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“The Miller’s Daughter And The Deadbeat Dad” — A Deep Dive Into “Rumpelstiltskin”
"There is plenty to uncover in this fairy-tale-noir story of illicit sex, betrayal, obsession, and suicide, but you have to believe it is worth...
What Do You Get When You Cross African Dance With Arab Dabke?
Palestinian choreographer Sharaf DarZaid decided to find out after befriending a Cameroonian dancer while studying in Paris. Now he performs and teaches Afro-Dabke in...
One of Turkey’s Major Film Festivals Is Canceled After Directors And Jury Protest The...
"'I regret to inform filmgoers that we canceled this year’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival… due to events beyond our control,' Muhittin Bocek, Antalya’s...
One Of Russia’s Greatest Living Stage Directors Found Himself Marooned In The US. He...
Dmitri Krymov had nine different shows running in Moscow when he left for Philadelphia to stage The Cherry Orchard. Then Putin invaded Ukraine, and...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says That Social Media-Driven Sanctimony Is Stifling Today’s Literature
"You can see that even in the small space of a workshop — I constantly have to say to people, 'It’s okay. You can...
Pianist Russell Sherman, 93
"(He) was a pianist of arresting insight, majestic technique, and transfiguring grace. In his prime, he was compared with 20th-century luminaries such as Maurizio...
NFL Game Radio Broadcasts Dominate Audience Figures Like They Do On Television
"New data from Nielsen shows that NFL games broadcast on the radio attract audiences so large that they outperform the top-rated stations in many...
Chicago’s Arts Scene, Post-Pandemic, Is In Genuine “Crisis,” Says New Research Report
"The findings paint a picture of a cultural arts landscape plagued by: dwindling audiences and subscriptions; increased costs and shrinking budgets; declines in private...
“It Was Probably One Of The Most Stressful Work Experiences I’ve Ever Had”: Allegations...
"In roughly 20 interviews with the Globe, former museum employees and board members described a stressful workplace, characterizing (director Matthias) Waschek as an 'intimidating'...
Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Reject Management’s Contract Offer; Strike Is Possible
"A union official said that it would seek continued intervention by a federal mediator and continue negotiations, but that a strike was possible. In...
Ed Fancher, Co-Founder Of The Village Voice, Is Dead At 100
"(He started) the nationally known alternative weekly newspaper with two partners" — editor Dan Wolf and writer Norman Mailer, who stormed off after a...
This Promising African Novelist’s Career Evaporated When He Was Accused Of Plagiarism. But Is...
Yambo Ouologuem insisted he had done nothing wrong in writing his 1968 novel Le Devoir de violence (Bound to Violence). But he refused to...
The Men Who Saved Half Of Shakespeare’s Plays From Complete Loss
Not only did Henry Condye and John Heminges assemble and publish the First Folio, they almost certainly helped lead the rescue of Shakespeare's plays...
King Lear Is A Strenuous Role, But Not Such A Difficult One
Laurence Olivier said, "Frankly, Lear is an easy part … He’s like all of us really: he’s just a stupid old fart." Tom Courtenay...
How To Memorialize Dawn Powell When We Can’t Find Her Grave?
"She now inspires the kind of devotion that might include pilgrimages to her gravesite — had her body not wound up in an unmarked...
Was Christian Thielemann A Wise Choice To Succeed Daniel Barenboim In Berlin?
"Thielemann's personal canon consists of a handful of German-speaking composers, mostly from the mid-19th to the early-20th centuries, all of whose music benefited massively...
Life As A Dancer At The Moulin Rouge
"There aren’t many jobs in which a cartwheel can make or break your dreams." - The Independent (UK)
A Surprise Candidate Beat Damien Hirst As Last Year’s Bestselling Artist At Auction
"Aboudia, aka Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, 40, whose art is inspired by street culture in his hometown of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, heads the Hiscox Artist...
Major Financial Mismanagement Uncovered At Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio As University Takes Over Control
California State University Sacramento, the official licensee for CapRadio's two outlets (news/talk KXJZ 90.9 and classical KXPR 88.9), has assumed control of the stations...
Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio Nearly Went Bust And Shut Down. What Happens To It...
Cal State U. Sacramento came to the rescue with a cash infusion this summer as CapRadio's unpaid bills, rent and NPR dues piled up....
This Museum Employee Committed An Unusually Brazen Theft
The unnamed, now-former collections management staffer at the Deutsches Museum in Munich took one painting right off the gallery wall, replaced it with a...
Founder Of Philly Fringe Festival Is Stepping Down After 27 Years
Nick Stuccio established the Philly Fringe in 1997, inspired by a visit to the Edinburgh Fringe. Over the years, the festival has grown from...
This Family Has Been Making Bronze Bells For More Than 1,000 Years
"The Marinellis have been handcrafting bronze bells (in the mountains of southern Italy) since at least the 11th century, although archaeological findings at nearby...
Now That Breakdancing Is A Competitive Sport, Team USA Has Fallen Behind
"As ambassadors of the country where breakdancing originated 50 years ago, members of Team USA have something to prove — and potentially to lose...
Leading Avant-Garde Theater Directors Are Turning To The Musicals Of Andrew Lloyd Webber (?!?)
Ivo van Hove is bringing his video-heavy style to Jesus Christ Superstar in Amsterdam. Jamie Lloyd (loves Pinter, hates scenery) is staging Sunset Boulevard...
