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Can Autumn’s Movie Slot Replicate Barbenheimer, But With Wickiator?
Marketers are leaning in. Wicked and Gladiator II, both releasing November 22, don’t seem to have the same built-in opposition, but they do have...
James Corden’s Play Was Supposed To Start, But At The Men’s Euros, England’s Game...
Thus, the audience at the Old Vic got to watch - or hear - the penalty shootout (and its good result for England’s men’s...
Alice Munro’s Daughter Tells Of Abuse At Hands Of Stepfather That Her Mother Learned...
Andrea Munro yesterday wrote an essay for the Toronto Star detailing the abuse, her mother’s response, the ways her father (owner of Munro’s Books...
The US Experiences A Spicy Heat Wave As Romance Bookstores Boom
“Once a niche that independent booksellers largely ignored, romance is now the hottest thing in the book world. It is, by far, the top-selling...
Is Temu Ripping Off An Indigenous Beaded Earring Artist?
Uh ... is the Pope Catholic? “It's an unfortunately common experience for Indigenous artists, according to Meika Ellis, a lawyer specializing in intellectual property...
How A Drunk Mary Todd Lincoln Made It To Broadway
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!’s creator and star, “has been a revered cult figure in the comedy and New York cabaret scenes for more than...
Pop Culture Is Mired In Stucktopia
“Our new fictional nightmares are all about being trapped: mice running in an endless maze, too cowed by the complexity of the system to...
Portland Is Suggesting A Plan To Shutter Its Big Performing Arts Stage For Two...
The front of house folks and stagehands would like to have a word - perhaps a few words. So far, no one has even...
Could We Stop Catastrophizing The Film Industry?
“This country has endured quite a bit of trauma in recent years, but we are not doing ourselves any favors by continually leaping from...
How Artists Get By In New York Isn’t Actually Romantic
Let’s not pretend it’s easy to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, no matter what Patti Smith’s memoir says....
Good News For Vancouver’s Ballet BC And Dancers’ Paychecks
A big donation means dancers will get paid for the entire year. The board chair: "We are extremely proud to be able to set...
We May Be Witnessing The Renaissance Of Blu-Rays
That’s right, physical media. DVD sales are down, true - but Blu-Ray sales are climbing, and after Paramount axed the entire Comedy Central website,...
Backstage At The National Theatre During A Reset
The reset “is the time before a show when the theatre becomes a hive of backstage buzz, as cast and crew ensure everything is...
A Glimpse Into The Mind, And Process, Of A Famously Creative And Prolific Songwriters
Leslie Bruicusse wrote “Pure Imagination,” “Talk to the Animals,” “Goldfinger,” and so many more - and now that his papers are at the Library...
Nancy Azara, Who Helped Create A Haven For Feminist Sculptors, Has Died At 84
Azara was “a sculptor who evoked ancient feminine imagery in her carved and painted wood pieces, ... who in 1979 was a founder of...
What’s Saving The Summer Box Office?
Kids’ movies, of course. Well … of course, except last year it was Barbie and (in deep, deep second place) Oppenheimer. And in years...
A ‘Festival Of Resistance’ Against France’s Far-Right
In Avignon, “what will ‘resistance’ mean if the far-right party wins big in France on Sunday? Time will tell.” - The New York Times
Has The Internet Ruined Comedy?
“When it comes to crowd work, I’m the one who came to work. The audience didn’t come to work. They came to laugh. I...
Depressed About Contemporary Life?
Well, time to write a satire. Or so says Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, the author of Chain Gang All-Stars. - The Guardian (UK)
Our Online Actions Are Far From Carbon-Neutral
The real energy suck right now is AI. Still, our individual actions online have consequences. Therefore, “to help save the planet, should we be...
Publishing Books In Ukrainian Is Now An Act Of Resistance
“Natalie Miroshnyk was at the Warsaw Book Fair for Ukrainian publisher Vivat when she heard that a Russian missile had hit her country’s biggest printing house, killing seven...
The Composer Who Changed Opera Forever
No, not Wagner, but the man who paved the way for him: Christoph Willibald Gluck. - The New York Times
The Best Of Pop Shakespeare
Summer heat getting you down? The Bard’s got you covered: There’s a new collection of the coolest Shakespeare movies of our time, including -...
Percival Everett Isn’t Just A Novelist
The author of Erasure (on which the movie American Fiction was based) and James is also an artist. When he’s creating art, he says,...
Without Its Festival, What’s The Future Of Tap Dancing In New York?
“Tap City has been an important gathering each summer, a hub on a circuit of festivals that combine performances with classes. These festivals have...
