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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...
Two And A Half Centuries On, Someone May Have Figured Out The Mystery Of...
Pretty cool: “Scholars have identified about 17 distinct broadside editions created in print shops across the colonies in July and August 1776, usually in...
The UK’s Heirloom Ceramics Sector Is In Deep Trouble
“The UK ceramics sector employs 20,000 people, half of them in the West Midlands, and is regarded as an indispensable to the economy” - but...
California And Other States Are Possibly Suing To Block The Warner Bros. And Paramount...
One advocate for the lawsuit: “The consequences would be felt nationwide, from destroying CNN the way that Ellisons have devastated CBS to entertainment industry...
The French Open Finals Courts Get Choreographed Ballet Dances For Some Reason
Choreographed by Benjamin Millepied, no less. “Tennis doesn’t have a strong tradition of opening numbers — and certainly not of dance routines.” - The...
The Movie Cars Ruined Pixar
“Pixar plummeted to the ground with such a force that I began to question my undying devotion to an animation studio. Could my beloved...
A Century On, Martha Graham’s Modern Dance Vision Still Matters Intensely
“Her choreography landed like a bomb in a landscape where vaudeville and ballet ruled the day.” - The New York Times
