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CBS Says It Will Be Making $15 Million In Profit From Stephen Colbert’s Former...
A network spokesperson argued that producing its own programming for the late-night talk-show slot is now “cost-prohibitive” — and that, by leasing that airtime...
Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon” Reopens After Three-Week Closure Due to Fire
“The Book of Mormon, one of Broadway’s biggest hits, resumed performances on Wednesday night after a three-week shutdown prompted by a damaging three-alarm electrical fire at...
Trump Camp Announces Summer Pop Concert Series On National Mall. Stars Promptly Start Withdrawing.
“A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the ‘first wave’ of performers for ‘The Great American State Fair’ shows on Washington’s National...
America’s First Late-Night Talk-Show Host Was A Woman
Faye Emerson was a Hollywood actress specializing in noir films; then she married FDR’s son, moved to New York and got into TV. From...
How Does A Choreographer Make Dance About Her Hometown Getting Ravaged By A Wildfire?
Alice Topp, a former principal dancer and choreographer-in-residence at the Australian Ballet, already had the idea of basing her first commission for Houston Ballet...
Margot Wellington, Campaigner Who Helped Save Grand Central Station From Wrecking Ball, Has Died...
“During her seven-year tenure (as executive director of the Municipal Art Society), she led pioneering campaigns to form historic landmark districts, renovate blighted blocks...
Royal Shakespeare Company Gets An Extra £2 Million For Touring England
Arts Council England, the national funding body, gave the RSC £2 million for two large-scale Shakespeare tours in 2028 and 2030 to regional theatres...
The Great Louvre Jewel Robbery Is Already A Book With A Movie Deal
The theft only happened last October; none of the indicted suspects have yet been tried. Yet a book by three investigative journalists, Main basse...
NPR CEO Katherine Maher Thinks Maybe We Should Just Accept Federal Defunding Of Public...
“I don't think (we'll) see the Corporation for Public Broadcasting come back, and … I wouldn't necessarily advise that ... we advocate for (that),...
Omaha To Get Its Own Dedicated Public Radio Station
“Nebraska Public Media (will) launch a new Omaha-focused station on June 15, expanding its statewide service with a dedicated FM signal designed specifically for...
Florida Legislature Approves $20 Million In Arts Funding (Will DeSantis Veto It Again?)
“The Legislature wants the first $12.45 million ... to go to arts groups recommended by Secretary of State Cord Byrd. The remaining money would be...
Libraries Plead With Big Five Publishers To Rethink E-Book Pricing
“Five public library organizations from the U.S. and Canada … (are urging) publishers to negotiate usage-based e-book lending models as well as perpetual-use options.”...
Interlochen Will Demolish Lodge Once Named For Jeffrey Epstein
The Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Michigan summer-intensive camp and year-round boarding school — which Epstein attended as a teenager and where, as...
Seattle Symphony Appoints New CEO
Jeremy Rothman, who for 18 seasons has been artistic administrator at the Philadelphia Orchestra, will begin in Seattle as of September 1. He succeeds...
Why The U.S. Radio Industry Opposes Year-Round Daylight Savings Time
You know how numerous radio stations have to reduce their broadcast power, and a few even have to go off the air, during non-daylight...
Knoxville Reverses Its Ban Of Alex Haley’s “Roots” From School Libraries
“Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk said the district will return the (Pulitzer-winning) 1976 novel to school library shelves, walking back a decision that (led...
Facing Serious Cash Crunch, Sydney Dance Company Builds Up Its Teaching Offerings
Despite reaching new artistic heights, Australia’s leading contemporary dance troupe has posted four annual deficits in a row, totaling $5.2 million (US$3.7 million) and...
Heinz Endowments Changes Priorities In Its Arts Funding Grants
The Pittsburgh-based foundation is ending grants for one-time projects and for individual artists in favor of funding arts organizations and cultural infrastructure in the...
Opera Australia Has Turned Its Troubled Finances Around
After posting an operating loss of $10.6 million (US$7.6 million) in 2024, the company — boosted by a 29% increase in ticket sales —...
The Heroic Effort To Rebuild Brazil’s National Museum, Almost Completely Destroyed In A Fire
“The news arrived (in September 2025) with both excitement and a pang of grief: The oldest national history museum in the Americas was slated...
Jazz Pianist John Eaton, Evangelist For Great American Songbook, Has Died At 91
“Across a more-than-six-decade playing career, he recorded albums for the Chiaroscuro label, took requests from Nancy Reagan at the White House, delighted audiences at...
Behind The Scenes At Second City, Watching A New Show Get Made
“What people don’t know about the process is that when the old cast is done, on their final day, usually a Sunday, the new...
What It Costs These Days To Produce A Show In London’s West End
“Mounting a play in the West End now requires between £1 million and £2 million pounds in upfront investment, while staging a musical requires...
Barn At Oscar Hammerstein II’s Pennsylvania Farmstead Collapses In Storm
Highland Farm, just outside Doylestown in Bucks County, was where Hammerstein wrote the words for many of the musicals he created with Richard Rodgers....
Since It Gave Up Government Funding, Finances At London’s Wigmore Hall Are Stronger Than...
The city's most respected chamber music venue has seen a 25% increase year-on-year in ticket sales since it left the funding portfolio of Arts...
