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Facing Falling Attendance, The Metropolitan Opera Will Trim Its Season And Focus On New...
"Hit hard by a cash shortfall and lackluster ticket sales ..., the (company) said Monday that it would withdraw up to $30 million from...
The Philly Pops Settles On A New Contract And, Just Maybe, A Future
"The Pops announced in November that it would cease operations at the end of this season. But the new tentative agreement, back-dated to this...
How Hallmark Cards Became One Of The World’s Most Successful Media Production Companies
"What happens when an ad agency and a greeting card company make a TV show?" In this case, Hallmark Playhouse, the Hallmark Hall of...
The Backlash Against “Wokeness” Seems To Be Arriving, Even In The Arts. But It...
Ben Davis: "Contemporary cultural backlash may not look like a return to a cozy, oblivious cultural center. It may take its cues more from...
Patti Smith — Punk Rocker, Performance Artist, Poet, Photographer, Painter
"I've had many second chapters in my life, often propelled by loss. ... As a human being, I'm relatively simple. I'm very work-oriented, I'm...
What America Needs Is A Good Comic Opera Company
In the 1950s, TV networks broadcast light operas by Victor Herbert and Kurt Weill. Those pieces are rarely revived now; neither are the comic...
The Guardian Is Hit With A Ransomware Attack
"Some of The Guardian's tech infrastructure and 'behind-the-scenes services' have been impacted, according to the publication. Employees were asked to work from home for...
Russian Troops Are Destroying Mariupol’s Drama Theater To Hide Evidence Of Bombing And War...
Recent video from Ukraine shows a bulldozer tearing down the back of the ruined theater, which Russian fighter planes bombed last March while hundreds...
After A Century, The Great Dome At New York’s Cathedral Of St. John The...
"It cracked. It creaked. It leaked. Ever since (it was designed), it's been a source of wonder. It's also been a cause for worry...
NPR Has Launched A New Fundraising Portal That Has Member Stations Rather Nervous
The local affiliates have always insisted on doing the fundraising themselves, so that listeners don't bypass the stations, which already pay dues to NPR. ...
Vandals Ruin 30,000-Year-Old Australian Rock Carvings: “The Art Is Not Recoverable”
"The vandals entered Koonalda Cave on the Nullarbor Plain (in South Australia) and scrawled graffiti across the heritage-listed site, writing 'don't look now, but...
Juilliard Composition Professor Placed On Leave Following Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Robert Beaser, who was chair of the school's composition department from 1994 to 2018, was placed on leave last Friday, following a report in...
Alexei Ratmansky Will Leave ABT This Summer
Considered by many the greatest living ballet choreographer, Ratmansky will have been artist-in-residence at American Ballet Theater for more than 13 years when he...
Meet TikTok’s Favorite Classical Organist (Yes, TikTok Has A Favorite Organist)
"It's the best thing I've done in my career, in terms of bringing people to the instrument," says Anna Lapwood, who has 420,000 followers...
The Literary World’s Top Ten News Stories Of 2022
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ... All right, it was mostly still the worst of times." LitHub...
Amsterdam Is Now Looking To Drive Away The Vice Tourists
"The Red Light District has become a huge problem for residents, sex workers, and city officials alike, as it attracts some of the world's...
San Francisco Ballet Uses AI-Generated Art To Promote Its “Nutcracker,” And Backlash Ensues
Said one of many Instagram commenters, "This AI art looks like CRAP, I can't believe you did this instead of hiring real artists." Another:...
Sharing Your Netflix Password Is Illegal, Rules UK Government
"Millions of UK viewers are breaking (copyright) law by sharing their passwords for services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, according to...
Someone In Turkey Accused This Prize-Winning Film Of Being “LGBT Propaganda,” And The Culture...
"The art-house thriller Kurak Günler ("Burning Days") was the subject of a smear campaign by pro-government media outlets that dubbed it an 'LGBT propaganda...
Elayne Jones, A Pioneering Timpanist, Is Dead At 94
"(She) was said to be the first Black principal player in a major American orchestra when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972,...
Broadway’s “Funny Girl” Sets A New Box Office Record For A Single Week
The revival, starring Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh, grossed $2,005,696.80 last week, breaking the all-time record set by Mean Girls in 2018. - Broadway...
A Collector-Dealer Thinks He’s Found A Rembrandt That’s Been Missing For 87 Years
Clifford Schorer saw the painting, described as in the "manner of Rembrandt" in an auction catalogue with a high estimate of $1,500, he smelled...
The International African American Museum Will Not Be Opening In January
An announcement from the museum's administration says that temperature and humidity controls in the building aren't yet robust enough to protect the fragile artifacts...
How Angelo Badalamenti’s Scores Made Sense of David Lynch’s Films
Matt Zoller Seitz: "Badalamenti did what Herrmann did for Hitchcock and John Williams did for Steven Spielberg: he created a recognizable musical character to...
A Poetry Slam That Draws Stadium-Size Crowds — And The Poetry’s In Urdu, No...
This month saw the inauguration of Jashn-e-Rekhta, an annual three-day festival devoted to Urdu verse, old and new. Attendance was over 300,000 —notwithstanding the...
