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Why Do Critics Keep Describing Early Music Performances As “Crisp”?
English-language writers seem to use the word over and over (as praise), though critics in other languages don't use equivalents. (Croustillant or croquant? Non.)...
India’s First Prime Minister Himself Decided Whether “Lolita” Was Too Obscene To Be Allowed...
It was quite the literary drama: Customs in Bombay had impounded the first shipment of Nabokov's novel, the ministers of justice and finance were...
The Scene In “How I Learned To Drive” That Paula Vogel Herself Says Makes...
Declares the playwright, "It makes no sense in the structure of the play. It's a complete interruption of the narrative." But she won't cut...
Facing Protests, Britain’s Largest Cinema Chain Cancels A Film About The Prophet Muhammad’s Daughter
The Lady of Heaven, about Fatima and her husband Ali (the first Shia imam), was written by a Shia cleric and seems intended to...
Why This Half-Spanish-Half-Ukrainian Ballet Star Had To Leave Moscow
Laura Fernandez, who studied and then danced at the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg before becoming first soloist at Moscow's Stanislavsky Theatre, has family in...
After 44 Years, Carol Burnett Is Returning To Regular Series TV
While she has done repeating guest-star roles and specials (and the unforgettable miniseries Fresno), the 89-year-old actress has not had a regular role in...
How Things Fell Apart At Santa Fe Pro Musica
It all seemed promising two years ago, when pianist Anne-Marie McDermott was hired as artistic director to replace the orchestra/concert presenter's retiring co-founders. Now...
Florida’s New Budget Doubles Arts Funding
"The budget signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allocates slightly more than $59 million for three major grant categories, up from the $26.7 million last...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art’s Next Director: Sasha Suda Of The National Gallery Of Canada
At 41, Alexandra Suda will be the youngest director in the PMA's history, and she comes to Philadelphia after three years at the helm...
France Suspends Indicted Former Louvre Director From His New Post
The Ministry of Culture has put Jean-Luc Martinez, who left Paris's flagship museum at the end of last year and was then appointed a...
Martha Myers, A Doyenne Of America’s Dance Educators, Dead At 97
"(She) influenced generations of dancers both as the founder of the noted dance department at Connecticut College and as the longtime dean of the...
This 23-Year-Old Might Just Become The World’s Greatest French Horn Player
Nathaniel Silberschlag, who became the Cleveland Orchestra's principal hornist at age 21, astounds even jaded professional orchestra musicians. His teacher, Met Opera principal hornist...
San Diego’s New Ballet Company Mounts Its First Production
Golden State Ballet first took the stage late last year, reviving the now-defunct California Ballet's staging of Nutcracker, but this week the company presents...
The Strange Loops Of “A Strange Loop”: The Meta-Musical’s 20-Year Journey To Broadway And...
"Through its lengthy development process, A Strange Loop underwent countless loop-the-loops of revisions, workshops, and more revisions. Here, its key players detail the dizzying...
Agatha Christie, Historian Of Forensic Science
"Her desire for procedural accuracy and the developments in criminology and medicolegal sciences her writing tracks show clearly the progression of forensics into the...
Can High Design Reverse The Decline Of Murano Glass?
The skilled artisans on the Venetian island have been struggling for many years against competition from mass-produced glass — and that was before the...
Why Chekhov Adaptations Seem To Be All Over The Place These Days
"With his compassionate humor, Chekhov neither indicts his characters nor lets them off the hook for their myopic concerns. His plays are a tonic...
AI May Finally Be Reaching The Point Where It Can Replace Artists And Writers
"Over the past few months, new advancements in A.I." — in particular, the platforms Sudowrite (text) and Dall-E (images) — "have made it clear...
Hollywood Is Observing Sanctions Against Russia. Russian Cinemas Are Showing Hollywood Hits Anyway.
"More than three months into the (Ukraine) war, reports are surfacing about illicit screenings of Hollywood movies at Russian cinemas, with initial reports naming...
Husband Of Prominent Ballet Arizona Dancer Indicted For Shooting Her
Colleen Hoopes was killed by two bullets from a gun fired by her husband, Christopher Hoopes, in their bedroom. He told police that he...
The Latest Selfie-Taking-Tourist-Damages-Art Mishap Has Gone Down (As It Were) In Madrid
"Alberto Sánchez's ballet set for La romería de los cornudos (The Pilgrimage of Cuckolds), 1933, was reportedly torn in one part by the tourist...
All About Green Screens
"For more than a century, filmmakers have been using the 'green screen' technique. ... So where did it come from? And why is it...
Alexei Ratmansky Reconstructs Petipa’s “Harlequinade”
It's a "miracle," he says, that a ballet in 1900 was notated at all, let alone that the notation survives. As for teaching the...
The Ancient Egyptian Discoveries At Saqqara Just Keep Coming
"This week, archaeologists from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the recovery of more than 250 sarcophagi, 150 bronze statues and a variety...
Inside Harvey Weinstein’s Disastrous Criminal Defense
"Weinstein had proved his skill at storytelling in the movie business. But trials are not movies, shot under controlled conditions and revised in the...
