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Why Ayodele Casel Did An Autobiographical Tap-Dance Show With Voiceover
"When I got to do While I Have the Floor, that was me really saying, okay, I can be in control of the narrative....
TKTS, Times Square’s Famous Half-Price Ticket Booth, Marks 50 Years
"Some 68.6 million tickets have been sold from the booth during its 50 years, with more than $2.6 billion going back to the shows....
Fox News’s Late-Night Insult Comic Is Actually Outdrawing “The Tonight Show”
"After decades of cultural dominance by left-leaning late night, … (Greg) Gutfeld's striking inversion is a hard-won victory for the right. Like The Daily...
Britain’s State Schools Are Robbing Kids Who Aren’t Rich Of Arts Education
V&A director Tristram Hunt: "This is a real problem, and there's a social inequity here because the private sector is not closing its theatres...
Argentine Court Assigns The Rights To Jorge Luís Borges’s Works
"Borges's wife, Maria Kodama, had devoted much of her life to fiercely protecting his legacy and it surprised many in Argentina's literary circles that...
What Happens When Opera Singers Get Pregnant? Sometimes They Lose Roles, Sometimes They Gain...
"The science behind the phenomenon is still poorly understood, but it is such a noticeable and common occurrence that it has become something of...
In Song Recitals, The Way The Performers Move Their Heads Matters: Study
"The new study used 24 subjects who were advanced piano and vocal students (in) Vienna. The researchers specifically wanted to look at how musicians'...
The Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold In Europe: Gustav Klimt’s Last Portrait
Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) — said to have still been on the easel when Klimt died — was sold at Sotheby's...
Actor Julian Sands Confirmed Dead At 65
Best known for roles in The Killing Fields, A Room with a View and Leaving Las Vegas, he worked steadily in films and television...
A Bronislava Nijinska Bio-Ballet
The Ballet de Santiago in Chile commissioned Spanish choreographer Avatâra Ayuso to create Nijinska, Secreto de la Vanguardia for this year, the centenary of...
Rita Reif, Art And Antiques Columnist For The New York Times, Is Dead At...
"After starting out in some of journalism's lowest-rung jobs, (she) spent decades covering the worlds of antiques and auctions, … and (she) made news...
If SAG-AFTRA Strikes, Will That Affect The Industry In Britain?
"A number of British actors Variety has spoken to say they've yet to hear from local actors' union Equity with any guidance about their...
The Ways Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is Changing The Metropolitan Opera
Composer Matthew Aucoin: "What's healthy about the kind of aesthetic ecosystem that Yannick is nurturing is that it relieves the pressure on every piece...
California’s Struggling Theater Companies Hope Desperately For Bailout Money From Sacramento
"'The general consensus is that we’re all dying,' Demson said. 'No hyperbole.' As California finalizes its state budget, advocates are hoping for millions of...
Britain’s Culture Secretary Wants To Move Theatre’s “Balance Of Power” From Broadway To The...
"The plans for growing the U.K.'s theater sector are part of the government's $63 billion vision for the creative industries. 'We want the Creative...
Good Newspaper News! Britain’s The Independent Posts Six Consecutive Years Of Profit
And that's in spite of a 66% fall in profits from the previous fiscal year, due partly to increased spending on reporting from the...
Jackass Tourist Carves Juvenile Love Graffiti Into Wall Of Rome’s Colosseum
"The video, which was posted to Reddit, shows a man using his keys to scratch the words 'Ivan + Hayley '23' on an exterior...
Leaky Berlin Museum Is Reduced To Covering A Rembrandt With Plastic And Duct Tape
"On June 23, as heavy rains in Germany flooded streets and shut down rail transportation, staff at Berlin's Gemäldegalerie taped up some plastic sheeting...
BAM Lays Off 26 Staffers To Address A “Sizable Structural Deficit”
The Brooklyn Academy of Music's president, Gina Duncan, "said that the changes were necessary in part to help BAM to 'weather the downturn in...
Tulsa Opera Cancels 2023-24 Mainstage Season
"In addition, Ken McConnell, who served as the company's general director and CEO since 2018, has resigned. Aaron Beck, a longtime Tulsa Opera staff...
Was This Man America’s First Published Black Composer?
Occramer Marycoo, abducted from the Gold Coast of West Africa to Newport, Rhode Island in 1764 and renamed by his enslaver as Newport Gardner,...
What Belgians Are Doing With All The Beautiful Old Churches Nobody’s Worshiping In Anymore
"On average, each of the 300 towns in Flanders has about six churches and often not enough faithful to fill a single one. Some...
What Do You Get When You Cross Hip-Hop With Ballet?
Hiplet, of course. (That's pronounced "hip-lay.") "The dance style — a captivating fusion of hip hop and ballet, with some jazz and modern thrown...
We Are Living Through The End Of The Useful Internet. Just Look At What’s...
"Gradually over the last decade, Reddit went from merely-embarrassing-but-occasionally-amusing, to actively harmful, to — mainly by accident — essential. … The internet's best resources...
Sheldon Harnick, Lyricist For “Fiddler On the Roof,” Is Dead At 99
"Starting in the late 1950s, Harnick and Jerry Bock spent a dozen years at the summit of Broadway songwriting teams. They collaborated on five...
