Audible Theater is teaming up with Together, a new accessible-theater initiative led by megastar Hugh Jackman and superproducer Sonia Friedman, for an eight-week series of programming at Off Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre this spring. - TimeOut
The most recent crop of words added to the Oxford English Dictionary is notable for terms from Southeast Asia: from the Philippines, gigil (that feeling when something is so adorable you want to squeeze it hard) and videoke (video karaoke), and from Malaysia and Singapore, alamak (something like WTF). - The Guardian
The order directs the Federal Trade Commission to more rigorously enforce existing law governing the use of bots that help scalpers scoop up hot tickets, including by issuing fines. Trump said the FTC, along with the Treasury and Justice departments, will deliver a report within 180 days summarizing what they have done. - The Wall Street Journal
NPR can weather the funding cut, its document predicts, thanks in part to aggrieved listeners: Executives predict a sudden boom in donations if Congress defunds it, as listeners rush to defend their favorite programs. But they will likely give more in big-city markets. - The New York Times
“Othello is Shakespeare’s only major work in which the hero and antihero are given equal weight. … As the Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom summed up the dichotomy: It is Othello’s tragedy, but it is Iago’s play.” Ben Brantley considers 13 Othello-Iago pairs, going back nearly a century. - The New York Times
It's been almost two months since the Eaton Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena, including several noted historic and cultural landmarks like this one, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. - NPR
Alex Mahon told MPs that if the government pursues its proposed plan to give AI companies access to creative works unless the copyright holder opts out, it would put the UK creative industries in a “dangerous position”. - The Guardian
Much like Munch’s iconic painting, this suite of five “never-before-seen” works made around 1893 all depict the main figure on a bridge alongside a pair in the background. In this case, the central character displays a range of emotions, from happiness to anger and boredom. - Hyperallergic
A plummet in international co-productions is one major factor that led to an expected surplus for the past year becoming a £33 million ($42.5 million) deficit. (That followed a £492 million/$634 million deficit the previous year.) So the BBC’s content budget has been reduced by £150 million to £2.5 billion ($3.222 billion). - Deadline
“The most significant damage to cultural heritage sites appears to have occurred in and around Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city and the home of many ancient monasteries and palaces.” - ARTnews
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: “Monday afternoon we began to construct a plan, because we engage with scores of arts organizations, and it’s not easy given … those fully-executed contracts to just say, ‘OK, this s— don’t exist no more.’ … Then the leadership decided that it was gonna happen that day.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
“Staffers at the Kennedy Center are bracing for more cuts following the dismissal of several employees and a message from administrators that the performing arts center is in poor financial shape, a claim several of them dispute.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
Just hours before he was due to surrender to Federal authorities to serve almost 10 years in prison, Watson received clemency from the Trump White House. - CNBC
Charles MacKay, who was general director of the summer company from 2008-2018, was arrested in March in Powell, Wyoming after having allegedly solicited two teenagers for sex. - Santa Fe New Mexican
“According to a statement from AFGE Local 3403, which represents IMLS workers, the agency's staff was notified by email about being placed on paid administrative leave for 90 days after a ‘brief meeting between DOGE staff and IMLS leadership.’ Employees had to turn in government property, and email accounts were disabled.” - NPR
