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“Paradise Square” Producer Garth Drabinsky Sues Actors’ Equity For Defamation
"Broadway producer Garth Drabinsky is suing Actors' Equity for $50 million, accusing the theater union of defamation after he was placed on its 'Do...
Jury Finds Kevin Spacey Not Liable For Sexual Assault Of Anthony Rapp
"A jury sided with Kevin Spacey on Thursday in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star's career, finding he did not sexually...
“‘Y’all’ Represents The Best Of American Vernacular”
"I began to enjoy its warmth and inclusivity, the way everyone was equally gathered under its umbrella. I had to admit: It didn't feel...
Are Soap Operas Dying Out?
One has to wonder, with the cancellation of an institution like Neighbours, the moving of Days of Our Lives to streaming-only, and fading ratings...
The Dance Instinct Goes Very Deep In Humans — And In Most Animals, Say...
"Whichever culture you inhabit, it is likely that dancing is a part of it. ... To gyrate rhythmically to music in the presence of...
Patti LuPone Has Some Choice Words About Broadway, From Which She Says She’s Not...
"I think (they've) actively dumbed down the audience. And so the attention span of the majority of the audience is much less ... and...
The Louvre Abu Dhabi Will Have A Da Vinci (Not That One) As Its...
The Louvre mother ship in Paris will lend Leonardo's Saint John the Baptist to its Gulf outpost for two years beginning next month, just...
Defund English National Opera And English National Ballet, Argues Prominent London Critic
Rupert Christiansen: "This would allow them a rebirth – a radical rethink of their function and structure. Will this happen? No. But when the...
David Hallberg’s New Australia-Wide Dance Festival Is About To Begin
"An eclectic roster of Australian dance artists gathers together for the first time for DanceX. A new festival conceived and curated by David Hallberg,...
Geoff Nuttall, Co-Founder And First Violinist Of The St. Lawrence String Quartet, Has Died...
In addition to leading the St. Lawrence as it became one of the most admired string quartets in North America and artists-in-residence at Stanford...
Philadelphia Orchestra Cancels Next May’s Tour Of China
The trip would have marked the 50th anniversary of when the Philadelphians became the first US orchestra ever to visit China. The stated reason...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Newsroom Goes On Strike, Sort Of
The unionized journalists — well, most of them — voted to join their colleagues in other departments to protest what they say is the...
The Monuments Of Kyiv, Sandbagged For Protection Against Russian Drones And Missiles
"(They're) one of few reminders, along with an 11pm curfew and the regular wailing of air raid sirens, that this bustling city is at...
Robert Wilson On The Importance Of Humor In Theater (Wait, What?)
"(Humor) can make a situation much more terrifying. And we shouldn't make theatre actually if we can't laugh or if we don't have that...
A Glimpse Of The Oldest Surviving Book In The Americas
"Dating from 1100, this codex — the work of a single artist, (written in hieroglyphics) on long sheets of amate, paper made from fig...
Williamsburg And Bushwick Are Expensive Now. Where Are Brooklyn’s Young Artsy Types Moving To...
Sunset Park, a working-class Chinese immigrant neighborhood close to New York Harbor that has plenty of space in what used to be the Brooklyn...
Netflix Has Stopped Hemorrhaging Subscribers And Started Pulling Them In Again. How Did They...
"(The company has) added 2.4 million households to its subscriber base after two consecutive quarters of losses. Its reversal of fortunes is especially surprising...
The Voice Actors For Video Games Have Had Enough Of Low Pay And Ridiculous...
They say they're expected to show up for days on end, giving movie-quality line readings from a script on a spreadsheet they've only seen...
Black Conductors Are Finally Making Some Headway In The US Orchestra Scene (Aren’t They?)
For instance, this season the Philadelphia Orchestra has four Black guest conductors in its main subscription series — and, in Philly and elsewhere, they're...
Broadway’s Racially Diverse “1776” Gets Some Offstage Racial Troubles Of Its Own
It was sure to be a fraught enterprise, reviving this somewhat dated musical in the post-BLM era — even with an all-nonwhite, all-nonmale cast...
Ever More Stories Of Bill Murray’s Bad Behavior Are Popping Up
Tales of inappropriately sexual behavior (described by the actor as joking), screaming at colleagues, and even dropping a nine-year-old Seth Green into a trash...
Saudi Arabia Is Evidently Building A New Museum Just For Leonardo’s “Salvator Mundi”
The world's most expensive artwork has not been seen in public since it was sold at auction for $450 million in 2017. The anonymous...
Yayoi Kusama And Kiki Smith Are Making Big New Pieces Of Public Art For...
New York's MTA has commissioned the two superstars to create huge floor-to-ceiling mosaic murals for the new Long Island Rail Road terminal deep under...
Derek Jacobi, At 84, Thinks He’ll Never Do Live Theatre Again, Either
"It's not stage fright exactly. But I'm not comfortable like I used to be. And it's far easier to do telly and films. They...
When “Sesame Street” Came To Post-Soviet Russia
The idea and hope behind Ulitsa Sezam, which debuted in 1996, five years after the USSR came apart, was to help its young audience...
