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Valery Gergiev Fired As Chief Conductor Of Munich Philharmonic
The Bavarian capital's mayor followed through on his warning that the Russian maestro would be dismissed if he didn't denounce Putin's invasion of Ukraine....
What Is It That Makes A Group Of Neighboring Venues Into An “Arts District”?
For a start, there should be multiple art forms available and multiple points of entry, both physical and metaphorical. - ArtsHub (Australia)
Not Only Are TV Series Episodes Longer These Days, They’re No Longer At Standardized...
"Freed from the need to fill a half-hour (actually, 21 minutes with commercials) or an hourlong (e.g., 44 minutes plus ads) time slot in...
The Transcript Of The Emmett Till Murder Trial Is Put Onstage For The First...
The Chicago company Collaboraction has edited the proceedings of the 1955 case — in which an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted two white men who...
Paloma Herrera Walks Away From The Helm Of Buenos Aires’s Leading Ballet Company
In 2017, after 20 years as a principal at ABT, Herrera became artistic director of the Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón, where she trained...
After 46 Years, San Diego Repertory Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director Is Retiring
In 1976, Sam Woodhouse and D.W. Jacobs launched a theater company "for a San Diego that didn't exist at the time" — cosmopolitan, with...
This Literary Journal Was Philadelphia’s Answer To The Harlem Renaissance
"Black Opals" had only four issues, in 1927-28, but it's now among the most requested items in the Free Library of Philadelphia's rare books...
Why Francis Ford Coppola Has Done A New Restoration Of “The Godfather” For Its...
"Paramount was very unprepared for (the film's) success. … Instead of saying, let's preserve the original negative because it's going to be a valuable...
San Diego Symphony Starts A Nine-Figure Renovation Of Its Main Venue
Ten months after inaugurating the Rady Shell on the city's waterfront, the orchestra has begun what's budgeted as a $125 million overhaul of Copley...
As Russian Troops Invade, Ukrainian Museum Workers Rush To Protect Their Collections
"Even if cultural sites are unlikely to be direct targets of Russian aggression, administrators worry about the security of their collections if fighting escalates...
At Last Minute, Valery Gergiev Dropped From Vienna Philharmonic’s New York-Florida Tour
Barely 24 hours before curtain time, in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Gergiev was replaced as conductor of three concerts at Carnegie...
Actor Sally Kellerman, 84
Among her notable performances in film and television were Welcome to L.A., Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Brewster McCloud, and the third episode...
The Place Of Punning In Poetry
"Wordplay is an embellisher. It prettifies poetry's architecture, … but it won't keep your walls and ceiling from coming down. Still, … it turns...
Europe’s First-Ever Pop Star
"Charles Dibdin was no one-hit wonder, but a hugely prolific, extremely famous figure. He performed in operas and then wrote his own, composed more...
What “The Music Man” Lost When The Broadway Producers Cleaned Up “Ya Got Trouble”
"Cutting the race-baiting from Harold's signature song feels like an easy enough fix, but … the elision leaves a vacuum at the show's center....
An Unpublished Leonard Cohen Novel Is Coming
"Written in Montreal in 1956 – the year Cohen published his first poetry collection – A Ballet of Lepers focuses on 'toxic relationships and...
The Artistic Director Who Transformed Opera Australia Is Stepping Down Next Year
"Among Lyndon Terracini's artistic achievements have been the staging of two complete Ring cycles – with a third scheduled for 2023 in Brisbane –...
“Artemisia Gentileschi Is The Frida Kahlo Of European Art”
Both were gifted painters who worked in the shadow of a famous male relative — now Artemisia and Frida are the famous ones, feminist...
Francis Ford Coppola Is Going To Spend $120 Million Of His Own Money To...
"It is a film called Megalopolis, and Coppola has been trying to make it, intermittently, for more than 40 years. If I could summarize...
All These Changes To The Oscars Telecast Aren’t Going To Bring Back Viewers
Three hosts, two fan-voted awards, eight categories cut from the live broadcast … "Too many of these Oscar decisions seem motivated by bone-deep insecurity...
David Hallberg Is Getting Back Onstage To Dance
When he became artistic director of the Australian Ballet in 2020, only to have COVID strike, Hallberg had figured his performing days were over....
1,800-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed In London
"The mosaic is thought to have adorned the floors of a Roman dining room, and the spot where it stands is near the Shard....
As The Rest Of England Gets More Arts Funding, London Will Get Millions Less
As it announced that arts organizations beyond the capital would get £75 million in additional funding over the next three years, Arts Council England...
U.S. Bans Import Of Antiquities From Afghanistan
"The policy was conceived as a preemptive measure to prevent artifacts sourced illegally during last year's Taliban takeover from flooding the international market. However,...
England To Spend An Extra $100 Million On Arts Outside London
"An additional £75m will be put towards creative arts outside of the capital between now and 2025, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and...
