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So, How Does Geffen Hall Sound Now?
Justin Davidson: "I’m not ready to declare the hall a flop or a triumph. Acoustics are not a separate entity from the music that...
Nikki Finke, Once ‘The Most Feared Woman In Hollywood,’ Has Died At 68
Finke, the founder of the site Deadline, was "a tenacious journalist who revolutionized entertainment reporting." She "placed a singularly unforgiving spotlight on the studio...
Speaking Of Me Too, Harvey Weinstein Is About To Go On Trial In Los...
"Weinstein, who has been accused by more than 90 women of sexual misconduct, faces 11 charges in his Los Angeles trial, which is expected...
Putting Emily Bronte Back In The Narrative
Writer-director Frances O'Connor says, "Sometimes it takes us a while to get the courage to step into something that we really feel passionate about,...
The Intangible Effects Of The Me Too Movement
"As a worker’s rights movement, it brought about a slew of upgrades to industry standards and state law. As a major news event, it...
Streaming Services Want To Fill The Family Movie Void
A Netflix exec: "We loved going to see great original family films. ... Sadly, now when you look at what a lot of the...
An Artist Has Turned Iran’s Fountains Blood Red
"The Persian-language Twitter account 1500tasvir, which has been monitoring the state crackdown that has killed dozens, credited the red liquid in the fountains’ basins to an...
Without Italian Opera, Mexican Ranchera Would Be Very Different
It all started with tours: "In the early 1800s, opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country. 'It...
Driven Out Of Belarus For Opposing The Regime, An Opera Singer Rebuilds His Career
Ilya Silchukou was the "lead soloist at the State Opera Bolshoi who represented his nation at official government functions at home and abroad and...
The Lessons Of 60 Years Of Listening To The New York Philharmonic
Geffen Hall (previously known as Avery Fisher Hall) was an acoustic disaster from the jump. But while "the hall was no Carnegie or the...
Battered By The Pandemic, Secret Cinema Gets A Real-Life Fairytale Ending
Or rather not ending, but continuation, as a U.S. company buys and intends to expand the company that hired actors and built elaborate sets...
LA Opera Gets A New Resident Conductor
Lina Gónzalez-Granados was 5 "when she joined a 'tuna' — a musical group traditionally made up of college students who ... stand in a...
How To Get Newspapers To Drop Their Paywalls
Get them to become part of public media networks, as with the Chicago Sun-Times. - Nieman Lab
London In Three Dimensions
For those visiting for Frieze, London offers the rewards of sculpture - even if the death of the queen scuppered a planned Sculpture Week....
Why Is Director David O Russell Avoiding Consequences For His Behavior?
His terrible treatment of his actors, including Amy Adams, on sets has been an open secret for quite some time. Yet he's faced no...
Artificial Intelligence Has Transformed Many Things – Including Cheating At Chess
"For some high-level players, even getting the advice of a machine for a move or two at a critical moment is all you’d need...
It’s Not Just Some Artists Faking Native Heritage
The issue of "Pretendians" is real in Canada (and the U.S.). Who decides? And why are so many academics, writers, and artists claiming First...
The Iconic Easter Island Statues Have Been Damaged In A Fire
"Ariki Tepano, with the indigenous Ma'u Henua community that manages the park, said the fire had done 'irreparable' damage to the site. 'The moai are totally...
Cinema Is Dealt A Body Blow In Edinburgh
"Poor on the outside and rich on the inside, and led by pioneers like Lynda Myles, Murray Grigor and many others, the Edinburgh film festival was...
Hans Zimmer Doesn’t Want People Watching The Films He Scores On Their Phones
The range isn't the same, either for visuals or his music. "To this day, I still get letters from people going, 'There's 20 seconds...
But Truly, Who Cares If It’s Not A Vermeer?
Philip Kennicott: "Authenticating work empowers scholars, and now scientists, and seems to be part of the gatekeeping apparatus that makes museums feel like zones...
Stephanie Dabney, International Star And Role Model For Black Ballerinas, Has Died At 64
Dabney was 16 when she joined Dance Theater of Harlem. She gained fame in the title role of the company’s 1982 production of Stravinsky’s...
Why The Philly Museum Of Art Workers Are Striking
In one's own words: "We have no archivist, no rights & reproduction specialist, no collections database manager; we have only one paper conservator, one...
Liverpool Wins The Contest To Host Ukraine’s Eurovision
But at what cost to the city? - BBC
Defining The Nonbinary Play
A nonbinary playwright takes a crack at it. "There will be many holes in this amorphous theatrical survey, and I hope other non-binary creators...
