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We’re Longing For The Communion That Only Theatre Can Provide
We mourn together for our lost months and years. "Every day the theatre is dark, an opportunity for transformation is lost—yes, for the performers,...
A Broadway Pop-Up Concert Slash Rally Briefly Invigorates New York
With Chita Rivera, André De Shields, and an array of singers and dancers, the pop-up on the anniversary of Broadway's shutdown gave paying work...
Novelist Yaa Gyasi Goes Shopping In Her Own Bookshelves During The Pandemic
We all have books that are waiting for just such an occasion. When the author of Homecoming and Transcendent Kingdom was young, her parents...
Live Theatre Finally Gets Its Own Guidelines In Los Angeles
The guidelines are stringent - each county must cycle completely out of "colors" of COVID-19 infections before indoor theatre can open, and they have...
Patrick Dupond, French Ballet Star And Former Director Of The Paris Opera Ballet, 61
Dupont was a household name in France, where his death was major news and occasioned a press release from the president's office. He was...
How ABT Pivoted To TikTok
At least a little bit: "'The expectation of an elite ballet company is that it's going to be really cutthroat and really scary and...
Netflix May Be Trying To Make Password-Sharing Harder
Here we go: "When users open the Netflix TV app, they will be asked to verify their account with a code that is either...
The Secret History Of Women Writing Liner Notes
Representation is a problem across the board in the Grammys, including - weirdly, wildly - the writing of liner notes (which is an actual...
Herge’s Heirs Are No Fans Of A French Artist’s Edward Hopper/Tintin Mashups
So much not fans that they've sued the artist making the images. Hergé's heirs specifically said of Xavier Marabout's images that "it was not...
The Grammys Slid In Under The Pandemic Wire Last Year, But They’ll Be A...
The head of the Recording Academy, perhaps even downplaying the disastrous pandemic for most musicians: "This has been an extraordinarily challenging year for everyone...
French Actor Wears A Donkey Costume Soaked In Fake Blood, And Then Strips, At...
The details: "Actress Corinne Masiero took the stage in a donkey costume covered in fake blood, before stripping down to a faux gore-soaked gown and, finally, fully undressing...
The Co-Collaborator Behind John Le Carré
Nick Cornwell, the son of both people who created John Le Carré: "It was easy to misunderstand her as just a typist – and...
Want To Hear The Lego Microtonal Guitar?
Of course you do - and the electromagnetic harp, the "evolved piano," and more of the winners of a new instrument competition. - The...
The Pandemic Has Shown Us That We Need A Lot More Art
Yes, we need food and water, air and health care. And we're desperate for cultural nourishment as well. For one family at an outdoor...
Hollywood’s Deliberate Refusal To Center Black Stories And Actors Costs It Billions Of Dollars
Every time a Black-led film makes tons of money - say Girls Trip or heck, even Black Panther - the same stories pop up....
The Stunt Doubles Of The Art World
When museum staff are preparing for a show, they need maquettes, like an actor's stand-in, to represent the works themselves. But they can't be...
During The Last Decade, Women’s Representation In Music Has Not Improved At All
Discouraging news from a USC study for International Women's Day. - The New York Times
This Woman Has Narrated More Than 600 Audiobooks
Here's how to be good at it: Plan ahead. "What’s really important when you’re listening is to be able to know who’s talking. One...
Will European Theatre Bounce Back?
Basically, the pandemic has changed the performing arts audience. "Fans have had access to virtual theater from all over the world. Some venues have...
At The Critics Choice Awards, Nomadland Retains Its Shine
And The Crown's season four, which concerns Princess Diana's difficulties with the Royal Family, won Best Drama Series even as Prince Harry and Meghan...
Amy Sherald’s Portrait Of Breonna Taylor Will Find A Home In Louisville
Sherald, who painted the portrait for a Ta-Nehisi Coates-edited edition of Vanity Fair, decided that she wanted to sell the painting where Taylor lived...
How To Write A Second Novel When Your First Wins The Pulitzer
Viet Thanh Nguyen says it wasn't as easy as writing The Sympathizer, his 2016 Pulitzer-winning novel: "I would write in 50-page chunks – I...
Was WandaVision A New Hybrid TV Model?
Or was the entire series - spoilers abound throughout this article, by the way - yet another Marvel tease? "It was intentionally meta and...
Chadwick Boseman Could Make Oscars History, Posthumously
He wouldn't be the first actor to have been nominated for an award after death, but if he were nominated both for Ma Rainey's...
The Coronavirus Has Become An Inspiration For Visual Artists
Some of it might seem tasteless as the pandemic rages on, but as one artist points out, there aren't exhibitions now - and artists...
