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50 Years Of Ms. Magazine, Remembered Year By Year

"Ms. Magazine was a brazen act of independence when it launched 50 years ago. First introduced to the world as an insert in New...

“The Lion King” Just Had The Most Lucrative Week Of Any Broadway Show Ever

"Last week, Disney's The Lion King grossed $4,315,264 in ticket sales, which is the most any Broadway show has ever made from a single...

Fay Weldon, Author, Screenwriter, And Unorthodox Feminist, Is Dead At 91

"A polemicist whose opinions shaped themselves around the plot of her latest book, a pragmatist who giggled her way through every sentence, she was...

Ten Years Of The Prototype Festival, New York’s Hotbed Of Award-Winning Chamber Opera

Founded in 2013 during what had been the slow weeks of mid-January, Prototype — which has already produced two operas that went on to...

The Philly Pops Is Working On A Plan To Save Itself

"Citing public dismay at news that the Philly Pops would shut down at the end of this season, leaders of the group have reversed...

British Museum Confirms That It’s Negotiating An Arrangement To Return The Parthenon Marbles To...

"'We've said publicly, we're actively seeking a new Parthenon partnership with our friends in Greece and as we enter a new year constructive discussions...

The Icelandic Language Is Full Of Scots And Irish Gaelic, Argues Researcher

"A book by Thorvaldur Fridriksson, an Icelandic archaeologist and journalist, argues that Gaelic-speaking Celtic settlers from Ireland and western Scotland had a profound impact...

Ukrainian National Ballet’s New Artistic Director Is Japanese

A Japanese, that is, who has lived and worked in Kyiv ever since he arrived there as an 11-year-old dance student. Nobuhiro Terada went...

The Swinging Sixties London Writer Who Tried To Eliminate Every Trace Of Her Career

Rosemary Tonks was suceessful critically, commercially, and socially. Then a series of life crises in the 1970s led her to convert to fundamentalist Christianity,...

Why Audiences And Actors Remain Enthralled With That Sordid, Squalid “Streetcar Named Desire”

Sordid? Squalid? That's pretty much how a lot of critics reacted to the play when it was new. Yet for decades it has been...

Arts Organizations Are Hiring Women Of Color As Leaders, Then Losing Them. Here Are...

"Arts groups need to make institutional changes to support these new leaders, according to women leaders of color at these groups. They say solutions...

Britain’s National Gallery Has Spent £3 Million To Buy An Abandoned Public Lavatory

"The lavatory on Charing Cross Road closed in the Seventies and later became a West End ticket kiosk before falling into disuse. There may...

Cineworld/Regal Says No, It Is Not Selling Itself To AMC

"Regal-owner Cineworld, the world's second largest movie theater operator, has denied reports that it has been in talks with AMC, the world's largest movie...

The Mysterious Manuscript Thief Is Expected To Plead Guilty

"For years, someone impersonated authors and agents, editors and publishers, trying to steal unpublished book manuscripts from high profile authors … and writers of...

The British Museum And Acropolis Museum Are Nearing A Deal For The Return Of...

"An agreement would see a proportion of the marbles sent to Athens on rotation over several years. … In exchange, other objects would effectively...

Frank Galati, A Beloved Pillar Of Chicago Theater, Is Dead At 79

A double Tony winner, a mainstay of the Steppenwolf and Goodman Theaters, Galati was admired as an adapter of literature for the stage, an...

The Stars Of Zeffirelli’s “Romeo And Juliet” Are Suing Over Their Nude Scene, Alleging...

Leonard Whiting, who was 16 when the film was made in 1968, and Olivia Hussey, who was 15, are seeking damages from Paramount reported...

Ten Things For The Theatre Industry To Consider For 2023

Lyn Gardner: "6) Safeguarding. We don't expect people in other professions to do their jobs well without proper safeguards, checks and balances in place;...

Meet The World’s Absolute Master Of Card Tricks

"Juan Tamariz has been a professional magician for 52 years, ... becoming both a household name in his home country and a living legend...

Ireland Is Using “The Banshees Of Inisherin” To Promote Tourism

"Inis Mór (Inishmore) and Achill Island, the islands where Martin McDonagh's black comedy was filmed, are marketing the locations, and a Tourism Ireland video...

Brazil’s Arts World Greets Lula’s Arrival And Bolsonaro’s Departure With Great Sighs Of Relief

"The move helps to draw a line under the 'culture wars' raging in Brazil that have led to increased censorship, with some artists facing...

The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Literally Standing Up Straighter

"After a stabilization project, begun in 1990, reduced the quirky monument's dangerous lean by a full 15 inches, the tower has straightened itself out...

Milan Cancels Sergei Polunin’s “Rasputin” Following Social Media Protests

The run of performances was called off by the Arcimboldi Theater as "an act of 'political and moral responsibility,' given 'a climate of tensions...

Is Bulgakov About To Become Another Casualty Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine?

Many writers and other figures are calling for Bulgakov's home in Kiev, a museum since Soviet days, to be closed, arguing that he was...

The César Awards, France’s Oscars, Bar Anyone Under Investigation For Sex Crimes

"Artists who have been charged or convicted of sexual crimes can still be nominated for a César, and can still win the award. But...