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The Artists Producing ‘Anti-Slop’ In Response To Generative AI
“That spirit of rejection seems to be coalescing into its own design aesthetic – a move towards the conspicuously handmade, the janky, even the...
Trying To Remember Which Memes Were Important Back In The Day?
The British Film Institute has your back. - The New York Times
Minneapolis Gets A Massive Land Art Mural
Franco-Swiss artist Saype “said he decided to pick Minneapolis for the project during the federal immigration enforcement surge after seeing neighbors helping each other.” -...
Why Is Philly’s Gem Of A Bridge So Badly Neglected?
“The University Avenue Bridge was designed and built as a prime specimen of the City Beautiful aesthetic. … Today, the bridge that connects West...
What’s Gone Deeply Wrong With Social Media
“Something seems to have broken down in the functionality of the internet, between Facebook’s erratic algorithm and Google search results now headed by fabricated,...
When Los Angeles Turns The Cameras On Itself
“There's something really ugly and beautiful about Los Angeles, I think, and that's what these films capture - the idea that anything could happen...
The New School In Manhattan Lays Off Nearly 90 People
It’s a body blow to the institution’s humanities sectors. “All 19 impacted faculty members were in the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and...
Vinyl Is Back, But It’s Also Polluting The Planet
“Modern vinyl records are crafted with PVC resin, which makes up more than 75% of an average disk The synthetic polymer itself is made of chlorine...
Eight Great Moments From The Tonys Stage
Bernadette Peters, Neil Patrick Harris, P!nk, Bowen Yang, André DeShields, and Leslie Odom Jr. added extra glam to a star-studded night - one that...
What Steven Spielberg Has Taught Critic Wesley Morris
“Thank you for daring and caring and trying to show us the light, to keep the lights on, as the artistic system you worshiped and symbolized and...
Do We Really Care If Memoirs Are Truthful?
“The facts may not totally line up, but the emotions are all present and accounted for.” - Washington Post (MSN)
At The Tonys, Schmigadoon Wins Best New Musical; Liberation Wins Best New Play
Schmigadoon! winning might give it an economic boost, though Liberation has closed. Other big winners are Ragtime and Death of a Salesman. - The...
Writers, Directors, Critics, And Superfans Choose Their Favorite Spielberg Films
“He came of age in the American new wave era but in spirit belonged neither to that nor fully to Hollywood’s golden age studio...
The Strangest Skills 38 Tony Nominees For Their Roles
“Broadway actors need to shine in all sorts of ways. Some are obvious (mastering an accent). Some are surprises (mastering a horse).” - The...
Sure, Write What You Know, But Write What Scares You
“When you sense a story, or glimpse a scene, or feel a character coming to life, you stop, step back, consider what in that...
The Tony Awards, Updated Live
In case you can’t tune in … - Playbill
A New Documentary Shows Just How Much Movie-Makers Can’t Handle The Reality Of Michael...
Capitalizing on his name is one things, as the fictional Michael heads to a billion-dollar take at the box office, but Netflix is also,...
The 1980s Centered A Neon-Colored End Of The World, And Now It’s All Coming...
Revisiting the 1980s, a decade whose “reality pulsed with cultural Balkanization, financial erosion, systemic disinvestment, and televised neurosis, the American theatre conjures a cultural...
An Appreciation For Kanya King, Who Changed And ‘Revolutionized’ Black British Culture
The founder of the Mobo Awards was “engaging, self-effacing, funny, modest. Someone with so much to brag about but who was so humble. Her...
The Four Musicals That Are Counting On Broadway Shows Finally Turning A Corner
“There's a big reason it takes years for a fresh musical to land on Broadway. Cracking any story is a painstaking process. The same...
Who’s Going To Win At The Tonys Tonight?
Can Jellicle Ball beat out the universally loved Ragtime? Will Lesley Manville’s British chops beat out Susannah Flood’s incredible performance in Liberation? Find out...
Anthony Stewart Head, Star Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Ted Lasso, Has Died...
“One of his most formative experiences, he said, was seeing Tim Curry in the musical The Rocky Horror Show while in drama school as...
The Story Of Hong Kong’s Popular Music Can Tell The Tale Of The City’s...
Cantopop is "predominantly Hong Kong music that blends Chinese and western pop sensibilities.” - The Guardian (UK)
A New Edith Wharton Story Highlights The Human Inability To Deal With War
“The story, on two typed and undated manuscripts that appeared to be different drafts, centers on a dinner party hosted at the same table...
Mary Shelley’s Sisters
“Fanny’s few surviving letters testify to her interests in poetry, education, art history, literature, current affairs, social politics, and the wellbeing of her extended...
