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How They Turned The Broadway Theater Into A Disco For “Here Lies Love”
"Scenic designer David Korins, … , who worked on Beetlejuice and Hamilton, put it this way: 'I've done some complicated and ambitious work on...
“It’s A Crazy-Quilt Of Faulty Incentives, From End To End”: Even Deeper Problems With...
"The Brooklyn Museum wanted to do an exhibition with a Netflix celebrity, so the institution isn't going to say anything too plainly about the...
The 100 Most Significant Political Films of All Time (Not Best. Most Significant.)
A poll of 79 film critics, with the results assembled and curated by J. Hoberman and Julian Epp. (There's also a separate reader poll.)...
Political Films? What Makes A Film “Political”?
Everyone's criteria will be different. (One critic declined to participate in TNR's poll by saying "Every film I care about is political.") And yet,...
The Problem When Billionaires Buy Great Newspapers To Save Them
"That provided a lifeline, but, it was pretty widely said, also a risk: What if the billionaires tired of the money they were losing,...
Eight Months After It Shut Down, Bookforum Will Be Back
"On Thursday, it announced a new partnership with the left-leaning magazine The Nation, and that its next print issue would arrive in August. …...
Vice Media Has Been Bought Out Of Bankruptcy
"The acquisition of the one-time media powerhouse by its three creditors — made up of Fortress, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital — is...
The Problem With “It’s Pablo-Matic”? The Exhibition Itself Doesn’t Agree With Hannah Gadsby About...
Well, besides Gadsby's "'neener-neener-you're-a-weiner' style of commentary." Ben Davis: "After spending four hours in it, I started to suspect that what makes the show...
An Unknown, Unfinished Novel By Françoise Sagan Arrives On Shelves
"The Four Corners of the Heart … was discovered seven years after Sagan's death in 2004 by her son, and ends on a cliffhanger....
The Unsung Hero Of Wes Anderson’s Movies? The Key Grip.
"It's a rough job, pushing and pulling a camera mounted on a dolly — a setup weighing up to 900 pounds — along hundreds...
They’ve Put Up A Geodesic Dome At The Dalí Museum in Florida. Here’s Why.
"We now have the answer: 'Dalí Alive 360°,' a new immersive experience showcasing the Spanish surrealist's works. It opens sometime this summer." - Tampa...
North Carolina’s Triad Stage Is Closing Its Doors
"This spring, the professional regional theater in downtown Greensboro stopped selling tickets to shows while examining its options amid financial struggles. The group's volunteer...
A Depressing Report On Freelancing In The British Theatre Industry
"A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work … reveals significant disparities in pay between male and female workers, amounting to a gap...
San Francisco Has Changed Its Arts Funding Priorities, And Some Groups Have Gotten Quite...
"Many arts organizations," including such flagships as the San Francisco Symphony, "have seen their city funding reduced drastically or eliminated altogether. At the same...
Motion Picture Academy Changes Rules For Best Picture Oscar
"Under the new rules, … a film will need to continue its run beyond the current requirement, a one-week theatrical release in one of...
Kennedy Center Honors 2023 To Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Queen Latifah, Barry...
"You know you’ve made a cultural impact when Henry Kissinger quotes your own joke back to you. That's what happened to Billy Crystal. …...
Philadelphia Orchestra-Kimmel Center Asks Court To Throw Out Philly Pops’ Lawsuit
"With an outstanding $1 million debt and a 'long history of contractual default and related broken promises and commitments,' the Philly Pops is trying...
France’s Highest Court Clears Filmmaker Luc Besson Of Rape Charge
The ruling by the Court of Cassation "marks the fourth and final judicial instruction in this case. The legal battle started with (actress Sand)...
France Has Treated Françoise Gilot Almost As Badly As Picasso Did
When the much-younger artist ended her relationship with the titan, he destroyed her artwork and tried very hard to destroy her career — and...
Oregon Ballet Theatre’s New Artistic Director Has Some Big Dreams For Her Dancers
Dani Rowe hopes to end the company's apprentice program by 2030, instead treating — and paying — the young dancers as full company members....
Utah School District Reverses Ban On The Bible Due To Inappropriate Subject Matter For...
"The (Davis School District) committee's reversal is the latest development in the debate over a Utah law allowing parents to challenge 'sensitive materials' available...
Who’s In Line To Run Britain’s National Theatre?
"Will the NT reach for a safe pair of hands (as) arts funding is squeezed and theatre is clawing back revenue lost over the...
Actor Paxton Whitehead Is Dead At 85
"The distinguished English actor and theater mainstay … appeared (17) times on Broadway from 1962-2018 … (and was) known for playing stuffy types in...
What Classic Movie Best Captures Today’s America? “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”, Says Maureen...
"There's no calm, no deliberation, no chance to change your mind about anything. Just a collapse of individuality, the very trait the country was...
Electric-Car Makers Are Dropping AM Radios From Their Products, And Right-Wingers Are Flipping Out
The reason AM radios are being dropped is that the static problem with AM signals gets much worse when the receiver is near an...
