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John Eliot Gardiner Undercutting His Old Ensembles Is Disgraceful, And So Are The Presenters...
Andrew Mellor: "At best, he looks like a bitter fool. It’s a shame for him, for anyone who has a modicum of respect for...
Massachusetts Is One Of The Most Art-Vibrant States: Study
"A new study finds that Massachusetts stands out as a national leader in arts vibrancy, with every region — from the Berkshires to Cape...
Beloved Classical Record Producer Adam Abeshouse Dead At 63
"Over a career that lasted more than 30 years, Abeshouse made hundreds of records with some of classical music’s biggest stars," many of whom...
Writers Guild Issues “Do Not Work” Order Against Millennium Pictures
"The Writers Guild of America West has ordered its members to cease working with The Expendables producer Millennium Pictures, citing that the company is...
Meet Parris Goebel, The Popular Music Industry’s New Favorite Choreographer
"There’s a raw, instinctive quality to Goebel’s routines: The dancers look as if they aren’t just dancing but are following an elemental urge. ...
Who Uses Public Libraries In The US? A Look At Statistics
"One thing that doesn’t seem to drive most people to libraries? Financial hardship. In fact, the higher your income, the more regularly you avail...
Fleetwood Mac’s Sound Engineer Sues “Stereophonic” Playwright David Adjmi For Plagiarism
"The complaint alleges that Stereophonic is an 'unauthorized adaptation' of Kenneth Caillat’s 2012 memoir, Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac...
Cal Shakes Gives Up Its Struggle And Will Shut Down
One of the largest nonprofit theaters in the Bay Area, the California Shakespeare Theater for 50 years offered high-quality outdoor productions and theater education...
Film And TV Production In L.A. Dropped By One-Fifth Last Year
"Los Angeles film and TV production fell 19.7% to just 183 projects in 2023, according to an updated three-year analysis of scripted content by...
Joshua Bell Will Be New Jersey Symphony’s Principal Guest Conductor
The 56-year-old is best known for his decades-long career as a solo violinist, but he has been conducting for years and has been music...
The Majorette Dancing Of HBCUs Is Going Mainstream
"At historically Black colleges and universities in the American South, the real stars of any football game are the majorettes. Their signature dance style...
Jamaican Diaspora Is Reclaiming Patwa (Patois)
The immigrants to Britain and North America who speak the island's creolized language have usually discouraged their children and grandchildren from using it, believing...
The One Media Figure Everyone Trusts Is The Weatherman
Especially Denis Phillips in Tampa, where — in a state where climate denialism is spreading, encouraged by the Governor and his party — for...
Using Mali’s Traditional Theater As Psychiatric Treatment
Koteba, a traditional form of theater by Mali’s largest ethnic group, the Bambara, mixes acting, singing and dancing to work through villagers' problems and...
Leif Segerstam, Admired Conductor And Astoundingly Prolific Composer, Is Dead At 80
The Finnish eccentric, known for his long white hair and beard, rotund figure and quirky personality, composed 371 symphonies, most single-movement works with colorful...
Two Presidents Of Project 1619 Die Within One Month, Organization To Regroup
"Only a few weeks after the death of Project 1619 founder and President Calvin Pearson, his successor — William Wiggins — has also died....
Manhattan DA’s Art Trafficking Unit’s Authority Challenged In Court By Art Institute Of Chicago
The unit seized from museums and collectors 11 works by Egon Schiele; most were surrendered when agents proved the pieces had been looted by...
US Customs Seized 13 Ancient Egyptian Artifacts At JFK Airport
Documents filed earlier this month indicate that, in 2020-21, agents at the airport impounded a vase, jars, figurines, and other items dating from roughly...
Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize For Literature
"A slow-burning literary success who won multiple awards in (Asia) and Europe, Han is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer...
The Real Reason That Texas School Superintendent Cancelled That High School’s “Oklahoma!”
The Sherman High School's production became a subject of nationwide controversy after a transgender boy was removed from the cast, his fellow students protested,...
Houston Grand Opera Music Director Patrick Summers Announces Departure
After 28 years, the conductor will depart HGO at the end of the 2025-26 season. - Houston Press
Remembering Lewis Lapham, My First Boss
"It’s a strange thing to have a walk-on role in the fifth act of a great man’s life. Lewis was exactly fifty years and...
Choreographer Hofesh Schechter On Why Audiences Have Such Powerful Reactions To His Work
"I think the simple answer is because the work is about people. It’s not about dance. Dance and music are tools (to get to)...
How Trump-In-The-’80s Biopic “The Apprentice” Got Out Of Legal Limbo And Onto US Screens
"The Hollywood Reporter spoke with (director Ali) Abbasi and (producer and distributor James) Shani to discuss The Apprentice‘s counter-intuitive approach to the world’s most...
Discovering The Ruins Of One Of Shakespeare’s Playhouses Changed Our Understanding Of Theatre History
"There was a received narrative that proper playhouses start off round and then just get bigger, with the pinnacle of that evolution being the...
