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The How, When, And Why Of Eye Contact Among Musicians
Conductors Leonard Slatkin and Paul McCreesh, members of the Guarneri and Zehetmair Quartets, and two orchestra principals talk about when and at whom to...
Christian Publishing Is Having A Boom In Doomsday Literature
"Following the pandemic and amid escalating global tensions as well as environmental concerns, Christian publishers say they are acquiring more books now than in...
New York City Ballet’s Amar Ramasar Gives His First Interview Since The Nude-Photo-Sharing Scandal
And he gave it just as he has retired from the company, chastened by and repentant for the act that got him in trouble...
A Set Of First Nation Artifacts At The Smithsonian Are Coming Home To A...
Roughly 500 pieces of basketry, quillwork, regalia and other items from the Mi'kmaq people which have been at the Museum of the American Indian...
San Diego Repertory Theatre “Suspends Operations” And Lays Off All Staff
The announcement comes a week after the company abruptly cancelled this month's production. "Rep officials cited significant financial issues, the challenge of operating in...
La Scala Works To Get Younger People To The Opera — And Then Keep...
Alongside free performances in Milan neighborhoods and cheaper tickets for young adults and families with children, the house has started discounts for people in...
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Is Getting An Overhaul
"Actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge" — honorary president of the Fringe Society — "has hailed a 'new dawn' for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as the biggest...
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...
