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Broadway’s “Here Lies Love” Plans To Use Recorded Instrumentals. The Musicians’ Union Says That’s...
The producers say the immersive musical, about Imelda Marcos, is based in karaoke (near-mandatory for Philippine politicians) and that recorded instrumental tracks are integral...
Ex-Staffer Leads Lawsuit Against Met Opera Over Last Year’s Computer System Hack
"The Metropolitan Opera failed to properly safeguard the credit card numbers and other personal information of more than 45,000 patrons and employees compromised in...
Bookstores, Publishers, And Libraries Join Together To Sue Arkansas Over Law That Could Criminalize...
"Seventeen plaintiffs — including the ALA's Freedom to Read Foundation, the Association of American Publishers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Authors Guild —...
Using Medieval Tools And Techniques To Rebuild Notre-Dame’s Medieval Roof
"The use of hand tools to rebuild the roof that flames turned into ashes in 2019 is a deliberate, considered choice, especially since power...
In Lagos, Making Classical Genuinely Nigerian
"At a Lagos cultural centre, a rapt audience listened to baritone John Onosolease perform an operatic song in the Yoruba language about a hapless...
A New York Times Critic Finds A New Fave Tap Dancer On A Subway...
"Stumbling on Ja'Bowen is like uncovering a New York City art secret. The lucidity of his body and the music that it produces are...
Striking TV Workers Explain What The Job’s Really Like (And, Therefore, Why They’re On...
"TV writers ... have been trying to undo misconceptions about their jobs, which they say were never particularly glamorous even in the heyday of...
Beirut’s Leading Museum Is Back, Three Years After Being Wrecked By That Port Explosion
"Lebanon's Sursock Museum has reopened, three years after a deadly explosion in Beirut's port — set off by tons of improperly stored chemicals —...
British Theatre Audiences Behaving Badly, Part XVII: Actors Have A Whinge About It
"I'm doing this emotional ballad, quiet at the start, and someone gets their phone out. They're on WhatsApp and start leaving a voice note...
Ilya Kabakov, Pioneer Of Installation Art And Ferocious Critic Of Soviet Communism, Is Dead...
"In vast installations, Kabakov took up the many failures of the Soviet Union, where he lived for decades before departing for the West. By...
Why Did Venice’s Grand Canal Turn Bright Green Over The Weekend?
"A mysterious patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice's famed Grand Canal Sunday was caused by a chemical commonly used in underwater...
Winning The Nobel Prize Was Not A Happy Experience For Annie Ernaux
"So I'm going to be brutal and say that I obtained a prize I never wanted. The Nobel Prize fell upon me. It fell...
Italy Is Raising Museum Ticket Prices (Slightly) To Fund Recovery From Recent Floods
"Following catastrophic floods that have crippled the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy has announced a plan to raise museum admission fees across the country by €1...
Ed Ames, ’50s Pop Singer Turned ’60s TV Star, Is Dead At 95
He was the youngest member of the Ames Brothers, who had a major touring career, a syndicated TV show, and 49 hits on the...
How Dancing Made The Savannah Bananas Social Media’s Favorite American Sports Team
"The factors driving the Bananas' online success are obvious. In-game clips of players swinging flaming baseball bats, pitching from atop stilts, and performing choreographed...
After A $3.7 Million Renovation, George Frideric Handel’s London House Is Open Again
"The former home of composer George Frideric Handel has reopened to the public following a two-year renovation project costing £3 million. The property is...
Artist-Professor Arrested For Threatening A Reporter With A Machete
Okay, it was a New York Post reporter, but still … "The confrontation … at professor Shellyne Rodriguez's apartment building on Tuesday came after...
An Apparent Family Suicide Pact Rocks Japan’s Kabuki Theater Scene
Ennosuke Ichikawa IV — scion of an eminent kabuki family, the force behind an updated style called super-kabuki, and a popular television star —...
Xi Jinping’s Latest Cultural Rule That Nobody Was Warned About: Treat China’s Armed Forces...
"In the chest-thumping nationalism that has dominated the country's tightly controlled official and public discourses, the Chinese military occupies a sacred, central place –...
When Langston Hughes Wrote A Children’s Book
In 1936, Hughes and artist Elmer W. Brown put together and shopped around The Sweet and Sour Animal Book. No publisher acquired the book,...
Actors And Stage Managers In London’s West End Win 17% Pay Raise, Drop Strike...
"About 94% of (Actors Equity) members who voted backed the deal with the Society of London Theatre, which will see them get 16.7% pay...
Rare Books Damaged In Italy’s Recent Floods Are Being Salvaged By Flash-Freezing Them
"Volunteers have been transporting the books and other precious documents, which became submerged in water and mud in flooded libraries in the worst-affected areas,...
Thousands Of Trafficked Antiquities Recovered In Raids In Southern Italy
"Italian police have arrested 21 out of 51 suspects in an operation which included hundreds of officers, authorities said. … Those arrested are under...
Hugh Grant’s Lawsuit Against A Murdoch Tabloid Can Go To Trial, Rules UK Judge
"Justice Timothy Fancourt said a trial in January will have to determine whether The Sun had carried out unlawful information gathering that included tapping...
Court Will Toss “Child Sex Abuse” Lawsuit By Stars Of Zeffirelli’s “Romeo And Juliet”
"Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alison Mackenzie signaled on Thursday that she'll dismiss the suit, finding claims that the movie depicts sexual acts are...
