Turns out the youth are going to be putting on this play for … pretty much ever? “Our Town just sort of felt like this perfect, simple, rich story about the human experience and about time.” - Reactor
But the sisters are following in the footsteps of leaders like Reese Weatherspoon and Viola Davis, becoming producers who have more control over their projects and performances. - El País English
”At the edge of a Home Depot parking lot where federal immigration agents have violently detained vendors and others,” a utility pole “carries a band of color with a fluorescent sheath ... made up of 10,000 pony beads spelling a message in block letters: ‘FUCK ICE.’” - Los Angeles Public Press
“The performing arts, with their warm embrace of subjectivity, might not seem the most likely corrective amid this crisis. But they have much to teach us about the notion of truth.” - The New York Times
Oh: “The push into artificial intelligence by Oracle creates a thirst for more insight into how people view news and entertainment and what products they buy online. The streaming channels and social media giant both offer greater and more granular information." - NPR
Luckily for Cavett, "the documentary was never made because WNET completed a background check on Mr. Epstein and decided it did not want him involved.” - The New York Times
Luhrmann’s new Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert “is far from the conventional concert movie its title implies,” thanks to a 40-minute never before released audio tape and a few private collectors deals that Luhrmann calls "going to see gangsters in car parks at midnight.” - The Guardian (UK)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Diya Vij a "visionary and deeply thoughtful leader who understands that art is not ornamental to this city — it is essential to it.” - The New York Times
Sure, there may be an “alternative celebration” later, but basically, “with 115 Writers Guild of America staffers still on strike after months of contract talks with the writers’ union led to no deal, the WGA West has cancelled its annual Writers Guild Awards.” - The Wrap
It’s South Florida Public Media Group versus a South Florida NPR school board affiliate, playing out both at the FCC and in the Miami-Dade County Court. - Inside Radio
“The question at the center of the case: What actually killed Spacey’s appearance from the sixth season of the show? … A win for MRC will have major implications for production insurance coverage moving forward.” - The Hollywood Reporter
The choreographer: “You fall in love with characters that you see live in the flesh, in front of your eyes. … But then when the camera brings you close to them, it creates a different kind of intimacy.” - The New York Times
The awards formers known as the SAG Awards stream live on Netflix on Sunday night. Though there are both TV and movie nominations, Oscar watchers are aware that "the guild’s awards are usually one of the most accurate bellwethers for the Oscars.” - Los Angeles Times
Klaus Mäkelä is "stepping into one of the most visible cultural perches in the city and in classical music at large. He appears to bring to his new job in Chicago a curiosity about the arts that goes beyond his own medium of music.” - Chicago Sun-Times (Archive Today)
That is to say, people’s sweat had gotten all over Michelangelo’s masterpiece, and now it’s being cleaned off while the sweat accumulates on a screen. - Associated Press
