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Reviving Jerome Robbins’s Original Choreography For “West Side Story”
“Joshua Bergasse spoke … about his role reproducing choreography, how an iconic Broadway musical translates to an opera stage, and the efforts to achieve...
What’s Maurizio Cattelan Up To Now? A Scavenger Hunt!
The prankster artist known for the solid-gold toilet (titled America) and the banana-taped-to-the-wall (Comedian) will have participants search for copies of his new piece...
Yuja Wang Appointed To Newly-Created Faculty Position At Curtis Institute
The superstar Chinese-American pianist, who herself studied at Curtis, won’t be a professor of piano giving weekly lessons. Her title, as of September next...
Scammer Who Tried To Sell Graceland Out From Under The Presleys Sentenced To Prison
Lisa Jeanine Findley, 54, who has gone by many other names in a criminal career spattered with financial grifts, was sentenced to four years and...
2025 Booker Prize Shortlist Includes Kiran Desai, David Szalai, Katie Kitamura
The finalists include three American authors, two Britons, and one Indian, Desai, who won the prize in 2006. - The Guardian
Claudia Cardinale, Glamorous Movie Star Of The 1960s And ‘70s, Is Dead At 87
She starred in over 100 films and television pieces, but was best known for Federico Fellini’s film 8½, Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of the historical novel...
Hearst Newspapers To Acquire Dallas Morning News
A large majority of shareholders voted to reject a bid by notorious newspaper destroyer Alden Global Capital in favor of a somewhat lower (but...
What You Get When A Moral Philosopher Designs A Video Game
“Bennett Foddy … began his career as a moral philosopher at the University of Oxford. But on the side he was making hilarious, preposterous...
Picasso Took Up Writing Poetry In His 50s. Was His Verse Any Good?
He made the perhaps-foolhardy decision to ask his first patron for her opinion. That patron was Gertrude Stein. She did not hold back. -...
Why Wayne McGregor Refuses To Explain His Choreography
“’It really bores me, this transactional conversation,’ he says, meaning the choreographer explaining their intention; the audience expecting something explicit to be communicated. …...
After Eight Centuries, The World’s Oldest Surviving Pipe Organ Is Played Once Again
The organ was brought to Bethlehem sometime after the Crusaders’ conquest in 1099, and it was buried for safekeeping shortly before Saladin’s army reconquered...
Why Authoritarians Really Hate Satirists
“Satirists pose a danger to the likes of Putin and Donald Trump because they expose that their claims to greatness are illusions and validate...
Bad Architecture Has Made Downtown Brooklyn “The Olive Garden of New York Real Estate”
Justin Davidson: “Two decades ago, Downtown Brooklyn was well connected but underpopulated. ... It’s hard to believe how thoroughly and quickly the skyline has...
Preserving Digital Artworks From Deterioration And Obsolescence
“What if … you knew this object was doomed to stutter, glitch, or rot, turning from new to old in a matter of years?...
The Hilary Mantel Prize For Fiction, A New Award For First-Time Authors
“A panel of five judges … will assess 15,000 words of a novel in progress, and both winner and runner-up will receive not only money, but...
ABC’s Decision To Put Jimmy Kimmel Back On Air Totally Wasn’t Due To Public...
“Two Disney insiders insist the company's decision, announced Monday afternoon, to bring Kimmel back wasn't influenced by growing Disney+ boycotts, the FCC, affiliates or the open...
Seattle’s PBS Station Announces Major Cuts
“Cascade PBS will cease production of its local long-form journalism, leadership announced on Monday. The move, attributed to a $3.5 million annual loss in...
Actors Theatre Of Louisville Names New Artistic And Managing Directors
Artistic Director Amelia Acosta Powell served as Associate Artistic Director of he Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and has held leadership roles at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Arena Stage...
Man Crushed To Death By Andy Warhol Art Car
“A man was killed on Wednesday on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall while unloading a 1979 BMW Art Car that was custom-painted by Andy Warhol. …...
Foundation Gives $13.4 Million In Emergency Grants For Defunded Arts Organizations In San Diego
The Prebys Foundation is giving $8.6 million in unrestricted operating grants to 22 organizations and $4.8 million in venue grants to help 39 organizations...
Actor Gary Busey Sentenced To Probation For “Criminal Sexual Contact”
“The 81-year-old Buddy Holly Story star had pleaded guilty in July to a single count of criminal sexual contact for touching a woman’s buttocks ‘over clothing...
Fire Devastates Artists’ Complex In Brooklyn
The four-story former warehouse, built in the 1870s in the Red Hook neighborhood, was home to the 400-member Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition as well...
Executive Director Who Fired Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Dancers Is Out
Zenetta Drew, who presided over last year’s fiasco — which cost the company $560,000 in a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board and...
Times Square Casino Plan Killed In Victory For Theater Folks
“A state-commissioned community advisory committee brought the curtain down on the $5.4 billion plan to redevelop an office tower into a Caesars Palace-branded hotel, gambling and...
Taliban Bans Books By Female Authors And Books On Human Rights From Afghan Universities
“Some 140 books by women — including titles like "Safety in the Chemical Laboratory" — were among 680 books found to be of ‘concern’...
