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An Actor With Alzheiner’s Performs Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”
Peter Marinker, now 84, first played Krapp in 1983, and he’s reusing the tapes he made back then for this production in London. He’ll...
Commonwealth Short Story Prize Determines That None Of This Year’s Winners Were Written By...
“The Commonwealth Foundation dismissed accusations that the short stories which won its literary prize this year were generated with artificial intelligence, saying a month-long...
The New Republic’s 20 Images That Define American History
In 15 photographs, four paintings, and one very iconic sculpture, “a visual chronicle of the national experience, from Iwo Jima to Emmett Till to...
Vatican Begins First-Ever Restoration Of Raphael Frescoes In Apostolic Palace
“The Vatican Museums on Wednesday announced the start of a five-year, $5.5 million project to clean and restore the Raphael Loggia, a 65-meter (yard)...
Major Hollywood Studios Are Starting To Produce Their Own Microdramas
“While comparatively obscure microdrama companies, with names like DramaBox and GammaTime, have received significant investment in the past year from venture capitalists and entertainment...
When TheWrap Used AI To Make A Microdrama
“After four days and $150 worth of digital credits to access the tool, we created four minute-long episodes designed as a take on the...
The New Republic’s 15 Most Important Artworks In U.S. History
The editors have chosen four movies, six books, two songs, a piece of classical music, a painting, and a monument “whose impact extended beyond...
Revamp Of Philadelphia’s “Avenue Of The Arts”: The Beta Test Is Complete
“A landscaped median under construction for months in front of the Kimmel Center has reached completion — the down payment on a promised major...
Live Nation’s CEO Spoke Directly With Trump Before Surprise Dept. Of Justice Settlement
“Live Nation has confirmed that the company had several meetings with the Department of Justice and the Office of the White House Counsel before a...
Why The Onion Is Going Ahead With Its Infowars Parody Even Though The Case...
Basically, if Alex Jones can play dirty, then The Onion can play dirty, too. - Law and Chaos
Even Award-Winning Indie Filmmakers Make Shockingly Little Money
Brady Corbet, who made The Brutalist, earned, he says “zero dollars” for his work on the movie. The five directors who agreed to be...
As Other Small Colleges Shrink Non-STEM Programs, These Four Are Adding New Dance Majors
“To get a new major approved, faculty must demonstrate that there’s a genuine hunger for more dance on campus. They must lay out the...
Attendance At Pittsburgh Symphony’s Classical Concerts Is Back Up To 50%
The average audience at Heinz Hall for the flagship classical series is roughly 1,450, just over half of the venue’s capacity and up 14%...
Too Many Books, Too Quickly: Australia’s Publishing Industry Is Too Prolific For Its Own...
“Talk to authors, talk to prize judges, talk to critics and to editors and you hear versions of the same story. ... What might...
Why Are New Musicals On Broadway So Scarce This Year?
“How did the new musical — long Broadway’s fundamental building block — become so scarce that the New York Drama Critics’ Circle opted to...
How Arts Philanthropist Christophe De Menil Ended Up Isolated During Her Final Years
The daughter of the founders of Houston’s Menil Collection, Christophe herself had a glittering social life filled with the arts and artists, and she...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s First Full Musical Since “Hamilton” Will Arrive On Broadway Next Spring
The show is Warriors, an adaptation of the 2024 concept album by Miranda and Elsa Davis. The source material is Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel...
Museum Curator In San Francisco Terminated After His Arrest For Secret Bathroom Video
“The Cartoon Art Museum has parted ways with Andrew Farago, the longtime curator and public face of the San Francisco institution who was arrested this month...
Manhattan’s Borough President Directs His Entire Discretionary Budget — $50 Million — To The...
“Fifty-five cultural institutions and 28 schools will benefit from grants ranging from $60,000 to $2 million,” with much of the money designated for buildings...
Kansas City Symphony Extends Music Director Matthias Pintscher’s Contract
The 55-year-old German composer-conductor has only been there for two seasons (he started in fall 2024), but the orchestra likes him well enough to...
At Henry Louis Gates’s “Finding Your Roots,” How They Handle Finding A Bombshell Piece...
Gates: “If ... we found out that, let’s say, your daddy wasn’t your daddy but your daddy didn’t know, I have an ethics protocol;...
After 25 Years, Choreographer Lucy Guerin Leaving Her Dance Company
She is creating a final solo work for herself — her first time onstage in 13 years — as a farewell, and she officially...
Next-Generation Tech Lets Producers Of Musicals Shrink Pit Bands Even More
“Orchestral software from the German company KeyComp threatens to inflict the deepest cuts yet on what has traditionally been a steady gig for professional...
Laurie Anderson Awarded $600,000 Kyoto Prize For Arts And Philosophy
The multimedia artist will receive the ¥100 million prize — given annually by the Inamori Foundation in three fields: advanced technology, basic science, and...
Benjamin Franklin’s Library Given 1,500 Rare Books About Sex
The collection is the latest donation to the Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Franklin in 1731, by Charles Rosenberg, a now-retired historian of...
