Unusual Choreographers Tries To Stay Afloat Amid The Island’s Economic...
“For nearly three decades Cuba’s Danza Voluminosa regularly filled prestigious venues like the 2,000-seat National Theater. Directed by Juan Miguel Mas, the troupe pioneered...
Trial Begins For Murder Of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema, Allegedly By Order Of His...
“The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer said he wished his spouse was dead before the co-owner of a contemporary...
London Museum To Return Old Jain Manuscripts (Though They Aren’t Leaving Britain)
The Wellcome Collection is ceding ownership of more than 2,000 documents, dating from the 15th to 19th centuries, bought from a Jain temple in...
How Some Of Broadway’s Biggest Stars This Season Get Themselves Into Character
Daniel Radcliffe, Every Brilliant Thing: “My ideal version is that the play starts without you noticing.” Ana Gasteyer, Schmigadoon!: “People from my particular background,...
Have A Look Inside The New Home Of Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre
“It’s a $46 million project built within the shell of a historic storage warehouse that was built by the W.C. Reebie and Brother Company...
Staffers At San Francisco Arts Commission Want To Know Where The Hell Their Boss...
“Employees and artists are speaking out about turmoil in the San Francisco Arts Commission, alleging that its leader has been chronically absent and arguing...
The Dallas Opera Appoints New CEO, David Lomelí
Previously chief artistic officer at Santa Fe Opera, Lomelí — who had an 11-year career as a tenor — has spent more than a...
Suspect Arrested In Massive Louvre Ticketing Scam
"A Louvre employee was indicted and detained on Wednesday on charges including organized gang fraud as part of an investigation into a scheme to defraud the...
Settlement Reached In South Florida Public Radio Lawsuit
“In an out-of-court settlement announced Thursday, the Miami-Dade County School Board, which owns the news/talk outlet (WLRN), and South Florida Public Media Group, which...
Claudine Longet — Singer, Actress, Notorious Criminal Defendant — Has Died At 84
“The French-born singer, actress and ex-wife of Andy Williams was at the center of a scandalous 1976 trial and media circus after she fatally shot...
Remembering “The Pied Piper Of Early Music,” David Munrow, 50 Years After His Suicide
"With all the bravura of the 1960s, David Munrow erupted into the world of early music and transformed what had been a minority interest...
The Producer Who Wants To Make Microdramas Which Are Actually Good
“Snow Story Productions CEO Austin Herring said the big hits in microdramas were ‘borderline unwatchable’ when he entered the field in 2024, where salacious...
Aszure Barton’s Final Choreography Commission For Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
LubDub is the fourth and final piece of Barton’s three years as Hubbard Street’s resident choreographer. “Asked to discuss the movement vocabulary she employs...
