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Putin’s Government Brings Its Ukraine War Propaganda To Russian Cinemas
A recently released film titled The Witness, about a touring violinist, caught in Kiev as the invasion begins, who sees (entirely fictional) atrocities committed...
The Collateral Damage Of The Hollywood Strikes
"From studio rentals and set construction to dry cleaning for costumes and transportation to sets, it's hard to find a corner of the Los...
Playwright Tina Howe, A Tony And Pulitzer Finalist, Is Dead At 85
Her breakthrough was 1981's Painting Churches, which won an Obie and, after its 1983 Broadway transfer, became a Pulitzer finalist. Also a Pulitzer finalist...
What’s The Delay With Building Philadelphia Ballet’s New Headquarters?
"Nearly a year after a ceremonial groundbreaking for (the company's) new headquarters on North Broad Street, no actual ground has been broken and construction...
Toronto’s Leading Provider Of Affordable Rehearsal And Studio Space Declares Bankruptcy
"Artscape, which manages over a dozen buildings in the city that include both homes for artists to own or rent and studio spaces for...
The Subscription Model Is Collapsing At American Theaters
"Subscribers were long the lifeblood of many performing arts organizations — a reliable income stream, and a guarantee that many seats would be filled....
Did They Just Catch The People Who Stole The Solid Gold Toilet Sculpture?
"Authorities are reportedly on the brink of charging seven suspects in the September 2019 theft of Maurizio Cattelan's America, a functional solid gold toilet...
The Architects Returning To Wood, Stone, And Brick
Two separate developments are driving the trend: the advent of computer-controlled robots which can drill ornate designs quickly, precisely, and relatively cheaply; and the...
Frank Rich Gathers The Oral History Of How Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical Was Created
It was a big surprise when word came down that not only had Sondheim finished his long-rumored adaptation of two LuÃs Buñuel films, he...
Gustavo Dudamel Reunites With The Orchestra He Grew Up Conducting
He became director of the Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela when he was 18, and he's known many of the players since they...
Have US Ballet Companies Been Performing More Works By Women Choreographers? Yes And No.
Dance Data Project's research on this past season found that 32% of ballets presented by the largest 150 classically trained companies were by women,...
Anna Wintour Is Raising Money To Offset Cuts To Arts Funding In London
Wintour, who organizes the annual Met Gala in New York, has planned an event called Vogue World for the start of London's Fashion Week...
Some Of The Objects Stolen From The British Museum May Never Be Located. Here’s...
"Ittai Gradel, (the) antiquities dealer who uncovered the suspected thefts of items such as gold jewellery, semiprecious stones and ancient glassware, said he had...
Suddenly, There Are Big Questions Around Hilma af Klint, From Control Of IP Rights...
There's a struggle in Sweden over control of her foundation, and recent discoveries suggest that one of her fellow mystics painted some of the...
An Iowa School District Banned “Friday Night Lights” Because ChatGPT Flagged It
"The short-lived ban ... was part of school officials' attempts to comply with a new state law that requires books available to Iowa students...
London Police Remove Four Audience Members From “Grease” As Everyone Else Cheers
"Footage posted online shows eight police officers and staff from the Dominion Theatre lining the stairway in the balcony as audience members chant 'out,...
In A Rush To Remodel Cairo, Egypt’s Government Is Demolishing Historic Buildings, Cultural Centers,...
"'If you were being invaded, all what you'd care about is your monuments, your trees, your history, your culture,' said Mamdouh Sakr, an architect...
The Jokes In Proust (Oh Yes, They’re There)
"Proust's humor often has to do with misreadings or over-interpretations, and his question is usually not what happens but to whom and when." Scholar...
The Druids — What Do We Really Know About Them?
The problem is that their society in ancient Gaul and Britain didn't read or write, so the only contemporary descriptions we have today come...
Why Aren’t There Movies For A Family To Go See In A Theater Anymore?
Alexis Soloski: "Family films have been undergoing a shift that predates both 2020 and Marvel dominance. The G rating, a stalwart of the films...
Did The Choreographer Who Smeared Dog Poop On A Critic’s Face Get His Old...
Marco Goecke, who was director of the ballet at the Hannover State Opera in Germany before the February incident, was invited to lead rehearsals...
TikTok Stars Try Their Hands At Live Standup Comedy At The Edinburgh Fringe
"This is 'one great big Edinburgh experiment', says Coco Sarel, possibly as a caveat in case things go wrong. Sarel (900,000 followers) is one...
Keen To Polish Their Hometown’s Tarnished Image, Hong Kong’s Flagship Performing Arts Companies Are...
After several years of protests, repression, and COVID lockdowns dimmed the city's international reputation and kept its performers at home, the Hong Kong Philharmonic,...
Teddy Abrams: The Next Model Of A Modern Major Maestro?
The 36-year-old music director of the Louisville Orchestra has largely eschewed the touring-guest-conductor circuit many of his peers use to build careers. He...
This Again: A Mass Transit System Is Going To Play Classical Music At Stations
The Tyne and Wear Metro, which serves the Newcastle-Gateshead-Sunderland area in northeastern England, played classical in some parts of the system 20 years ago...
