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The Edinburgh Fringe Is Too Damn Big, Too Damn Crowded, And Too Damn Expensive....
Yes – there's nothing else like it. "But to defend it, we need to reform it. ... The fringe is unregulated, wonderfully so, you...
Metropolitan Opera Ends Its Audience Vaccination Requirement
Patrons will no longer have to wait in line to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before entering the building, though masks will still...
Reviving The Only Known Opera In Yiddish
Composer Henech Kon, who went on to success writing scores to Yiddish films such as The Dybbuk, premiered his Bas Sheve (Bathsheba) in Warsaw...
Pushing Back Against Anti-Woke “Comedy” At The Edinburgh Fringe
Says one, "You can get away with most things if you're smart and funny. If you (aren't), then you're just an asshole on stage....
The Black Dancer In The Imperial Russian Ballet
Born in 1872 in St. Petersburg and possibly descended from African servants at the Tsar's court, Maria Skorsiuk was directly recommended by her teacher...
A24 May Be The Only Movie Studio That Has Fans In Its Own Right
"The magic of the brand (is) that over time it has been able to sell the idea of A24 as synonymous with originality, idiosyncrasy,...
The Young Creatives Who’ve Stayed Behind In Kyiv
"These are some of the brave young Ukrainians" — a cinematographer, a choreographer, an artist, an actor, a line producer — "who have remained...
The Trickiest Thing About Marketing Foreign Film In The US? Translating The Title
Sometimes direct translation works well (Parasite). Sometimes clarity requires adding or cutting words (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain became Amélie). Sometimes the foreign title...
This Young Dancer Wants To Make Ballet As Exciting And Popular As Sports
Joel Burke, founder of BIG (Ballet International Gala) in Brisbane: "I grew up playing footy and cricket. There's no reason why ballet can't be...
It’s Not 1975 Anymore: Let’s Stop Printing Sunday Newspaper Magazines
Dick Tofel: "First, let me be clear: I am not advocating eliminating the best longform stories that continue to distinguish many of these magazines. ...
This Startup Wants To “Decentralize The Museum” By Becoming An Art-Lending Library For Far-Flung...
"(At) the Web3 start-up Arkive, ... members don't put down any funds to participate (at least for now); the works it collects are meant...
A Return Visit To The Theater At The Heart Of A Tiny Rocky Mountain...
Last summer, Elisabeth Vincentelli traveled to Creede, Colorado to see how Creede Repertory Theater was holding up through the ups and downs of the...
With Lodging For Traveling Artists So Expensive, One Bay Area Arts Center Is Building...
Berkeley Rep used to spend $300,000 to $400,000 per year on lodging for out-of-town artists; these days, it's more like $2 million. So it...
Portions Of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Temple Fresco Unearthed In Italy
Says the excavation's lead archaeologist, "It's the first time that the ruins of a shrine painted with such a wide palette of colors in...
How Paul Robeson Became A Hero In Mao’s China
The great African-American singer-actor suffered a great deal in his home country because of his fervent Communism, but — starting in 1941, when he...
The Agony Of An Author Recording His Own Audiobook
Adrian Chiles: "Whenever I read back anything I have written, I think how I could have written it better. ... Having to read your...
In Narendra Modi’s India, Archaeology Isn’t Just A Battleground, It’s A Political Weapon
That Hindu temple built over the destroyed mosque in Ayodhya (said to be the birthplace of the god Rama) was just the beginning. Modi...
Lourdes López Marks Ten Years At The Helm Of Miami City Ballet And More...
After dancing as a principal at New York City Ballet under Balanchine, she became a TV reporter, ballet instructor, head of the Balanchine Foundation,...
American Librarians Are Now Having To Do The Jobs Of Social Workers
"In recent years, amid unrelenting demand for safety-net services, libraries ... offer help accessing housing, food stamps, medical care, and sometimes even showers or...
Two Of Paul Newman’s Daughters Sue The Charitable Foundation Behind “Newman’s Own” Foods
"The daughters, Susan Kendall Newman and Nell Newman, allege their own charity organizations are both supposed to receive $400,000 a year from the Newman's...
Three Years After A Ferocious Battle, There’s Finally A New Official Definition Of “Museum”
When a new definition of the term was proposed to the International Council of Museums in 2019, the arguments over the wording were so...
Musicians Of The Defunct San Antonio Symphony Have Formed A New Orchestra
The San Antonio Philharmonic will perform ten classical programs and three pops programs from September to next May at the city's First Baptist Church...
Warner Bros. Is Holding Secret “Funeral Screenings” Of Shelved “Batgirl” Movie
The showings are reportedly restricted to those who worked on the film, as well as selected executives and representatives, before the footage is locked...
More Basquiat Scandal Fallout: Orlando Museum’s Interim Director Resigns After Seven Weeks
Luder Whitlock took the temporary post on July 5, following the firing of director Aaron De Groft after the FBI confiscated as forgeries the...
This Is Possibly The Most Influential Artist Whose Name You’ve Never Encountered
One wouldn't expect to consider a designer of advertising posters to be historically important, but Jules Cheret's work — widely imitated and now found...
