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Roundabout Theater Company, Broadway’s Nonprofit Powerhouse, Names New Artistic Director
Christopher Ashley, artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse in California and known for directing the Broadway hit Come From Away, will succeed longtime...
How “The Shawshank Redemption” Went From Box-Office Flop To Modern Classic
The Stephen King adaptation hit cinemas in the fall of 1994 amid a slew of hits competing for audiences. Yet it went on to...
Christopher Marlowe Had A Co-Author For “Dr. Faustus,” Says Researcher
"Scholars have long suggested that Marlowe had a collaborator for the comic scenes of his classic play, although his name alone is on the...
Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Turn Garth Greenwell’s First Novel Into...
First to get the idea was conductor Alan Pierson, a friend of Greenwell's since music-student days at Eastman. Pierson sent the book, What Belongs...
How Do You Get Kids Into Classical Music? The “Wow Factor,” Says Charlotte Symphony’s...
Speaking of his own experiences as a child in 1970s Trinidad as well as conducting children's concerts at the BBC Proms in London and...
Archaeologists Using AI Discover 303 Unknown Geoglyphs In Peru’s Nazca Desert
"The large number of new figures has allowed the researchers to differentiate between two main types, and to offer an explanation of the possible...
Off-Road Joyriders Are Damaging Ancient Geoglyphs In Chilean Desert
"The rugged terrain of Chile’s Atacama Desert is etched with giant images of llamas, cats, fish, birds, and humans. … At Alto Barranco in...
Because Of New State Laws, Book Bans In U.S. Schools Are Soaring
"PEN America officials said that the organization has counted more than 10,000 cases of book censorship in public schools during the 2023-2024 school year,...
In U.S. Libraries, At Least, Book-Banning Efforts Are Slowing
"The American Library Association released its preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries, finding that the...
Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Where Things Stand Now And What Comes Next
With DBDT management having fired all the dancers (with an unconvincing explanation) after they tried to unionize, both the National Labor Relations Board and...
UK Culture Secretary Says Previous Government Had A “Violent Indifference” To The Arts
Lisa Nandy said that, under the 14 years of Conservative government which ended this past summer, "there's been a vandalism of the arts" and...
Why San Diego Symphony’s Concert Hall Needed That $125 Million Renovation
"Audience members had long complained about lousy acoustics under the balcony overhang and bad views from many seats. … Musicians coped with a backstage...
Venmo Is Actually A Social Network, Sort Of
Unless a user opts out, every profile is visible to the public and every transaction is shown in the feeds of a user's friends....
“La Haine,” Revelatory Film About Paris’s Suburban Slums, Is Now A Stage Musical
Matthieu Kassovitz's 1995 prize-winner is still considered the reference film about the crisis in France's suburban housing projects. After almost 30 years, Kassovitz and...
Visitorship At French Heritage Sites Is Back To Pre-COVID Levels
According to the statistics department at the country's Ministry of Culture, the total attendance figure for more than 1,450 museums and 46,000 monuments is,...
Benny Golson, Master Jazz Saxophonist And Composer, Has Died At 95
"Golson played an integral role in the transition from bebop to hard bop through his short but vital tenure with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers...
Stone-Eating Lichens Are Gradually Gobbling Up Ancient Persepolis
The ruins of the ancient Persian capital, built in the 6th century BCE, are an important locus of Iranian national pride and a major...
Firings At Dallas Black Dance Theatre: A Generational Culture Clash?
When management fired the entire main company in August, the dancers said it was because they tried to unionize; management said that a social...
About 40% Of Jobs In U.S. Book Publishing Have Disappeared Since 1997
Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that employment in the industry peaked in 1997 at 91,100 jobs; as late as 2008...
At American Ballet Companies, Artistic Leadership Remains Largely Male
Dance Data Project's 2024 survey of the 150 largest ballet and classically-based companies in the U.S. shows little change in the gender balance among...
A Nine-Panel, 483-Year-Old Masterpiece Has Been Reassembled In Venice
But not quite fully reassembled. Giorgio Vasari's 1541 portrayal of the Five Virtues, painted for the ceiling of a Venetian palazzo, was broken up...
In Unanimous Vote, National Symphony Musicians Authorize Strike
"At the core of the dispute is what the union identifies as an unacceptable wage gap between NSO musicians and their peers in orchestras...
Writers Explain Why They Love “The Chicago Manual of Style”
"The Chicago Manual of Style isn’t merely a guide; it’s a testament to the art of textual precision. … CMOS doesn’t skim the surface...
“Saturday Night Live” Turns 50, And Lorne Michaels Decides He Won’t Retire After All
Four years ago, Michaels, the series's founding producer, said that by the end of the 50th season, "I think I really deserve to wander...
A Decade On, “The Babadook” Holds Up, And It’s Still A Gold Mine For...
"Fans were soon drawing (the) hokey monster against rainbow backdrops. They were bending his rhyming schemes to echo contemporary gay lingo (“BABAYAAAAAAAAASS!!!” one illustration...
