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King’s Singers Florida Concert Cancelled Two Hours Before Curtain Because Of Performers’ “Lifestyle”
It seems Pensacola Christian College, where the group had sung before without incident, got wind that some members of the sextet are gay. The...
Ballet Director Suspended After Rubbing Critic’s Face With His Dachshund’s Poop
On Saturday, enraged at her harsh review of his new piece In the Dutch Mountains (get it?), Hannover State Opera ballet director Marco Goecke...
Philadelphia Orchestra/Kimmel Center Ticketing System Is Paralyzed By Hackers
"The ticketing systems of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. remained hobbled for a fifth day Monday following a cyber attack that struck...
“Catastrophic Consequences”: Edinburgh Fringe Venues Beg Government Not To Clamp Down On Airbnb-Style Rentals
The expansion of short-term rentals has been pricing out Edinburgh residents for years. But the cost of accommodation for festival performers and visitors has...
The Big Vermeer Show In Amsterdam Was Completely Sold Out Two Days After Opening
"Every single available ticket to see the Rijksmuseum's Johannes Vermeer retrospective is already gone, the Amsterdam institution said over the weekend, dashing the hopes...
In Cambodia, A Circus Helps Rescue Traditional Arts And Traumatized People
The Phare Circus, founded in 1994 by an art therapist, provides education and training for young people, many poor, and a livelihood for artists...
This Prominent Woman Conductor Isn’t All That Interested In The Gender Issue
Simone Young: "What does being a woman have to do with conducting? My tits don't get in the way. ... And it is maestro,...
A Second-Day, Six-Point Look At Australia’s New Cultural Policy
"1. It is a truth universally acknowledged that democratic governments who produce National Cultural Policies sound decidedly naff. Sorry, but there's no escaping it....
For The Sake Of “Moral And Spiritual Values,” The Kremlin Fires The Tretyakov Gallery’s...
Two weeks ago, following an alleged complaint from a visitor about art with a "destructive ideology." Russia's Ministry of Culture demanded that the Moscow...
Marianne Mantell, Co-Creator of The Audiobook Industry (Yes, Really), Is Dead At 93
At age 23, she and college pal Barbara Holdridge launched Caedmon Records with an LP of Dylan Thomas reading A Child's Christmas in Wales....
New Voices And A New Aesthetic At Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, the company's new artistic director: "I could have said, 'Oh, I'm throwing everything out,' but I don't think that's smart. ... (Yet)...
Actors’ Equity Makes Its Open Access Membership Program Permanent
"(The policy allows) any non-union theater worker to join who can demonstrate that they have worked professionally as an actor or stage manager within...
The Smithsonian Is Doing A Reality Show Competition — On MTV — For Artists
"The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is teaming up with MTV Studios to create the six episode docuseries The Exhibit: Finding the Next...
Hollywood Appears Headed For A Writers’ Strike. At Issue: The Streaming Economy
"The Writers Guild of America's current contract expires on May 1, and the industry is bracing for a major battle, and what could be...
The Strike At HarperCollins Appears To Be Settled
"HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing around 250 striking employees reached a tentative agreement providing increases to entry level salaries. If union members ratify...
Philadelphia Folk Festival Cancels This Year’s Edition, Says It’s Broke
"The Philadelphia Folksong Society is teetering on bankruptcy and won't put on its annual festival this summer for the first time in more than...
Why There’s Such A Fuss Over Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar Nomination: An Explainer
"(She) managed a surprise best-actress nomination last month that quickly turned from boon to boondoggle. It's the story everyone in Hollywood is talking about,...
Righteous Anger, Rightly Directed: Edouard Louis’s Books About Working-Class Poverty And Pain
"Louis's depiction of poverty is more radical in its honesty. Deprivation doesn't just cause pain and hunger; it also fosters hostility. Circumstances warp behavior....
How American Not-For-Profit Theatres Fared In 2021: A Look At The Numbers
"Sharp reductions in expenses coupled with large growth in government contributions and investments kept theatres afloat. ... As audiences return to live performances, theatres...
Confessions Of A Metropolitan Museum Guard
"I was attracted by this idea of doing something straightforward and honest and useful, like keeping people's hands off of some of the most...
Why Harry Styles’s Dancers At The Grammys Had To Rework Their Choreography Live On...
The song was performed on a giant rotating turntable. "After a week of rehearsing this piece perfectly going one way," explained a dancer, "the...
Burt Bacharach Dead At 94
"One of the last of the great popular songwriters of the 20th century, ... he created songs that became standards in their own right....
Search Engines’ AI Chatbots Could Soon Answer Questions Without Giving Links. What Happens To...
Microsoft is incorporating ChatGPT into Bing, and Google's at work on its own AI bot, called Bard, for its search engine. Organizations are very...
China Has Produced Deepfake News Videos And Released Them On Social Media
The videos, by a purported outlet called Wolf News, "were distributed by pro-China bot accounts on Facebook and Twitter, in the first known instance...
Sagrada Família In Barcelona Has A Big Problem Brewing With The Neighbors
Antoni Gaudí's great church has been under construction for over a century. Huge progress has been made in recent decades, and it's time to...
