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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.” -...
Al Zuckerman, Who Founded One Of The First Modern Literary Agencies, Has Died At...
“His working approach was that a literary agent should be a creative and business partner for writers — a relatively novel idea at the...
Trump White House Is Releasing Video Mixes Of Iran War Footage With Video Games...
“The White House’s social media feed has issued a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, gaming footage and bone-crunching football...
Don’t Get Too Smug, Timothée. Movies Are In Crisis, Too.
“The medium is facing a host of issues informed by global technological shifts and the financial dynamics of mounting a production anywhere. But let’s...
Broadway Is Now So Expensive That American Plays Are Debuting In London Instead
“The message I’m getting,” says the chief at one respected theatre in the British capital, “is that to come to London, hire a theater...
Nonfiction Book Sales Are Slipping — Except In This One Category
Sales of nonfiction books in the UK and Ireland in 2025 were down 6% from the previous year, with revenue at its lowest since...
Russia’s Return To Venice Biennale Sparks Huge Backlash
“The claim that ‘culture is above politics’ is never neutral,” reads one open letter in response to the Biennale’s announcement. “In the case of...
So Far, So Good: Washington National Opera Stages Its First Post-Kennedy Center Production
The show may not have been perfect, but it was a success: WNO has managed to get Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha onto a stage just...
Over Half Of National Museum Of Sudan’s Holdings Have Been Looted
“A statue of the Nubian god Apademak stands alone in the courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum, one of the few survivors of systematic looting...
Live Nation And U.S. Justice Dept. Announce Settlement, But Antitrust Case Isn’t Over Yet
“The Justice Department touted a tentative settlement of its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Monday as a victory for consumers...
Longtime Kennedy Center Patrons Mourn — And Make Other Plans
Regulars who feel that the complex has been politicized and are now staying away miss what the Kennedy Center offered. But they’re not all...
The Giant Nude Woman In SF’s Embarcadero Plaza Will Be Staying All This Summer
“On Tuesday, March 4, commissioners voted to keep the temporary installation of ‘R-Evolution’ on display through October. The 48-foot-tall, steel-and-mesh figure of a naked...
Crystal Pite On Choreographing Work About Big Real-World Problems
“I feel as if I’m stretched a bit too far, but somehow in that stretch there’s a spark of creativity. There’s a place for outrage —...
One In Five Broadway Theatergoers Is Going Alone
“Nearly 20% of Broadway theater tickets are now being purchased by solo attendees — double the rate from just a couple of years ago,...
One Of Portugal’s, And Europe’s, Greatest Authors, António Lobo Antunes, Is Dead At 83
“A trained psychiatrist, Lobo Antunes wrote, … in an elaborate, metaphorical style that he called 'controlled delirium,' … more than 30 novels dealing with...
Mexico Sees Increasing Backlash Against Over-Tourism
“The Guardian visits Oaxaca, ... where tourism has grown 77% since the pandemic and once-private family rituals such as the Day of the Dead...
A Second Country (A Big One) Bans Social Media For Anyone Under 16
Australia instituted the ban this past December, and following suit is Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous nation. Starting March 28, accounts owned by children...
One Of Seattle’s Top Theater Companies Lays Off Staff
“The 5th Avenue Theatre Company, Seattle's primary producer of Broadway-scale musicals, is eliminating about 14 staff positions and pausing some education and engagement programs amid cash...
Britain’s Daily Telegraph Bought By German Media Conglomerate Axel Springer
Axel Springer, which owns the German publications Bild and Die Welt and the US website group Politico, will pay £575 million ($766 million) for...
A Dance Critic Meets Olympic Figure-Skating Champion Alysa Liu
“Things gotta change, 100 percent,” Liu says. “I think the whole system’s got to scrap it and start over. The competition system and the...
Philadelphia Orchestra Inks Partnership Agreement With Temple University
The agreement — concerning educational activities at Terra Hall, which Temple purchased from the collapsed University of the Arts and is turning into the...
Zaha Hadid’s Successor Wins Right To Rename Her Architecture Firm
Britain’s Court of Appeal has overruled a High Court judgement from 2024 over a licensing agreement which required the studio Zaha Hadid Architects to retain her...
Meet The Woman Who Brought Helvetica To America
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon brought the now-standard sans-serif font back from her studies in Basel in the early 1960s, when Americans were completely accustomed to...
The Aztec Dancers Of Silicon Valley
“Calpulli Ocelocihuatl (is) one of roughly half-a-dozen Aztec dance groups active in San Jose. Other Aztec dance groups – some whose histories stretch back...
The British Museum Employee Who Stole More Than 300 Prints
“Nigel Peverett, who worked at the museum’s Department of Prints and Drawings in the early 1970s, had remained a ‘frequent visitor’ until one day...
