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Actors’ Equity Report Finds “Modest Improvement” In Diversity/Equity In US Theater Industry
"The latest installment of Actors' Equity Association's annual hiring and wage report – covering the year 2021 and titled 'Progress During an Atypical Year'...
Philadelphia’s Arts Community Gets Nervous As Attendance Is Slow To Rebound
"Arts leaders are unsure what the new normal might be after attendance numbers took a hit from the pandemic. Much hinges on the answer,...
International African American Museum Sets Another Opening Date (And This Might Be The Real...
"After more than two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction, the International African American Museum in Charleston finally has an opening date: June 27,...
The Epic Historical Series That Has Transfixed Half Of Belgium
The Flemish half, that is. The Story of Flanders features lavish, unsparing reconstructions of historical scenes interspersed with commentary from scholars. It was funded...
How Two Curators Solved The Mystery Of A Most Unusual Dalí Painting
Preparing for the Dalí exhibition currently at the Art Institute of Chicago, Caitlin Haskell and Jennifer Cohen were stumped by Visions of Eternity, a...
Rare Embroidered Medieval Icon Unearthed In Russia
The item, found in the tomb of a young woman uncovered during construction on the highway between Moscow and Kazan, shows a deisis, a...
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...
