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Britain To Put 30% Cap On Markup Of Event Tickets
"(The move) follows years of campaigning by politicians, musicians and the theatre industry to stop professional 'resellers' hoovering up tickets at the expense of...
Anita Bryant, 84
"(She was) a beauty queen, singer and wholesome pitchwoman for Florida orange juice whose crusade against gay rights in the 1970s transformed her into...
The Hams That Saved A Historic French Organ
Hams produced by monks, no less. And the best of them are left to cure in the church's dry, windy bell tower. - Atlas...
Why Mexicans Are Not Happy About The International Success of “Emilia Pérez”
"Mexicans began observing that Emilia Pérez was a film about Mexico where just one main actor was Mexican, made by a French director who...
Zeppo, The Prodigal Marx Brother
It's not just that the baby of the family was the most reluctant to be a performer and the first to deliberately abandon the...
“Show Boat,” American Theater’s Most Unstable Musical
"Some changes over the years have been dramaturgical, and some political, but all have been motivated by the belief that Show Boat is worth...
Is The Bay Area’s Theater Ecosystem Contracting? A Look At The Numbers
"The Chronicle sought multiple sources of data over time, including the number of theaters and shows, the amount of work for artists, theaters’ tax...
Explaining Substack
"Even as the platform gains influence, it raises questions: Is Substack empowering writers to build sustainable careers, or is it just the latest iteration...
A Group Of Artists Put Up Billboards (Arty Ones) To Try To Energize Voters....
"Dancing between art, philanthropy and activism, For Freedoms addresses issues including racism, misogyny, violence and free speech, most visibly by commissioning artists to make...
Brooklyn Mack Leaves Helm Of His Hometown Ballet Company After Severe Funding Cuts
The star dancer has resigned as artistic director of Columbia (SC) Classical Ballet, at whose school he first studied dance and which he helped...
Sally Mann Photographs Of Children Removed From Museum As Police Investigate Obscenity Charge
Though they depict no sexual activity, Mann's nude portraits of her young children have attracted controversy ever since they first appeared 35 years ago....
Threat Of Ushers’ Strike At Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center Called Off
"Ushers at the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and Miller Theater have struck a tentative deal on a new labor contract. If approved,...
Oscar Nominations Postponed Due To L.A. Fires
"Voting for the nearly 10,000 Academy members opened Jan. 8 and was originally set to close on Jan. 12. Deadline is now Jan. 14....
How Zora Neale Hurston’s Final Novel Finally Made It Into Print
"In (The Life of Herod the Great), Hurston looked to redefine the legacy of Herod, who reigned as king of Judaea from 37 BCE...
Considering (Or Not) The Politics Of Shostakovich, “The Hamlet Of Soviet Music”
"How can we reconcile the apparently gung-ho socialist sentiments expressed in Symphonies No. 3 and 4 with the bitter disillusionment and sarcasm that explode...
What’s Ultimately Behind The Decline Of Arts Criticism? The Decline Of Its Audience.
"What’s gone missing, in a society that long ago excused itself from seriousness, is a broader sense that art is urgent business, that your...
Sadler’s Wells East, The Buzzy New Dance Venue Opening In London’s Olympic Park
"This (550-seater) is the fourth Sadler’s Wells stage, after the original site, with its 1,500-capacity main stage and 180-seat Lilian Baylis studio, and the...
Watching Master Magicians From Just Six Feet Away
At the back of a magic store near the western edge of Brooklyn is the theater 69 Atlantic, where some of the world's most...
Even As Hollywood Contracts, L.A. Is Going Ahead With $1 Billion “Television City” Project
On the site of the old CBS Television City complex, a developer plans to build 980,000 square feet of offices, sound stages, production facilities...
The Netherlands Is Converting Its Panopticon Prisons Into Arts Hubs
At the Koepel in Haarlem, "a cafe fills the ground floor with chatter. Above, nearly all the former cells are being rented. There’s a...
An All-AI-Powered FM Radio Station, Courtesy Of Rapper Lupe Fiasco
Fiasco’s station, created in partnership with MIT and called "Endless LUP," is planning to run 24/7, with music generated by AI software "trained on...
Getty Images And Shutterstock To Merge Into Photo-Licensing Giant
"Getty Images on Tuesday said it has agreed to merge with its rival Shutterstock in a cash-and-stock deal … valued at $3.7 billion." -...
Survival Of Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre Co. Is In “Substantial Doubt,” Finds Auditor
"Signature Theatre Co. — which raised the bar off-Broadway by devoting entire seasons to the work of major dramatists while offering $25 tickets across...
Peter Yarrow, Of Peter, Paul And Mary, Has Died At 86
"During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No....
Dive-In Movies: Summer In Rural Australia Features Film Showings At Local Swimming Pools
"Dive-ins are a time-honoured tradition in (inland) Australia, where residents can’t easily access what much of the nation takes for granted on a hot...
