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Roxane Gay Has Some Thoughts About “Cancel Culture”
"(It) is the bogeyman that people have come up with to explain away bad behaviour. ... As long as we continue to, for example,...
Belarus Free Theatre: “Nobody Can Go Back — We All Face Jail”
"In October 2021 (the company's) actors, directors and audience were all arrested. Released pending a trial, most were facing a prison sentence of up...
How War-Torn Ukraine, With The World’s Help, Is Trying To Protect Its Heritage
Ukrainian institutions and individuals, with support from UNESCO, the Getty Trust, World Monuments Fund, and others, are cataloguing damage, digitizing archives, and "winterizing" monuments...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Artistic Director Announces His Departure
"André Lewis, 68, has been (at the company) for nearly 50 years, first as student, then as company dancer, then as artistic director and...
School Book Bans Are A Losing Political Issue: Poll
A recent YouGov survey found that a majority of Republicans favors such restrictions, but Democrats and independents are very much against them. And when...
Warner Bros. Sues Paramount For $500 Million Dollars Over “South Park”
"Warner Bros. Discovery filed a lawsuit against Paramount Friday, claiming the rival media company breached its half-billion-dollar exclusivity contract with HBO Max by airing...
“A Different-Shaped Company”: English National Opera CEO Outlines A Hoped-For Transformation
Stuart Murphy says that the plans currently taking shape in talks with Arts Council England call for large-scale proscenium opera remaining at the Coliseum...
Pittsburgh Symphony Is Starting A New Series of Casual Concerts
At the PSO Disrupt series, ... the concerts will last only about an hour and a half or less. A host will guide listeners...
How Did Paul Mescal Make Ireland Really, Really Proud? By Speaking Irish At The...
"For a man whom the BBC had erroneously identified as British only a few weeks before, it was quite a moment. The two-minute interaction,...
The Special Skills, And The Special Performers, You Need To Bring Back “Bob Fosse’s...
"There’s more to it than fishnet tights, bowler hats and thrusting hips. Fosse's dance language — subtle and internal — is fueled not just...
How Jewish Theatre Artists Deal With “The Merchant Of Venice” (Which, Yeah, Maybe Is...
"What does it cost a person if they are hateful, if they're driven by wealth? If they're racist or full of ugliness in their...
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,...
