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Douglas McGrath, Actor And Director Whose One-Person Show Just Opened Off Broadway, 64
His director, the actor John Lithgow, said, "He was a dream to direct. ... None of us had ever worked with someone who was...
Disney Drops Vaccination Requirements On Its TV Shows
The "Return to Work" protocol has been extended through January of 2023 with the unions on board, and "other protocols including masking and testing...
Please Stop Building Museums On The National Mall
"Both spots — the 'South Monument site' and the 'Tidal Basin site' — are extremely problematic, would lead to unnecessary expense, and would...
Seriously, What Is Up With The Murder Mystery Boom?
It's not just the second Knives Out movie. "Film producers are now prepared to risk huge sums on the sort of classic crime capers...
When A Museum Org Demanded Loyalty, These Scholars Resigned
When the American Alliance of Museums asked a volunteer committee to sign loyalty oaths and also something that meant they wouldn't criticize AAM in...
A Cellist’s Suite For Indigenous Resistance
Cellist and composer Mali Obomsawin, a citizen of the Odanak First Nation, found a recording of a first-language speaker and teacher in the archives...
A Novelist Who Doesn’t Believe Books Are Particularly Comforting
Sunjeev Sahota: "It may be true that novels keep you company, but really they spotlight your terrible isolation." - The Guardian (UK)
The Sound Design Of ‘Tar’ Makes It Extra Disturbing
For instance: "For a key scene captured in a single take between Tár and a student in a lecture hall, Winke miked the actors...
Pacific Northwest Ballet Has A Black Principal Dancer For The First Time In Its...
The 50-year-old company named Jonathan Batista, a dancer from Brazil who trained in England, as principal. He says, "It takes a lot of willingness...
Netflix Killed Video Stores
So why is a series trying to capitalize on our nostalgia for the stores? (By the way, the actual last Blockbuster in the world...
Doris Grumbach, Writer, Commentator, Literary Editor Of The New Republic, 104
Grumbach, "in novels, essays and literary criticism explored the social and psychic hardships of women trapped in repressive families or disintegrating marriages, and ......
Alexander The Great’s Library Was The First Step Toward The Internet
Or so says Spanish philologist Irene Vallejo. "This was something different in the democratisation of knowledge. They wanted to gather all the books from...
As Twitter Implodes, What Are Arts And Culture Writers Planning To Do?
Unless something goes viral (probably for the wrong reason), it's difficult for arts writing to get traction - and Twitter was, until two weeks...
The Picture Of David Zaslav’s Warner Bros Discovery Is Coming Into Focus
It's not pretty. "HBO Max subscribers are apparently watching a small selection of shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and Two and a Half Men far more...
With Fewer Worshippers, Church Buildings In Australia Are On The Market
"While some are demolished to make way for developments or apartment blocks, others are transformed into childcare centres, yoga studios and libraries. Those rezoned...
Like Many In Times Of War, Ukrainians Turn To Diaries To Document The Crisis
"The women were telling me that they were writing by hand at night with no electricity, by candlelight, just to not go insane." -...
In The UK, A Parliamentary Report Calls To Fund Libraries
Is this the same Britain that ruthlessly cut libraries in underserved areas all across the country? The report "recommends that the government should 'support...
Katherine Duncan-Jones, Who Wrote Of Shakespeare As A Misogynist Boor, 81
Duncan-Jones' "Shakespeare was a thin-skinned scrooge, misogynist and unabashed social climber — 'a rather unlikable man,' she wrote," based on decades of research but...
Everything Is So Expensive Right Now
Thus, this piece about getting music, books, movies, software and more, for free - or, technically, for a large group of people paying taxes...
Brigitte Giraud Wins The Prix Goncourt
She is the thirteenth woman to win in the prize's 120-year-old history. "The prize is worth just €10 but guarantees renown and massive book...
People Actually Do Want To Wear Masks At The Theatre
At least, they do in Washington, D.C. - and the lack of a mask requirement is, many say, why they're not returning. - American...
Will People Suffer Through Ads Again Just To Pay A Little Less?
Netflix is about to find out. - BBC
Two Former MoviePass Execs Indicted For Fraud
"Theodore Farnsworth, the former CEO of parent company Helios & Matheson, and Mitchell Lowe, the former CEO of MoviePass," were charged with deceiving investors...
The Women Adapting And Changing The Scottish Play
Making Mackers modern is a way for some writers - and actors - to get more into Shakespeare's work. One actor says that now...
A Bookstore With Blood On Its Walls Opens In Time For Halloween
Or, if you like horror books, then it's also Hanukkah and Christmas and Solstice and Valentine's Day rolled up into one in Louisville, where...
