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The “Turandot” Problem — Can A New Ending By Asian-Americans Solve It?
Puccini died without finishing the opera, and the standard completion by Franco Alfano is widely considered unsatisfactory. Not to mention, of course, that the...
A Court Ordered Voice Of America To Be Revived. Will That Actually Happen?
It certainly won’t happen fast. “Restoring the physical infrastructure is going to take a lot of money and some time but it can be...
Czech Culture Minister Fires Director Of National Gallery
“Within the Czech Republic, the dismissal has been viewed by some as a politically motivated gesture. (Alicja) Knast took up the position in 2021,...
Steppenwolf Theater Can Finally Restart Its New Play Program
“(A) grant (from the Stephen Sondheim Foundation) will go toward rebuilding Steppenwolf’s Scout program, which supports new works by emerging writers and was shuttered...
After 99 Years, CBS News Is Shutting Down Its Radio Network
“Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country and is known best for its top-of-the-hour news roundups. The...
Merriam-Webster And Encyclopedia Britannica Sue OpenAI
“The lawsuit (by the American dictionary publisher and British encyclopedia) incorporates both the ‘mass-scale copying’ of their copyrighted content for training AI models and...
Jury Finds Bill Cosby Liable In Another Sexual Assault Case, Awards $59 Million
“After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found Cosby, 88, liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. They awarded...
Actress Valerie Perrine Dead At 82
“(Her) memorable film roles included a porn actress abducted by aliens in Slaughterhouse-Five, Lex Luthor’s secretary in two Superman films and an Oscar-nominated performance as the wife...
Could AI Help Decipher The Indus Valley Civilization’s Writing?
There’s nothing like a Rosetta Stone for the Harappan script (as it’s sometimes called), which developed in and around the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro...
Behold Brisbane’s Shimmering New Performance Venue
The Glasshouse Theatre, a new extension of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Australia’s third-largest city, has a flexible 1,500-seat auditorium designed to accommodate dance...
Nova Scotia Gets Its First Professional Ballet Company
Port City Ballet Company in Halifax is currently in its first season, offering a full school program as well as professional performances (in the...
Venice Mayor Will Close Russia’s Biennale Pavilion If It Is Used For ‘Propaganda”
“Russia … is a problem, but the Russian people are not. I’m pro-Ukrainian, everyone knows that, I've twinned Venice with Odessa. (But) we must work...
Chuck Norris, Action-Movie Icon, Is Dead At 86
The martial-arts grandmaster starred in more than 20 films, including Return of the Dragon, Missing in Action, and The Delta Force, as well as...
CBS News To Lay Off 6% Of Staff
“It’s the second round of layoffs in six months at CBS News (a round in October canceled some streaming shows and overhauled the Saturday morning show), but these...
Leader Who Received Death Threats At Oregon Shakespeare Festival Has A New, Safer Job
“Since January, (Nataki Garrett), whose era-defining OSF term lasted just four years, has been at another helm as interim artistic director of San Francisco's African-American Shakespeare...
What Happened After Huntsville, AL’s Public Radio Station Dropped NPR Programming? Disaster.
Since WRLH ended its affiliation with NPR last October 1, the station has lost 75% of its listenership. This is notwithstanding the fact that...
Brooklyn’s BAM Names New President And Aims For Stability
“The Brooklyn Academy of Music (has) appointed Tamara McCaw, … who has served as interim president since last June, … as the center emerges...
Pittsburgh’s Two Largest Theater Companies Merge
“Pittsburgh Public Theater, founded in 1975, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, founded in 1946, will cease to exist under the plan approved by their...
British Museum Is No Longer UK’s Most Visited Attraction
With a record 7.1 million visitors in 2025, London’s Natural History Museum surged past the British Museum to take the top spot. - The...
When Daniel Radcliffe Married A New York Theater Critic Onstage
Sara Holdren of New York magazine recounts how she went to review Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway and wound up as the star’s love...
On The Popularity Of “Heated Rivalry” In Russia
“On Kinopoisk, Russia’s largest film-and-TV database and ratings site, it sits at 8.3/10 with more than 60,000 ratings. … As a scholar of Russian culture...
What’s The Proper Length For A Piece Of Theatre? Either Well Under Two Hours...
“The former is the perfect excursion. If it’s a bad show, you’re not held hostage for long; if it’s good, you can bookend the...
Can Ballet Make Room For Dancers With Flat Feet?
“The industry still has an obsession with ‘perfect’ feet. High arches have traditionally been praised in ballet, and some dancers today use farches (fake...
Hong Kong’s Huge Arts Hub Averts Its Cash Crisis (For Now)
The West Kowloon Cultural District — a 99-acre campus, home to the M+ contemporary art museum, Hong Kong Palace Museum, and two performance venues...
Madrid’s Prado Museum Institutes Crowd Control Measures
“The newly announced measures (against overcrowding) include slashing the (maximum) size of visitor groups from 30 to 20. Access for groups will also be...
