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Theatre Critics, Tear Down That Wall

A regular rotation of theatre articles and criticism from daily papers (whatever those are) isn’t coming back. So it’s up to theatre makers to keep writing, posting, blogging, making video about the process and the products - and critics need to deal with it. - The Stage (UK)

Jessie Grimes Has Been A Successful Classical Musician For Years, And At Last She Feels Comfortable

The artist in residence in Dublin says, “The fact that I wore a dress for all those years now boggles my mind. I was afraid for a long time to be queer in those spaces, because they were occupied by wealthy, upper-class white people.” - Irish Times

Netflix Is Becoming Cable, And Other Streamers Aren’t Even Close

And oh, how we’re all going to pay for that. - The Verge

Pittsburgh Symphony, Despite Rising Revenues, Has A Seven Million Dollar Deficit

But there’s a plan to manage the deficit - and to raise more funds, despite historically low audiences for core “classical” concerts (unless Yo-Yo Ma is there). - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There’s No One Better Than Jane Austen

That’s the claim of novelist Gill Hornby, anyway, who has written three books "set in the extended Austen family.” - The Guardian (UK)

This Actor Would Like For The Next Season Of The Traitors To Star, Well, Actors

Tamara Lawrence, star of Get Millie Black, says, "I want to be a traitor so bad." - The New York Times

Hugh Grant Urges British Police To Open A Criminal Investigation Into Tabloid Owners

“Grant also argued a new investigation was needed because people who were at the paper at the time that private investigators who carried out ‘unlawful activity’ were instructed were still in ‘positions of great power.’” - BBC

How The Von Trapps Actually Got To America Wasn’t Like The Movie

They climbed no mountains, and were aided directly in getting visas by Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. But, to be fair, Maria did arrive from a convent with her guitar. - Slate

Slow Horses Author Wins Lifetime Award

Diamond Dagger winner Mick Herron “is the quintessential writers’ writer and his Slough House novels have, by general consensus, reinvented the spy thriller, going on to delight millions on the page and on screen.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Death Of The Commons

What does Starbucks’ new bathroom policy have to do with an ability to gather in public, and the forces destroying that ability? - The Atlantic

Chinese Author Fang Fang On Her Covid-19 Diaries, Being Censored, And The Power Of Recording History

"I still believe that we can forgive those who have forgotten, be more tolerant of those who have forgotten history, and admire those who choose to record and remember these events. Ultimately, it's about paying attention.” - NPR

The National Gallery Of Art Ends Its DEI Program

“The museum has removed any language referring to DEI from its website. On a page outlining the institution’s mission and values, the words 'diversity, equity, access and inclusion' have been replaced with 'welcoming and accessible.’” - Hyperallergic

Thieves Blow Up Dutch Museum Door To Steal A Golden Helmet

“The video is grainy but ominous: three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum ... and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee hours of Saturday.” - The New York Times

In Athens, The Long-Lost Painting Prometheus Unbound Is Drawing Mesmerized Crowds

The 19th-century Danish painting is about freedom from long oppression, but "for many, the power of the painting also lies in its extraordinary history. Its chance rediscovery in 2012 not only ended decades of speculation but resolved a thriller that had long haunted the art world.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Reading Gender Gap Isn’t Big, But Also, Men Have Bigger Problems Than Not Reading

“Novels can’t be a one-size-fits-all solution, nor are books the only way to get closer to humanity, or imagine a better world, or to feel empathy for someone you may never meet. A book could fix a man, but it’s not the only way to, and it’s not a sure thing.” - LitHub

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