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What It’s Like To Be A Genderqueer Actor In A Theatre World That’s Often...
Treasure Lunan, who's playing Lysander at Portland Center Stage's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, says they feel welcome there. PCS Associate Artistic Director...
Ancient Site Bronzes Yield Info On The Healing Rites Of The Etruscans
"Bronzes of arms, feet, ears and other body parts ... the various ailments that were treated at the thermal baths." And then there...
What The California Legislature Just Did For Hollywood
As lawmakers race to finish the budget, a deal has been struck: "Hollywood studios will get a lucrative tax benefit they have long sought...
Boots Riley Says His New Series Is Connected To The Writers Strike
Riley, on parts of I'm a Virgo: Writers are "showing the world that, hey; this is where your power can come because it's not...
John Williams On Some Of His Favorite, Famous Film Scores
"Under the name Johnny Williams, he gradually transitioned, as he put it, 'from the piano bench to the writing desk,' composing several light, jazzy...
Hollywood, Please Stop Ruining TV Shows And Movies With Too-Obvious Music Choices
But ... "why are so many blockbuster films and some of television’s most adventurous shows addicted to cringey song choices? The unlikely answer might...
The Experience Of Eating A 120,000 Dollar Banana
After I finished, I placed the banana skin under the tape on the wall. Then, a guard said, 'excuse me,' but didn’t try to...
The Pope Invites Artists To The Sistine Chapel, Speaks About Social Justice
"Francis told the group that 'neither art nor faith can leave things simply as they are: They change, transform, move and convert them. Art...
Animation Artists Say Making The Spider-Man Films Is Simply Torture
"Why don’t more animated movies look this good? According to people who worked on the sequel , Across the Spider-Verse, it’s because the working conditions required...
How The Heck Can Poetry Journals Survive?
"Commercially, it simply doesn’t stack up. ... Most survive and subsist largely either on unpaid labour or grant funding" - or both. And that...
How Editor Robert Gottlieb Helped Shape Dance
"He brought a galaxy of dance luminaries into his list of authors when he was editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf. ... He...
Warner Bros Is Reportedly Looking To Offload Half Of Its Film And TV Music
What is going on at the behemoth? (And could regulators perhaps have foreseen some issues?) "The catalog is believed to include music from such...
Film Critic Monica Castillo On Why We Really Must Save TCM
In a furious and impassioned plea, Castillo writes, "I'm tired of hearing how much David Zaslav loves classic movies when his action scream otherwise....
The International African American Museum Opens At Long Last
"The museum was built on the site of Gadsden’s Wharf, where an estimated 100,000 enslaved African individuals disembarked between 1783 and 1807. The new museum will...
The Conceptual Artist With Eight Alter Ego Artists, A Team Of Assistants, And An...
Ryan Gander: "For me, life is one massive prototyping experience." - The Observer (UK)
Remembering John Romita Sr, Who Brought Spider-Man To Life
"Sometimes, when they'll cast these wonderfully handsome men as Peter Parker - and, you know, some fans will complain like, that's not what Peter...
This Artist Hand-Stitches Recreations Of Classic Composition Notebooks
Candace Hicks: "No one else is reading the same books as me in the same order, so in a way, my reading is my...
Egypt Is Sparring With A Dutch Museum Over What ‘African’ Means
"What might sound empowering in the United States and thought-provoking in the Netherlands, however, is anathema to Egypt’s government and many of its people,"...
What’s Defining The Venice Biennale
At the Venice Biennale, many of the works move "from the postcolonial to the civilisational, where pride in the rediscovery of one’s own traditions...
Remember When Cord Cutting Seemed Like A Great, Promising Thing For TV?
Those were the heady days. But now, "the initial promise of streaming has given way to frustration and fatigue for consumers and creators alike....
If You Don’t Love 3D Screenings, You’re Far From Alone
"One of the places 3D seems to persist is in animated kids' movies, which is the last place it belongs. Why would you want...
BAM Releases Scaled Down Plans For Its Next Wave Festival
"This year’s edition of the storied festival will be scaled back, featuring seven programs — nearly half the last slate." One BAM associate director says, "We...
Apparently, AI Can Now Be Asked To ‘Cover’ Public Meetings
Is this the path we should go down? "The result, Talkington said, 'was about what you’d expect from a Journalism 101 student.'" But when...
Why Did Spotify’s Big Bet On Meghan Markle Fizzle Out So Completely?
Times have changed. "Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek conceded the firm had made some mistakes during the more than $1bn spending spree that followed...
Artists Are So Very Sick Of Facebook And Instagram Deleting Art
"Works are often flagged by Instagram’s algorithm, a process that is far from impartial. A Guardian investigation published in February found that AI ranks women’s bodies...
