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What Bob Iger Achieved In 15 Years As Disney’s CEO
He achieved quite a lot — far more than he, or skeptical observers, expected: rejuvenating the animation studios; acquiring Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st...
All These Canceled Performances Are Really Hurting Broadway In The Pocketbook
Box office grosses are down by one quarter just from the previous week by nearly one half from Christmas week in 2019, the last...
Baltimore Art Museums Close Through Christmas Due To COVID Surge
The Baltimore Museum of Art won't reopen until Wednesday, Dec. 29 (although its gift shop and restaurant will keep running), and the Lewis Museum...
Britain Adds Another $40 Million To Arts COVID Relief
"U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has … an additional £30 million in funding will be made available through the existing Culture...
Germany Hasn’t Canceled Performances Because Of Omicron, But …
… you can't go and see them. No live audiences allowed. - Variety
Just As With People, Orchestras With Co-Morbidities Get Hit Hardest By COVID
In particular, symphony orchestras, such as those in San Antonio and in Springfield, Mass., which have the twin problems of long-term financial distress and...
The Most Adapted Of All Modern Ghost Stories (Excepting “A Christmas Carol”)
Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (1898) has inspired many a movie and television adaptation as well as a major opera. Adam Scovell...
The Real-Life Inspiration For “The Exorcist” Identified Publicly
He was known to a small group of Jesuits and reporters, but he spent his life afraid that more people would learn about his...
Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch In 2022
Choreographers and performers from Africa and its diaspora have a notable presence on the coming year's list, as do dancers blurring gender boundaries and...
A New Sequel To “West Side Story” Will Take Maria Back To Puerto Rico
Long Wharf Theater in New Haven has commissioned Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp of the company Universes to create a musical, titled Maria, that...
Maybe The Problem With Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Is That Movie Audiences Are Tired...
Not sequels: people obviously love new installments in a franchise. The difference seems to be that fans want the characters they already know in...
Broadway Will Not Be Shutting Down Completely, Declares President Of Broadway League
"Yes, some shows are closing. we have absolutely no plans to shut down. We are paying serious attention to the protocols. The other...
Arts Groups Really, Really Hope Children Will Turn Out For Holiday Shows This Year
Ballet companies count on the income from parents bringing the kids to Nutcracker; same with the Met Opera's English-language children's versions of classics; many...
Lorne Michaels Sets A Timetable For Retiring From “Saturday Night Live”
"You know, I think I'm committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years," said Michaels, who'll be 80...
The Parthenon Marbles Stolen by Elgin? Not Our Problem, Says Boris’s Government
Yes, Prime Minister Johnson argued back in 1986 that they should return to Greece, but as recently as last month, he reiterated to Greece's...
Netherlands Shuts Down The Arts (And Most Other Things) Due To Omicron
Performance spaces and cinemas, bars and restaurants, and other non-essential businesses are closed until mid-January. This and a similar lockdown in Denmark are, so...
Consider The Velvet Painting
"They are the ultimate kitsch, and in this era of hipster aesthetic, they lend themselves well to some ironic display. But does dark velvet...
Did You Know Charles Dickens Wrote A Successor To “A Christmas Carol”?
Mind, it's not a sequel. Dickens published a series of five Christmas novellas; A Christmas Carol was the first. London's Dickens Museum hopes to...
How David Hallberg’s Australian Ballet Put Together A Gala Program In Four Days
The return-from-lockdown galas the company did in Sydney and Melbourne were different: each city got to see pieces which were cancelled there before. But...
New Art Museums Are Opening All Across Australia
"An injection of more than $2.4 billion has already resulted in five major openings since late 2020, with another half-dozen projects well under way....
Sydney’s Arts Venues Are Getting Very, Very Worried About Omicron
As summer arrives, COVID is spreading again in New South Wales; experts expect 25,000 new cases per day in the state by late January....
The Last-Minute Saviors Of The Paris Opera Ballet
"When Valentine Colasante was called up to replace an injured dancer in the Paris Opera's Don Quixote, a three-hour ballet that she had performed...
A Bunch Of Public Radio Stations Are About To Get Additional Frequencies
This fall FCC offered a rare opportunity to apply for new non-commercial signals. Public radio networks in New England, the South, and especially the...
Anthony Tommasini’s Farewell Essay As New York Times Chief Classical Critic
While he can't help mentioning some things that he believes mustn't remain as they are now, the title of this piece is "What Shouldn't...
Juilliard School Gets $50 Million To Expand Program For Young Black And Hispanic Schoolkids
The gift from the California foundation Crankstart will enable Juilliard to increase enrollment in its Music Advancement Program from 70 to 100 students, provide...
