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In Search Of The Giant Boot From The Original Broadway “Into The Woods”
The enormous footwear, attached to an enormous leg, appeared to be slung over the roof of the theater where Sondheim's musical opened. The inflatable...
The Non-Binary Couple Who’s Queering Salsa Dancing
"Part of a new generation of dancers embracing fluidity of gender roles in salsa dancing, (Audrey Guerrero and Angie Egea) perform and teach classes...
For Folks Across The Pond, Maeve Higgins Explains The American Right’s Attacks On Public...
"I think the right wing is really afraid of libraries not because libraries promote any one type of information but because libraries promote information...
Disabled People Are Also Underrepresented On US Screens, Nielsen Study Finds
"Relative to the approximately 26% of adults in the US who have a physical or psychological disability, representation continue(s) to lag behind, a new...
France Dumps The Old-Line Bigwigs From Its Oscar Selection Committee
The overhaul, which removes permanent members such as the heads of the Cannes Film Festival and the César Académie, comes out of criticism that...
An Australian University Threatens To Sue Its Own Faculty And Staff
RMIT University in Melbourne let the employment contract with its faculty/staff union expire last year and refuses to start negotiations until 2023. To get...
How Much Is Rome’s Colosseum Really Worth? €77 Billion, Declare The Accountants At Deloitte
The calculations that determined the figure (currently US$79 billion), described as the Colosseum's "value as a social asset," included both the estimated €1.4 billion...
Peter Brook And Richard Taruskin Had A Lot More In Common Than You Could...
Mark Swed, who had dealings (not always pleasant) with both men, considers how, despite their antithetical demeanors, "while neither was quite what he seemed...
Damien Hirst Is About To Literally Burn More Than 5,000 Of His Dot Paintings
Hirst attached NFTs to 10,000 of those works and sold them for $2,000 each; a buyer could keep the NFT or get the real-life...
Iraqi Court Frees Tourist Sentenced To 15 Years For Taking Pottery Shards As Souvenirs
"Last month, ... a British tourist was sentenced to 15 years in an Iraqi prison for taking a dozen pottery shards from an unguarded...
London-Based Touring Theatre Companies Say They’re Facing A “Russian Roulette” Choice In Relocating
Arts Council England's Transfer Programme is pushing companies to move away from the capital into the underserved rest of England. But those whose work...
What To Do About Teodor Currentzis And All His Russian Musicians?
Before this year, the controversies around the Greek-born conductor were usually over his music-making, which classical mavens tend to either adore or loathe. But...
Meet The Boston Typewriter Orchestra
Says one member, "We call them instruments, some people call them office machines, some people call them sculptures. It's got a limited range of...
Now The Crypto And Blockchain Guys Are Coming For The Book Industry
"This is the future an emerging number of publishing startups are after — aiming to change the value of a book from a $10...
Oklahoma City Library Workers Are Officially Warned Not To Help Patrons Find Abortion Information
"Library workers across Oklahoma's Metropolitan Library System (MLS) were shocked this week after receiving instructions to avoid using the word 'abortion' and not to...
Salt Lake’s Odyssey Dance Theatre Is Closing Down After 28 Years
The company, founded by former Ballet West principal Derryl Yeager and his wife, Cheryl, was unusual in having as its annual cash cow not...
Teenagers Really Are Getting Their News From TikTok And Instagram
New research finds that 29% of UK teens use Instagram as their main news source; another 28% use TikTok and YouTube. Says one, "The...
A New $1.4 Billion Cultural/Retail District On The Shenzhen Waterfront
"Known as K11 Ecoast, the forthcoming complex" — to be built by Hong Kong real estate mogul and art collector Adrian Cheng — "is...
Joni Mitchell Performs Her First Full Live Set In 20 Years
The 78-year-old folk legend, who has spent years recovering from a 2015 brain aneurysm, made a surprise appearance in what had been billed as...
The Climate-Activists-Gluing-Themselves-To-Artwork Phenomenon Has Arrived In Italy
Following the lead of the British group Just Stop Oil, two young protesters from the organization Ultima Generazione (Final Generation) glued their hands to...
The Things You Find When You Dig A New Elevator Shaft In Old Jerusalem
"Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem say they have made numerous discoveries, including an ornate first-century villa with its own ritual bath, after...
Chicago’s Goodman Theatre Appoints An Alumna As Its Next Artistic Director
"Susan V. Booth, a former Goodman literary manager and currently artistic director of the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, will be the new artistic director...
Actor Paul Sorvino Dead At 83
Over a five-decade career in theater, film, and television, he played a wide variety of men who were tough in one way or another,...
Six Months After Firing Its Artistic Director, Toledo Ballet Hires A New One
Eric Otto, who has danced and choreographed at companies throughout the eastern and Midwestern US, begins his term this fall. Much of the Toledo...
The World’s First Graphic Memoir Has Been Found — And It Dates From World...
Until now, the earliest example of the genre was thought to be Will Eisner's 1978 A Contract with God. What's just turned up is...
