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Why Cathy Marston Turned Ian McEwan’s Novel “Atonement” Into Ballet
"Briony’s idea of being able to rewrite someone’s life for the better is, for any sensible brain, a ridiculous notion. Yet there's scientific evidence...
With “Illinoise”, Justin Peck Has Expanded The Idea Of What A Broadway Musical Can...
"The 37-year old’s directorial debut is the result of a three-force collaboration: the dance is by Peck himself to Stevens’s introspective coming-of-age album with...
Puccini The Modernist?
"Puccini is typically seen as representing the end of a tradition, but might he actually have sown the seeds of a variety of new...
Well, Here’s What Happened When Another Large Country Banned TikTok
"After (a 2020) border skirmish, the Indian government banned the app. … As the app's 150 million US users swipe through videos in limbo,...
One-Quarter Of Young-Adult-Lit Readers Are More Than 28 Years Old
"According to the report (commissioned by HarperCollins), 74% of YA readers were adults, and 28% were over the age of 28. The research suggests...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals In Paris Arrested Before They Could Vandalize Art
"Two people were arrested on Sunday morning at the entrance of the Musée d’Orsay for being suspected of attempting to damage classified property. …...
When James Baldwin Went To Hollywood
He loved cinema all his life and wrote some genuinely great film criticism. Yet, says one Baldwin scholar, he "craved an Oscar almost as...
State Of The Arts In The US: Cultural Organizations’ Staffing Levels Post-COVID
"On average, organizations retained their full-time staff through pandemic shutdowns. Average staff size has grown over the last two years (2022 to 2023) through...
Author Paul Auster Dead At 77
"Called the 'dean of American post-modernists' and 'the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,' Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious...
Toronto’s Largest Art Museum Reopens After Monthlong Strike
"The Art Gallery of Ontario, which closed to the public on March 26 as more than 400 unionized workers went on strike, (reopened) on...
Why Was Penguin Books Named After A Flightless Antarctic Waterfowl?
"Inspired by the existing Albatross Books, (Allen) Lane’s nascent company wanted an animal for (a) mascot. Many years (later), designer Edward Young explained that...
Nigeria’s New Museum Of Yoruba Culture Is Not Like Other Museums
Architect Seun Oduwole: "This museum pops with colour and sound." Curator Will Rea: "It is very different to a European museum, you walk in...
John Adams On Assembling The Libretto For “El Niño”
"We had the framework of the Nativity story, so we didn’t have to worry a great deal about devising a new narrative structure. …...
Previously Unknown Details Of Plato’s Life And Death Discovered In Herculaneum Scroll
The document, carbonized by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE and deciphered using advanced imaging techniques, recounts the last evening of the philosopher's...
State Of The Arts In The US: Searching For Income Post-COVID
"Many are wondering what the revenue landscape for arts and culture will look like after (governmental relief funds run out). Is there a revenue...
This New Award Is Dance’s Equivalent Of The Turner Prize
The £40,000 Rose International Dance Prize, administered by Sadler's Wells in London, will be awarded biennially starting in February 2025. As with the Turner,...
Ballet Arizona’s New Artistic Director Is The First Woman To Hold The Job
Brazilian dancer and choreographer Daniela Cardim, who performed with the Dutch National Ballet before retiring from the stage in 2010, will take the helm...
“Hell’s Kitchen” And “Stereophonic” Lead 2024 Tony Nominations
"The musical Hell’s Kitchen, fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play Stereophonic, about a ‘70s rock band at the edge of stardom, each...
Gérard Depardieu To Be Prosecuted For Alleged On-Set Sexual Assaults
"A trial will start in October 'for sexual assaults likely to have been committed in September 2021' against 'two victims, on the set of...
Now PEN America Has Canceled Its World Voices Festival, Too
"Less than a week after canceling its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony following months of mounting criticism over the organization's response to the crisis in...
London’s Royal Ballet And Royal Opera Change Their Names (Barely)
That new name is The Royal Ballet and Opera. "'The Royal Opera House', as the company was previously known, did not make clear that...
“The Movie Critic” Was Supposed To Be Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film. Why Did It...
He reportedly had major stars attached and very enthusiastic studio (Sony) behind the project. Yet he dropped it all last week; he'll still make...
Has Tamara Rojo Pulled Off A Miracle At San Francisco Ballet?
A new ballet so popular it got an extra seven performances at the end of the season. Big — and younger — crowds. Conga...
With DeSantis’s Feuds Fading, Government At Disney World Is Blessedly Boring Again
"What made this (latest) meeting different from most during the past year or so was that it came a month after Disney and DeSantis’s...
Journalists At Italy’s National Broadcaster Plan A Strike Over Political Interference
"Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI will strike next month in protest against the 'suffocating control' over their work by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government....
