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Being The Comedian On A Cruise Ship During COVID
Especially when you test positive before you can even perform - one time. - Los Angeles Times
The Value, And Persistence, Of Complaint
Sara Ahmed: "The work of revolution comes from what you learn by trying to build more just worlds alongside other people. ... It is...
Greek Authorities Search For Activists Who Shot A Sex Scene On The Acropolis
"An anonymous activist group filmed a brief sex scene at Greece’s most visited historical site, the Acropolis, as a political statement on LGBTQIA+ rights—and...
The Internet Is Weirdly Addicted To This Image Of A Private Library
The photo is a comforting image for booklovers - the shelves, the lights, the chairs - but why does it regularly, and randomly, trend...
The Federal Theatre Project And The Civil Rights Movement Shaped Theatre In New York
To do what they wanted to do, to be what they wanted to see, Black theatre-makers in New York took inspiration from the then-recent...
Ricardo Bofill Gave 1960s Spain A Sci-Fi-Looking Makeover
Bofill has died at 82. The Catalan outsider architect "spent a lifetime conjuring otherworldly buildings, which now stand like monuments from some future-primitive sci-fi...
A Rural Initiative In Japan Makes The Case That Art Is For Everyone
These arts projects are "collaborative endeavours without a single author. Many include pieces of public art or sculpture, but the 'project' is what happens...
How Disney Came Up With Its Biggest Hit Since Frozen’s Let It Go
Don't talk about Bruno! But in reality: "Everyone is finding a different entry point, whether it’s a specific moment or character dynamic. There’s something...
Streamers’ Successes (And Failures) Reignite Debate Over Who Reaps The Profits
At issue: Money, or at least how and when it's parceled out. Generally, it's better for actors if streamers pay talent up front, but...
The Entire World Owes A Debt To Sidney Poitier
Poitier "helped reshape that world to such a degree that we’ll never be able to reckon fully with his impact." He was "a man who,...
The Magic Of A Rare Bach Recording
Of vinyl, Ralph Kirkpatrick, a perfect winter for merging records - and a desire for order. "The forms and functions of the WTC offer...
Why A New Version Of Citizen Kane Proves That Technology Is Making Movies Better
And that tech isn't just for action films. Citizen Kane's 4K changes are "clear even before the first shot. In the 4K transfer, the...
Artists In Canada Say They’ve Lost Half Of Their Incomes, Or More, In The...
One arts council president says bluntly that the artists need more funding, or "this situation is definitely going to have long-term consequences." - CBC
The Irish Government Is Planning To Pay A Basic Income To Two Thousand Artists
The artists - visual and performing - will earn a basic payment each week to pursue their arts, for up to three years. -...
The Tutu, In Decline
What's the issue with the classic ballet costume? Well, they're just a costume, says one former prima ballerina - and a restrictive one, at...
Sydney Poitier Gave A Lot More To Film And Theatre Than He Ever Got...
James Baldwin got it. "Baldwin acknowledged the restrictions placed on Poitier and other Black actors at the time, but he also recognized Black agency...
The List Of Golden Globes Winners
Just in case you care, after all of the info of last year that tanked "one of the glitziest awards shows in Hollywood," the...
Broadway Producers And Unions Are Not On The Same Page About Omicron Cancellations
We're not all in this together, clearly. The Broadway League "proposed to the unions representing Broadway workers that those workers take a 50 percent...
Oscar Winning Actor Mark Rylance Very Much Prefers Theatre To Film
Hey, there's money, and then there's art. Rylance: "Theatre is so flexible and it’s so different from being an actor in a film. It’s...
Thanks, Pandemic, For Probably Another Depressing Year At The Box Office
Even before omicron hit, "the red flags were flying low back in 2021. The monstrous success of Spider-Man helped paper over the cracks of...
Starring In ‘Wit’ While Dealing With Terminal Cancer
Erin Cronican says, "It’s a very complicated acting challenge. In rehearsals when I open up, I just start crying. We don’t want to create...
Where To Stream Sidney Poitier’s Movies
Probably you watched many of them already (you did, didn't you?), but if you want to see, for instance, In the Heat of the...
Writing Without A Plot, This Author Wrote One Of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books
Raven Leilani, author of Luster: "I knew I was going to write about Edie’s experience in the middle of this open relationship, but the book...
Triple Oscar Winner Marilyn Bergman Was The First Woman To Chair ASCAP
She and husband Alan wrote the words for popular films' songs, including The Way We Were. The New York Times obit adds that "For...
The Culture Wars May Never End
And that's partly because they're (depressingly, agonizingly) good organizing tools for certain segments of the political divide. - The Atlantic
