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Where Jodie Gates Plans To Take Cincinnati Ballet
"What I'm really hoping for is we develop our own style. A hyper-musical, full-port-de-bras style layered with joy, with beautifully coordinated dancers ... who...
The Adventurous History of The “Choose Your Own Adventure” Books
In a longread laid out like a choose-your-own-adventure tale, Leslie Jamison looks at why kids adore the books (agency!), their own origin story, how...
When They’re Putting On A New Opera, Who’s The Person Everybody’s Grateful For? The...
"The prompter is invisible to the audience, and he may be only one person among the roughly 250-strong cast and crew, but he plays...
Translating “Hamilton” Into German Is Even More Challenging Than You Think
"Preserving the rhythm, the sound, and the sensibility of the original musical while translating its dense libretto into a language characterized by multisyllabic compound...
How Does “Hamilton” Go In German? Here Are Half A Dozen Examples
For instance, Alexander Hamilton in "The World Was Wide Enough" —
English: "America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me."
German: "America, durch deine Brust...
Pulled Between Hollywood And The Stage: The Case Of Matt Shakman And The Geffen...
"If anyone could figure out how to synergize the creativity of a city dominated by film and television yet overflowing with theatrical ingenuity, ......
Meet The Strippers Working To Make Their L.A. Dive Bar An Actors’ Equity Venue
As "Reagan", one of the group's leaders, tells a carful of potential patrons, "We do want to dance. We love it in there. We're...
The New Harriet Tubman Statue In Philadelphia Might Not Be Of Harriet Tubman
When the city commissioned a permanent version of Wesley Wofford's traveling Tubman statue, objectors demanded the commission go to a Philadelphia artist of color...
Irene Papas, Great Tragedienne Of Stage And Screen, Is Dead At 96
"Notwithstanding her many roles in a wide range of Hollywood, international and Greek films, including The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Greek (1964)...
The Stage Adaptation Of One Of Bollywood’s Biggest-Ever Hits Casts A White Leading Man,...
The movie, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (or DDLJ), is about two Indian expats in London: she more traditional, he a Westernized playboy. The musical...
Javier MarÃas, One Of Spain’s Greatest Novelists, Is Dead At 70
"The overriding themes of (his) novels ranged widely: murder mysteries, espionage, family secrets and more. He could keep it light or go graphically violent....
What Music Will Be Played At Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral? Well, Here’s What They’ve Done...
Musicologist Imani Danielle Mosley surveys the music that's been used at the obsequies for Queens of England from Elizabeth I (the first to have...
Second City’s New CEO Wants To Do Some Very CEO-ish Things
Calling the company "the world leader in improv-based education and entertainment," Ed Wells, formerly a senior executive at Sesame Street, said "I want to...
Most “Petipa Ballets” We See Today Aren’t Really By Marius Petipa. So How Important...
"Today's dance audience is continually watching whole acres of choreography still called 'Petipa' that simply aren't Petipa. But even Petipa's audience was watching lots...
How Did This Fragment Of Dead Sea Scroll Wind Up In Montana?
"The scrap of papyrus — scarcely larger than a postage stamp with four lines of angular script — is one of just a few...
Construction Of The Yucatán’s “Maya Train” Route Has Uncovered Another Major Archaeological Find
"An archaeological survey along section 5 of the project, between Playa del Carmen and Tulum, has uncovered an 'impressive' archeological site of more than...
On A Mexican Cattle Ranch, Unearthing A Mysterious, Lost Mayan City
Sak Tz'i' was an ancient but small city, caught between more powerful neighbors; scholars weren't aware it had existed until they found inscriptions describing...
Pedro Almodóvar Gives Up On His First English-Language Feature
"Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will not be making his English-language feature directorial debut with A Manual for Cleaning Women, which has Cate Blanchett...
Jean-Luc Godard Committed Assisted Suicide, His Attorney Confirms
"The medical report on the death of the 91-year-old director said he had chosen to end his life. He 'had recourse to legal assistance...
UK Movie Theatres Will Close For Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral — Except …
... for the ones that will screen a free video feed of the ceremonies. Those will be smaller chains (e.g., Vue, Picturedrome, Reel); the...
How Ivo Van Hove Went About Adapting An Edouard Louis Novel Into A Play
"During his brief six-week rehearsal periods, van Hove introduces sets, costumes, music and lighting as early in the process as possible. ... He wanted...
The Uffizi Gallery Is Lending, Or Renting, A Bunch Of Its Masterworks To Shanghai
"Self-Portraits: Masterpieces from the Uffizi ... is the first to kick off a series of 10 exhibitions that the Florence-based museum will loan to...
Why Europe Couldn’t Have A Serge Diaghilev Today
"Everything Diaghilev did was ad hoc, on a wing and a prayer or a plea and a handshake. He answered to nobody; there was...
London’s V&A Museum Prepares To Return Golden Treasures Of The Asante Kingdom To Ghana
"The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is in talks to potentially return a collection of Asante gold artifacts that were looted during a...
One of France’s Hottest Bestsellers Is Disqualified From The Prix Goncourt, Ostensibly Because Its...
"Punk feminist" author Virginie Despentes's novel, titled Cher connard (roughly, "Dear Asshole"), goes deep into what this correspondent describes as "France's sometimes difficult relationship...
