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The Swinging Sixties London Writer Who Tried To Eliminate Every Trace Of Her Career
Rosemary Tonks was suceessful critically, commercially, and socially. Then a series of life crises in the 1970s led her to convert to fundamentalist Christianity,...
Why Audiences And Actors Remain Enthralled With That Sordid, Squalid “Streetcar Named Desire”
Sordid? Squalid? That's pretty much how a lot of critics reacted to the play when it was new. Yet for decades it has been...
Arts Organizations Are Hiring Women Of Color As Leaders, Then Losing Them. Here Are...
"Arts groups need to make institutional changes to support these new leaders, according to women leaders of color at these groups. They say solutions...
Britain’s National Gallery Has Spent £3 Million To Buy An Abandoned Public Lavatory
"The lavatory on Charing Cross Road closed in the Seventies and later became a West End ticket kiosk before falling into disuse. There may...
Cineworld/Regal Says No, It Is Not Selling Itself To AMC
"Regal-owner Cineworld, the world's second largest movie theater operator, has denied reports that it has been in talks with AMC, the world's largest movie...
The Mysterious Manuscript Thief Is Expected To Plead Guilty
"For years, someone impersonated authors and agents, editors and publishers, trying to steal unpublished book manuscripts from high profile authors … and writers of...
The British Museum And Acropolis Museum Are Nearing A Deal For The Return Of...
"An agreement would see a proportion of the marbles sent to Athens on rotation over several years. … In exchange, other objects would effectively...
Frank Galati, A Beloved Pillar Of Chicago Theater, Is Dead At 79
A double Tony winner, a mainstay of the Steppenwolf and Goodman Theaters, Galati was admired as an adapter of literature for the stage, an...
The Stars Of Zeffirelli’s “Romeo And Juliet” Are Suing Over Their Nude Scene, Alleging...
Leonard Whiting, who was 16 when the film was made in 1968, and Olivia Hussey, who was 15, are seeking damages from Paramount reported...
Ten Things For The Theatre Industry To Consider For 2023
Lyn Gardner: "6) Safeguarding. We don't expect people in other professions to do their jobs well without proper safeguards, checks and balances in place;...
Meet The World’s Absolute Master Of Card Tricks
"Juan Tamariz has been a professional magician for 52 years, ... becoming both a household name in his home country and a living legend...
Ireland Is Using “The Banshees Of Inisherin” To Promote Tourism
"Inis Mór (Inishmore) and Achill Island, the islands where Martin McDonagh's black comedy was filmed, are marketing the locations, and a Tourism Ireland video...
Brazil’s Arts World Greets Lula’s Arrival And Bolsonaro’s Departure With Great Sighs Of Relief
"The move helps to draw a line under the 'culture wars' raging in Brazil that have led to increased censorship, with some artists facing...
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Literally Standing Up Straighter
"After a stabilization project, begun in 1990, reduced the quirky monument's dangerous lean by a full 15 inches, the tower has straightened itself out...
Milan Cancels Sergei Polunin’s “Rasputin” Following Social Media Protests
The run of performances was called off by the Arcimboldi Theater as "an act of 'political and moral responsibility,' given 'a climate of tensions...
Is Bulgakov About To Become Another Casualty Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine?
Many writers and other figures are calling for Bulgakov's home in Kiev, a museum since Soviet days, to be closed, arguing that he was...
The César Awards, France’s Oscars, Bar Anyone Under Investigation For Sex Crimes
"Artists who have been charged or convicted of sexual crimes can still be nominated for a César, and can still win the award. But...
Soon We’ll Get To Hear Historic Wax Cylinder Recordings From The Metropolitan Opera
A specially developed device, the Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine, has enabled the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to retrieve and...
Ancient City Of Petra Is Hit By Flash Floods
High water surged through the rock-hewn city in southern Jordan around Christmas Day and tourists had to be evacuated, though they had returned by...
Britain’s Arts And Heritage Sites Are Making Huge Cutbacks As Energy Coss Soar
"Theatres, museums, castles and other heritage sites are making staff redundant, turning down the heating, shutting rooms to the public and closing early. The...
Phnom Penh’s Gender-Bending All-Gay-Male Classical Dance Troupe
"Merging two cultural streams — the progressive and the conservative — that many see as mutually exclusive, Prumsodun Ok presents a new outlook on...
The Quintessential Film Genre Of the 21st Century? Considering The Technical Disaster Movie
"Unlike the schlockier disaster porn that precedes it, the technical disaster movie depicts a real or realistic catastrophe that is in principle avoidable. Their...
Should “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” Have Been Aired At All?
Critics hated it, audiences flocked to it, and some social media commenters and media columnists argues that it was immoral even to have written...
Yiddish Theatre In New York Is Alive And Well
"At one point in time, New York was home to more than 50 Yiddish theatres. … Today, reflecting both the relative decline and the...
A Recap Of The Prize-Winning Novels Of 2022
"Awards ceremonies are back, baby. For the first time since 2019, your favorite writers got to dress up and attend a fancy party or...
