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Meet The Playwright Who Transported “Waiting For Godot” To Kashmir
"In his nearly two-decade long career, Arshad Mushtaq has directed the first-ever Kashmiri digital feature, produced television dramas, and written seven original plays along...
Even The Big Vermeer Exhibition Is Getting A Reality TV Competition
In "The New Vermeer," "two professional painters and dozens of amateur artists compete to reinvent the lost works of the 17th-century master. The results...
Someone Who’s Read A Lot Of Roald Dahl Books To Kids Explains How To...
"What's interesting about this unneeded controversy is that I haven't so far seen anybody ... who thinks (bowdlerizing the books) is a good idea....
Roald Dahl’s Publisher Will Release An Unaltered Edition Of His Works, In All Their...
"The Classic Collection will 'sit alongside the newly released Puffin Roald Dahl books for young readers', the publisher said," referring to the controversial new...
Should Jessye Norman Recordings Which She Refused To Approve Be Released Anyway?
"Artists' wishes can be ambiguous or ambivalent. And some observers believe that the value to posterity of certain material can in some cases supersede...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Is Creating A New Center For African Art
"The center, endowed by trustee Ira Brind, will be dedicated to the acquisition, care, and study of art of the continent and its diaspora. ...
Massachusetts Arts Centers Get Nearly $4 Million From Gambling Taxes
"More than $3.7 million in state gaming tax revenue is flowing to 43 nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers, allowing them to compete with...
Kentucky Legislators Want To Disband The Board Of The State’s Public TV Network
"Called an effort to 'protect' the integrity of Kentucky's public television broadcaster, a bill passed unanimously (in) a Senate committee Wednesday that would disband...
Sex Scenes Seem To Be Fading Out Of Hollywood Movies
"Less than 1 percent of movies released in 2022 feature a sex scene. ... When audiences have been conditioned to want only sexless Marvel...
How The Conversation, An Academic News Website, Has Pulled In An Audience Of Young...
"Survey data showed that a bulk of (the site's) readers were in the 18-to-35 age bracket. ... To experiment with a new approach, The...
This TV Show, Arguably, Makes New York’s Theater Scene Possible
"From familiar character actors lacking household names like Ronald Guttman, Dennis Boutsikaris, and Jessica Hecht, to well-known crossover stars like Bebe Neuwirth, Roger Bart,...
This Opera Company Used Virtual Reality To Reconstruct A Century-Old Staging, Saving Thousands Of...
The Finnish National Opera and VR company Varjo developed a "digital twin" of the theater, with sets, lighting, costumes, etc, so that elements could...
The Adelaide Festival Loses A Key Sponsor Amid Outcry Over Two Controversial Palestinian Authors
The law firm MinterEllison, a major supporter of the Southern Hemisphere's counterpart to the Edinburgh Festivals, pulled back after several participants withdrew from Adelaide...
Rick Newman, 88, Founder Of One Of America’s Seminal Comedy Clubs
"(He was) the founder of Catch a Rising Star comedy club in New York City where a generation of stand-up comics — Billy Crystal,...
Neo-Nazis Demonstrate Outside First Broadway Preview Of “Parade”, A Show About A Lynching
Members of a group calling itself the National Socialist Movement yelled slogans and accosted theatergoers just before the first preview performance of Jason Robert...
Palm Beach Art Dealer Pleads Guilty To Selling A Warhol Forgery
"Daniel Elie Bouaziz ... pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering, referencing a sale of counterfeit Warhol works to an unnamed victim. ......
NPR To Lay Off 10% Of Its Staffers
"National Public Radio will reduce its workforce by 10 percent as it grapples with what CEO John Lansing says is a 'sharp decline' in...
New Scottish Government Reverses Millions In Arts Funding Cuts
"Cuts of around £6.6m," made by the cabinet of recently departed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, "to Scotland's arts and culture sector funded by the...
The Joyce, A Leading New York Dance Venue, Gets A Second Space
"The Joyce, which since 1982 has presented dance companies from all over the world at its home in Chelsea, has signed a yearlong lease...
Wisconsin Governor Proposes $100 Million Endowment For Arts Funding
In the budget proposal he submitted to the legislature, Gov. Tony Evers has called for $100 million from the state's general fund to be...
In Washington State, Exotic Dancers Have To Pay To Perform. Here’s Why, And What...
The Evergreen State forbids the sale of alcohol in strip clubs; without that revenue source, club owners instead charge the talent for access to...
Alan Gilbert Extends His Contract With Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie Orchestra For Five Years
The native New Yorker's term as chief conductor will now run through the 2028-29 season. A former music director of the New York Philharmonic...
Why The Alex Murdaugh Case Has Spawned A Media Boom
There's a hit podcast, three primetime TV specials, three documentary series, and the livestream of the trial. (Scripted dramas are coming, no doubt.) Says...
Evita And Imelda: The Problem With Making Real-Life Malefactors The Protagonists Of Musicals
Jesse Green: "Their harm is political, epochal, even as the songs they sing, encouraging empathy that may not otherwise be earned, invite us to...
In “Rust” Shooting Case, Alec Baldwin Will Probably Opt For A Jury Trial: Legal...
Following a legal victory for the actor — prosecutors had to downgrade the involuntary manslaughter charge because the enhanced charge they sought was not...
