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Prolific Young Producer Takes Over Off-Broadway Theater Left By Second Stage
Greg Nobile's Seaview Productions, which was behind such notable shows as Slave Play, Romeo + Juliet, Sea Wall/A Life (starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom...
Looters Use Electric Saw To Cut Historic Cave Paintings
"Archaeologist Yuri de la Rosa Gutiérrez investigated (the site at La Cueva Pinta in Mexico's Coahuila state) and found one painting had been stolen...
Author Neil Gaiman Accused Of Multiple Sexual Assaults
The week's issue of New York magazine features a cover story by Lila Shapiro detailing allegations of repeated assaults by the author on women,...
Arnold Schoenberg’s Publisher And Its Archives Completely Wiped Out In L.A. Wildfires
The Pacific Palisades fire destroyed the headquarters of Belmont Music Publishers, the sole publisher of Schoenberg's works. Lost were the complete inventory of sales...
San Francisco Girls Chorus Fires Executive Director For “Lewd Conduct”
Last week, 13 staff members received an email containing screenshots of WhatsApp messages, including images "pornographic in nature," between an unnamed individual and Executive...
Climate-Protesting Grave Vandals Deface Charles Darwin’s Resting Place
Two activists from the group Just Stop Oil used orange chalk to scrawl "1.5 is dead" (referring, in degrees Celsius, to the rise in...
“Post-Woke”? Is The Art World Set To Move Away From “Radlib” Identity Politics?
Ben Davis: "The main issue that will dominate, I believe, is cultural institutions trying, and probably failing, to process the confused splintering of the...
Can Dogs Really Talk To Humans By Pressing Buttons?
Heaven knows there's a ton of social media videos purporting to show that the answer is yes. What do animal-cognition scientists think? - The...
Versailles Was, Believe It Or Not, A Center of Scientific Advancement
"In 1666, Louis XIV established the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, which, unlike peer institutions in Italy or Britain, paid members a salary...
Why Do So Many Critically Acclaimed Shows Come From London Only To Be Panned...
Jesse Green, who admits to being one of those New York critics doing the panning, has some ideas. - The New York Times
The Most Intimate Theatre Experience You Could Have Might Be A Deal With The...
That deal is not metaphorical in Yannick Trapman-O'Brien's Undersigned, a show which he describes as a "psychological thriller for one." - Los Angeles Times...
TikTok “Is Harming Children At An Industrial Scale” — And Knows It
Jonathan Haidt and Zach Rausch: "Our evidence comes mostly from research done by 14 (state) Attorneys General. … The briefs include hundreds of quotations...
Can Chicago Keep Its Grant Program For Individual Artists Going?
The question seems crucial as the dawn of the second Trump Administration approaches. - WBEZ (Chicago)
Another Way That Dancing Can Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Several past studies and subsequent clinical experience have shown that dancing can help with the physical symptoms of the incurable neurological disorder. A new...
France Has Thousands Of Historic Churches It Can’t Afford To Repair
Since the Revolution, churches in France have been the property of the central government, and most of them which aren't Notre-Dame de Paris can't...
Pacific Tsunami Museum In Hawai’i Struggles Against Closure
The museum, in Hilo (scene of three deadly tsunamis in the past 80 years), has laid off its staff and cut opening hours, but...
What You Got When You Got A Letter From Edward Gorey
Tom Fitzharris was fortunate enough to receive 50 of them. Here are four. - The Paris Review
Ornate 16th-Century Mural Discovered Under White Paint In Mexican Church
"For decades, the interior of the Temple of Our Lady of the Assumption (in Santa MarÃa Huiramangaro in Michoacán state) stood stark white, with...
Dance Was Everywhere In Ancient Rome
"It was practised and watched everywhere, including during religious rituals, on the theatrical stage and in private houses. It was the object of nuanced...
“Wicked” Sets New Broadway Record, Grossing Over $5 Million In One Week
"From December 23-29, Wicked pulled in $5,037,392, the largest weekly number ever recorded. The average paid admission was $290.61." The next highest, The Lion...
Actor Michael Sheen Is Funding A New National Theatre For Wales
With National Theatre Wales having folded last month, leaving the principality without a flagship English-language stage company, Sheen has decided to launch a new...
Why Was The HQ Of Cape Cod’s Public Radio Station Sold Out From Under...
Though the station, CAI, and its listeners raised the money to renovate the historic building, both real estate and broadcasting license are owned by...
Director Otto Schenk, Standardbearer For Traditional Opera Stagings, Is Dead At 94
He created 31 productions for the Vienna State Opera (some still in use) and 16 for the Met, attracting scorn from revisionists and admiration...
Ex-CEO Of MoviePass Pleads Guilty To Fraud
"Theodore Farnsworth, the former CEO of MoviePass parent Helios & Matheson Analytics, pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding and conspiring to defraud investors in...
Wanamaker Organ Is (Probably) Safe, Though The Macy’s Hosting It Is Closing
The department store chain has definitively decided to close its historic Philadelphia location, making the future of the world's largest fully-functioning musical instrument uncertain....
