Modest as the festivities have been, I am certain that in 100 years there will be no poem whose centenary is the object of comparable celebration. This seems to me true for the simple reason that poetry is dead. Indeed, it is dead in part because Eliot helped to kill it. - The New York Times
Sordid? Squalid? That's pretty much how a lot of critics reacted to the play when it was new. Yet for decades it has been getting high-profile, star-powered revivals every few years. Why? Not just for its meaty roles, writes Michael Billington, but also for "its air of tantalising ambiguity." - The Guardian
Relying on her own keen sense of how classical music should sound, she developed a plan that would bring together the finest musicians, outstanding business leadership and a shared organizational goal of world-class stature. - Fort Worth Business Press
"Arts groups need to make institutional changes to support these new leaders, according to women leaders of color at these groups. They say solutions often seem obvious, but tend to be overlooked." - KERA (Dallas)
"The lavatory on Charing Cross Road closed in the Seventies and later became a West End ticket kiosk before falling into disuse. There may be 1,500 square feet of exhibition space in the cubicles underground. The gallery is closed for renovation and plans to reopen this summer." - London Evening Standard
"Regal-owner Cineworld, the world's second largest movie theater operator, has denied reports that it has been in talks with AMC, the world's largest movie theater group, regarding the sale of its assets. Cineworld added that it intends to sell the group in its entirety, rather than break it up." - Variety
"For years, someone impersonated authors and agents, editors and publishers, trying to steal unpublished book manuscripts from high profile authors … and writers of more obscure works. … On Friday, Filippo Bernardini is expected to plead guilty to wire fraud in front of a magistrate court judge in Manhattan." - The New York Times
"An agreement would see a proportion of the marbles sent to Athens on rotation over several years. … In exchange, other objects would effectively be loaned to the museum in London, and Britain could also get plaster copies of the Parthenon sculptures." - Bloomberg
A double Tony winner, a mainstay of the Steppenwolf and Goodman Theaters, Galati was admired as an adapter of literature for the stage, an actor, and, especially, a director, one who was genuinely adored by his colleagues. - Chicago Sun-Times
Leonard Whiting, who was 16 when the film was made in 1968, and Olivia Hussey, who was 15, are seeking damages from Paramount reported to be more than $500 million, claiming that they suffered decades of emotional distress and lost career opportunities. - Variety
The saga of the Philip Guston exhibition, “Philip Guston Now,” that was postponed in late 2020 demonstrates how museums now suffer from an identity crisis, torn between the demands of an engaged activist audience and agitated internal discourse. - Artnet
The boundaries of classical music are ever more porous and open, spilling into other forms and all to the good. Give up prejudice or fear or indifference. - The Observer
My students could appreciate his skill as a musical dramatist, his innovations as a craftsman, his inventive wit and longing harmonic lines. But what really drew them in—or, perhaps, what they drew out—was his preoccupation with people excluded from the dominant society. - The Atlantic
Neither a cult reputation as a pioneer of bebop nor American canonization quite does justice to Monk, who was simply one of the most imaginative composers of the twentieth century, a judgment that in my view does not require the qualifiers “jazz” or “American.” - The Baffler
The album, which is untitled, came together after six weeks of remote instruction followed by in person socially distant rehearsals and four days of recording sessions in which the musicians recorded the sections of the orchestra separately — all without a single Covid-19 infection. - The New York Times
