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The Critic-Hating, Dog-Poop-Smearing Choreographer Is Officially Fired
After the incident last Saturday in which Marco Goecke, enraged over a harsh review, smeared the face of critic Wiebke Hüster with the feces...
Jürgen Flimm, A Major Opera And Theater Director, Is Dead At 81
He was artistic director at some of the German-speaking world's most illustrious institutions: Hamburg's Thalia Theater, the Ruhrtriennale, the Salzburg Festival, and the Berlin...
Creative Block: How Brexit Has Thoroughly Hamstrung Britain’s Arts Sector
"Unfortunately, Brexit seems to be good at putting up barriers. Brexit red tape means that bringing in skilled workers the UK economy desperately needs...
There’s A Company On Tour Pretending To Be The “Ukrainian National Ballet Of Odessa”
Said an official at the Ukrainian Embassy to Ireland, "Neither the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Odesa nor any of its dancers...
The Podcasting Industry Slams On the Brakes
Several major podcast publishers have had layoffs, and "Amazon, SiriusXM, NPR and Spotify have all curbed podcast budgets in the last year, sometimes allowing...
Raquel Welch, Dead At 82, Knew She Was More Than A Sex Symbol
"I realized when I came along, I wasn't Meryl Streep who had been put into a bikini. I was somebody that got rocketed into...
When This Volume Is Auctioned In May, It Will Become The Most Expensive Book...
"The Codex Sassoon, dating to the late 9th to early 10th century, is believed to be the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible." The...
Paramount Is Trying To Sell Simon & Schuster Again
"Paramount Global is again seeking to sell Simon & Schuster, months after the media company's $2.2 billion deal to sell the book publisher to...
The Hot New Trend In Classics Instruction: Actually Speaking Latin
"Today, 'grammar analysis' remains the framework of much Latin instruction. But spoken Latin is becoming increasingly common in classrooms. According to a 2019 survey...
Yes, Pablo Neruda Was Poisoned, Forensics Experts Have Determined
"The revelation by Rodolfo Reyes, a Neruda nephew, is the latest turn in one of the great debates of post-coup Chile. The long-stated official...
A Strike By Greek Archaeologists (!) Over A New Law Changing Museum Governance
The legislation moves five major antiquities museums out of the Ministry of Culture, giving them more independence but also requiring more fundraising. The archaeologists...
After The Choreographer-Dog Poop Attack, Other Critics Recount How Angry Artists Have Gone After...
"Jonathan Miller ... once sent me a New Year's Day card urging me to cease my 'foul pork scratchings' and told an interviewer that...
After Banning The BBC’s Modi Documentary, India Sends The Tax Police To Raid Its...
"More than a dozen income tax officials first entered BBC newsrooms (in Delhi and Mumbai) early Tuesday, seizing accounts, financial documents, and phones of...
At 80, Even With A “Serious Neurological Condition,” Daniel Barenboim Can And Will Keep...
"I know I am expected to say this illness changed my life. No. Things that were very important to me as a musician before...
The Joffrey Ballet Is Attacked On Social Media For Staging “Anna Karenina”
As one commenter put it, "It looks like you've been living under a rock for the past year, but at least try to read...
Oregon Ballet Theatre Appoints A New Artistic Director, Its Third In Two Years
"Oregon Ballet Theatre has announced that Dani Rowe will become its next artistic director, effective February 27, after an 18-month search. The company has...
Playbill’s CEO Personally Suppressed A Story About Bad Audience Behavior
Said Philip Birsh, whose family has owned Playbill for over five decades, "We want people to go to the theater. This piece exaggerated the...
Pompidou Center Will Set Up An Outpost In Saudi Arabia
"After expanding its horizons in Málaga, Shanghai and Brussels, with the prospect of a spinoff in the pipeline for Jersey City, United States, in...
One Of Broadway’s Big Three Theater Owners Merges With London’s Ambassador Theatre Group
Jujamcyn Theaters, which owns five Broadway venues, is combining operations with ATG, which operates more than 50 venues, mostly in Britain, as well as...
A Brief History Of Valentine’s Day Cards
"Fertility-related customs have been celebrated in mid-February since pagan times. ... By the 18th century, we see something that begins to resemble modern Valentine's...
California’s Greatest Poet Wrote Exactly One Poem In English And None In Spanish. Can...
"Want to become a signature voice of your troubled nation? Perhaps you need a decades-long exile in California. It worked for Czesław Miłosz, who...
BBC News Staffers Move Near Mutiny Over Chairman’s Political Interference And BoJo Scandal
"The chairman is supposed to maintain the independence of the BBC," observed one insider about Richard Sharp, "but has said publicly it has a...
Northeastern University In Boston Bought Mills College In Oakland To Save It From Closing. ...
"The tension at the school, now known as Mills College at Northeastern University, reflects the challenges that colleges face when merging campus cultures and...
Reporter At West Virginia Public Broadcasting Fired Due To Interference By State Officials
"Interviews with 20 people with direct knowledge of events at WVPB indicate Amelia Ferrell Knisely's involuntary departure from her position as a part-time reporter...
Composer Friedrich Cerha, Who Completed Berg’s “Lulu”, Is Dead At 96
"As well as composing, he has done important work as a conductor (of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw amongst others), teacher (his...
