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The Musical About A Finnish-Candian Socialist Island Utopia Opens In Finland
"Although set at the start of the 20th century, play producer Mika Kaartinen says the theme of searching for a better life resonates just as strongly today." -...
In This Climate, And With The Strikes, The Marvels Didn’t Ever Stand A Chance
You didn't read this in the headlines last week, but hey, The Marvels was "the biggest debut ever for a Black woman director." -...
The Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall Is Gorgeous
But is it the right place for art? - Hyperallergic
The Now-Former Poetry Editor Of The New York Times Explains Her Resignation
"I can’t write about poetry amidst the ‘reasonable’ tones of those who aim to acclimatize us to this unreasonable suffering. No more ghoulish euphemisms....
The Backlash Against Univision For Its Friendly Trump ‘Interview’ Has Gathered Steam
The interview with the former president "was conducted by Enrique Acevedo, an anchor from Mexican network Televisa who is not a Univision journalist. The...
Has Sony Revealed The Secret Of Its Terrible Spider-Man Spinoffs?
We're all in on this now, right? It's all one big meme? - The Guardian (UK)
Ridley Scott Couldn’t Care Less About Being Historically Accurate In Napoleon
But he does care if audiences get "bum ache" from sitting too long, so his imperial movie is a mere 158 minutes. - BBC
Nora Roberts Has Been Laughing All The Way To The Bank
"Before Roberts, the romance genre was dominated by tepid and virginal women who were overpowered by brooding men. Roberts changed all that by thrusting...
An Epic Pandemic Theatre Trek
Part I, in which "a Lakota playwright, 7 Indigenous actors, and an L.A.-based ensemble survive a pandemic, cross thousands of prairie miles, and confront...
Making Art About Ballet, Behind The Scenes
Karon Davis - daughter of Ben Vereen and Nancy Bruner - says, "I want to show what happens before you get to that point...
Chicago’s High School Teachers Created A Nationally Prominent Museum
"Wander back in time, not to 1987, but to September 1982. ... Chicago Public Schools system would treat Spanish-speaking students as if they...
Composer David Del Tredici, Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Has Died At 86
Del Tredici "became best known for a midcareer shift toward a style that came to be called the New Romanticism, which yielded a series...
Gaming Should Be For Everyone
And designers can make that world real, if they want to (or if there are incentives). - Wired
Women Were The Backbone Of The Writers’ Strike
Why were so many strike captains women - and many women of color? One says it was natural for her: "I’m loud. I know...
Why The Hunger Games Succeeded Where Its Striving Imitators Failed
There's no idealism in Panem - just a cynical reality that we, entertainment-drowned and manipulated, know all too well. - The Atlantic
Tales Of The Booker Shortlist
"It’s rare for me to experience such a clear starting impulse for a story, but I trusted it," says Chetna Maroo. - The Guardian...
The Art Market Is Sagging A Bit
So you (or someone, anyway) can get a Rothko for only $22 million, instead of $30 million. - The New York Times
The Gen-Z, Or Maybe Alpha, Bible
And yes, we mean The Bible. It's even trending on TikTok. And as one reviewer said, "I love how aesthetic it is for a...
No, Please Do Not Add Sex To Tom Stoppard Plays
Just why? Why? The irony of trying to sex up Arcadia "is that it makes the show infinitely less sexy." - Vulture
Paul Auster On What May Be His Final Book
"In a recent interview, Auster described the American obsession with 'closure' as being 'the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard of.'" - The Guardian (UK)
Elon Musk Says He’ll File A ‘Thermonuclear’ Lawsuit
"In his late-night legal threat, Musk took aim at watchdog group Media Matters over what he alleged was manipulated research about advertising on the...
Warner Bros, Disney, NBC Universal Pull Advertising From X, AKA Twitter
Did Elon Musk (finally) go a step too far by endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory? - The New York Times
So Wait, Actors Will Just Have To Trust Studios Around Generative AI?
The tentative contract has "given many striking actors pause because of how much faith it puts in the studios to act responsibly." - The...
The Playwright Of ‘Vietgone’ Tried To Escape Theatre
But his family, and his family's stories, pulled him back in. Now he's writing what he calls, in shorthand, Vietgone 3. - The New...
Why Scorsese Fell For Joanna Hogg’s Movies
It's not just Tilda Swinton. "The close-ups in one of her films match $100 million of special effects in another. It’s big. It’s spectacle."...
