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Architect Oscar Niemeyer’s Final Building Was A Diner In Leipzig
The great Brazilian modernist, best-known for the futuristic government buildings in Brasilia, had recently turned 103 when he drew the first sketch for what’s...
A Rare Edition Of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Stolen And Damaged. Now That It’s...
When in 2010, Durham University got back the Folio which had been stolen in 1998, the book’s leather cover, boards and end papers were...
A Verbatim Play Reimagines One Of The Most Notorious TV Debates Of The AIDS...
In Kramer/Fauci, director Daniel Fish stages a transcript of the 1993 C-SPAN debate between Larry Kramer, the legendarily combative writer and AIDS activist, and...
“Train Dreams” And “Adolescence” Lead 2026 Independent Spirit Awards
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley’s feature about an isolated logger in the early-20th-century Pacific Northwest, led the film categories with three wins. In the television...
At 85, Choreographer Lucinda Childs Is Still Busy
“I’m not, um, young,” she says. “And I do have help. I don’t go in without somebody there who can help to translate and...
Head Of Arts At London’s Barbican Centre Is Out After Only 18 Months
Devyani Saltzman was named director of arts and participation in February 2024; she was one of seven senior leaders installed after the Barbican replaced the managing...
San Antonio Philharmonic Cancels Remainder Of Its Season
“After the loss of its musical director, the cancelation of multiple concerts and a dispute locking it out of what was touted to be...
Chicago Symphony Is Deemed “World’s Busiest Orchestra” — What Exactly Does That Entail?
Basically, it means the CSO shows more scheduled performances than other orchestras in the comprehensive concert listings on the classical-music website Bachtrack. However, both...
Warner Bros. Will Let Paramount Submit Another Bid To Buy It
“Warner Bros Discovery Inc. has agreed to temporarily reopen sale negotiations with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance Corp., setting the stage for a potential...
Frederick Wiseman, Dean Of Documentary Filmmakers, Has Died At 96
“Among the world’s most admired and influential filmmakers, … with subjects ranging from a suburban high school to a horse race track, his work...
Actor Robert Duvall, 95
“(The) Oscar-winning actor … disappeared into an astonishing range of roles — lawmen and outlaws, Southern-fried alcoholics and Manhattan boardroom sharks, a hotheaded veteran...
“Vinegar Valentines” — Send A Token Of Your Sentiment To The Ex You Despise
The name was given by present-day collectors and dealers; in their Victorian heyday, they were usually called mock or mocking valentines. They were very...
Coffee Poets: The 16th-Century Muslim World’s Culture War Over The Brew Was Fought In...
In the medieval period, poets had used “coffee” as a symbol (or euphemism) for wine (forbidden in Islam), so praising coffee in a poem...
For The First Time, A Male Dancer Plays The Evil Fairy In New York...
In 2023, principal Taylor Stanley asked management if they’d permit a male-identifying dancer to play Carabosse; they said no. This year, they said no...
How Minneapolis’s Theater Community Has Been Dealing With The ICE Occupation
It hasn’t been easy: some artists are scared to come to the theater, as are many audience members, and some shows have had to...
Is An Organized Ring Running Online Smear Campaigns In Hollywood?
“This clandestine smear machine seemingly connects some of the most talked-about scandals of recent years. … (Figures are) targeted by mysteriously operated websites that...
Playwright Mark Ravenhill (“Shopping And F***Ing”) Is Directing Strauss’s “Salome”. Too Obvious A Choice?
“You know, when I said I was going to do Salome a couple of people told me that this was the perfect opera for me because...
Cees Noteboom, One Of Europe’s Most Important Postwar Writers, Is Dead At 92
“A Dutch novelist, travel writer and journalist, (he) was lauded for his insights into European history and culture and often tipped as a possible...
More Kennedy Center Woes: Fundraising Is Reportedly A Mess
According to several staffers (speaking anonymously), senior vice president of development Lisa Dale — best friend of Kari Lake and a former TV host...
London’s National Gallery, Facing $11.1 Million Deficit, Announces Staff-Wide Buyout Scheme And Cuts
“In the face of an £8.2 million deficit in the coming year, … initially there will be a ‘voluntary exit scheme’ available to all...
Alleged Massive Ticket Fraud Scheme At Louvre; Police Arrest Nine Suspects
“The Paris prosecutor's office on Thursday said that nine people were being detained as part of an investigation into a suspected decade-long, 10 million...
BBC To Cut Hundreds Of Millions From Budget
“Staff at the BBC were told about plans to cut about a tenth of its costs over the next three years in a conference...
The “Heated Rivalry” Language Coach Explains How She Taught Connor Storrie Such Good Russian
Storrie, who plays hockey star Ilya Rozanov in the hit miniseries, comes from West Texas and studied Russian only briefly in high school, yet...
A Theater Company Of Ukrainian Veterans Wounded In The Russian War
Some have lost an arm, others their legs, yet others their eyesight or voice. They’ve spent a year rehearsing a parody of Virgil’s Aeneid....
Australia’s Great Theatrical Trilogy Is Being Staged Complete For The First Time In 40...
Playwright Ray Lawler’s most famous work, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1955), was a turning point in Australian theatre history. In the 1970s, Lawler...
