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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...
In France, Roald Dahl’s Books Will “Remain Intact”
"Gallimard, ... the French publishers of Roald Dahl, have ruled out any changes to the late British author's translated books after it emerged that...
The World’s Oldest Surviving Christian Church And Turkey’s Oldest Mosque Were Ravaged By The...
"In the ancient Turkish city of Antakya" — known in the early years of Christianity as Antioch — "the domes and walls of the...
These Looted Artifacts Aren’t Being Repatriated Yet Because It Genuinely Isn’t Safe
"In January, the State Department and the Yemeni Embassy approached the National Museum of Asian Art with an unusual query: Would the Smithsonian museum...
New York Times Critic A.O. Scott Is Leaving The Movie Beat For The Book...
"Scott, who has reviewed more than 2,200 films for the Times over the last 23 years, will shift to The New York Times Book...
Back At Work After The Strike, Unionized HarperCollins Staffers Feel Vindicated
"For many of the more than 250 unionized employees, the agreement ratified on Feb. 16 between their union, Local 2110 of the U.A.W., and...
Cambodian Classical Dance On The Minnesota Prairie
"Founded by refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge regime, which sought to eradicate most religious institutions, (the Buddhist temple) Watt Munisotaram and its troupe hope...
Deep In Rural Virginia, A Theatre Helps Create New Black Plays
"The innovative structure of Barter Theatre's new Black Stories Black Voices program ... could well serve as a national model for inclusive art-making that...
Police In Barcelona Have Found Stolen Dalís And Mirós, And They’ve Arrested Suspects
"The (works were) taken from houses in Barcelona last year, sparking a major police investigation that led authorities to a hideout in Catalonia. Officers...
If Opera Gets Defunded Because “It’s For Elites,” Then Only Elites Will Ever Get...
"If opera in the form that its creators imagine it becomes for toffs, that is nothing to do with opera itself. It is absolutely...
The Canals Of Venice Are Running Dry
"Pictures of the city showed gondolas stuck in canals reduced to muddy ditches, revealing the ancient foundations of buildings. ... The problems in Venice...
Milan’s Cathedral Has Been A High-Maintenance Money Pit For Over 600 Years
The rare marble of which the Duomo is built may be lovely, but it's particularly fragile and susceptible to breakage from temperature changes —...
Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin For “Rust” On-Set Shooting Have Been Lowered
"Baldwin still faces one count of involuntary manslaughter, a fourth-degree felony that carries a sentence of 18 months in prison. But prosecutors have removed...
Changes To Language In Roald Dahl’s Books Draw A Backlash — And Not Only...
Salman Rushdie spoke out, as did PEN America: "If we start down the path of trying to correct for perceived slights instead of allowing...
The BAFTA Nominees Were Pretty Diverse. The Winners Were All White. Criticism Has Ensued.
"By the end of the night," wrote one journalist covering the awards, "when it slowly sank in that every single winner was white, you...
