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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...
Dallas Theater Center Has A New Artistic Director
Jaime Castañeda, a freelance director who has worked extensively with the top regional companies in California and with New York’s Atlantic Theater Company, will...
Hollywood’s New Favorite Funding Source? Saudi Arabia
“Inside the kingdom’s gilded palaces, industry players are mingling with princes and executives, while celebrities stroll red carpets at festivals, concerts and sporting events...
The Saudis Are Making Big Moves Into The Video Game Industry
“Estimates of the size of the video game industry range from $200 to $300 billion — larger than film, television and music combined, by some...
Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Sony Acquires Controlling Stake In “Peanuts” Franchise
“The Japanese conglomerate has bought 41% of Peanuts Holdings, which owns the intellectual property Schulz created, from the Canadian children’s entertainment company WildBrain (for...
Why The Striking Staffers At The British Library Are So Furious
“(Library executives’) stated ‘values’ included a roll call of abstract nouns: openness, honesty, compassion, equality and fairness. Yet staff tell a story of gross...
The Choreographer Who Smeared Dog Poop On A Critic’s Face Is Back
In 2023, when he was ballet director at Germany's Hannover State Opera, Marco Goecke did this and was promptly fired. Now he’s been given...
British Museum To Loan Artifacts To Museums In Former Colonies
“Dr. Nicholas Cullinan, the British Museum director, told The Telegraph that the project would be a ‘new model’ for working with countries seeking redress...
Louvre Reopens After Strike Is Suspended
“The decision was taken during a general assembly of museum workers, who voted unanimously to pause the strike to allow the museum to welcome...
Beyond Bollywood: There’s A New Wave Of “Pan-Indian” Cinema With Hollywood-Style Ambitions (And Problems)
Bollywood produces films in Hindi, and there have always been “regional” cinema industries making movies in other Indian languages. Recently, following the huge international...
San Antonio Launches New City Arts Funding Program After Canceling Previous One
“Most nonprofits that lost promised funding after the city of San Antonio ended a grant program to protect federal dollars are getting money back this month...
PEN America Lists The Most Banned Books Of The 2020s (So Far)
Many of the titles censored in school districts around the US relate to race, sexual violence or LGBTQ+ issues, but that’s not the case...
Bonn’s Beethovenhalle Reopens After Decade-Long Renovation
“The variety of spaces posed major challenges during the renovation. Adapting rooms designed during a different era to meet modern standards took years and...
Utah Balletgoers Are Getting Scammed With Counterfeit “Nutcracker” Tickets
Ballet West in Salt Lake City reported Monday a “dramatic spike” in people “arriving at performances with fake or invalid tickets purchased from third-party...
Hedge Fund That Owns Barnes & Noble And Waterstones Wants To List Them On...
“Elliott Investment Management, the hedge fund that owns the most popular bookstores in the US and the UK, has spoken to potential advisers about...
For Such A Big Broadway Hit, “Harry Potter” Isn’t Making Its Investors Much Money
Even eight years after opening, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is outselling every other current show on Broadway. The lead producers are making...
LACMA Staffers Vote To Unionize
"Workers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art voted to unionize with (government workers’ union) AFSCME District Council 36, the union announced on Wednesday. The...
Oscars Will Leave Network TV For YouTube In 2029
The TV network ABC will continue to broadcast the ceremony through its centennial edition in 2028. From the following year through 2033, YouTube will...
