Even though revenues have grown by 2% since last year, operating profit declined by 3% — this just a year after Disney committed $60 billion to expanding its theme parks. Executives blamed higher operating costs and an unexpected drop in consumer demand. - Business Insider
“In his memoirs, he described himself in his 60s as ‘past hopes, past illusions, past high thoughts and lofty conceptions.’ His extraordinary but unusual music was unloved and unplayed.” - The New York Times
"Luigi Brugnaro, who has maintained his innocence since the wide-ranging scandal involving public tenders and land sales broke in July, addressed the city council during a special meeting Friday, as hundreds of people gathered outside city hall calling for his resignation." - AFP (Barron's)
In this long-time coming collaboration, seven choreographers worked in pandemic-created “isolation to create choreography to tracks from Williams’s albums MartyrLoserKing and Encrypted & Vulnerable, … exploring themes of exploitation, mystical anarchy, and the intersection of technology and race.” - San Francisco Classical Voice
He says he stockpiled plays during the COVID lockdowns; he's had readings of two in the past two years, has another getting a full staging next year, and yet another sketched out for 2026. "I guess the full total is getting near to 100." - The Guardian
Good luck keeping A Court of Thorns and Roses out of the hands of teenagers, but also, this is horrifying - and includes Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, for instance, along with Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur, and (are we surprised?) other women authors. - Salt Lake Tribune
Assembly theory, as ASU professor Sara Walker and her colleagues call it, "looks at everything in the universe in terms of how it was assembled from smaller parts. Life, the scientists argue, emerges when the universe hits on a way to make exceptionally intricate things." - The New York Times
“I basically grew up watching this theatre, in many different inner iterations, creating work along the way, especially the new plays, which is what kept me here. It was too good of an opportunity to leave. To meet with living playwrights? Come on! It was the best.” - American Theatre
"Understanding the intricacies of the judging system — and how it’s been adjusted to work in the Olympics, while still honoring breaking’s history — offers a window into how an art form will be incorporated into one of the most-watched sporting events worldwide." - Dance Magazine
"This spring, at Red Bull’s Lords of the Floor competition, we watched Olympians bust out some of the moves they’ll showcase at the Summer Games and asked experts how some of breaking’s roots will be on display in Paris." - The New York Times
"That Pixar hit, about core emotions like joy and sadness, and this summer’s blockbuster sequel, which focuses on anxiety, have been embraced by educators, counselors, therapists and caregivers as an unparalleled tool to help people understand themselves." - The New York Times
"Costanzo is a rare blend of artistic star power and equally starry connections, entrepreneurial intuition, and business savvy. He’s just the sort of triple threat who could bring opera in Philadelphia out of what’s been looking like a death spiral." - Philadelphia Magazine
"(She) was working on a sequel to her 1939 novel Moses, Man of the Mountain when she died in 1960. That sequel, The Life of Herod the Great, will be available in January 2025. The manuscript had been in Hurston’s archives at the University of Kansas, accessible only to scholars." - The Guardian
Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer are both staff curators at the Whitney; Guerrero is the museum's first curator devoted specifically to Latinx art, while Sawyer's field of expertise is photography. - ARTnews
Over the next six years, Nézet-Séguin will conduct four or five operas each season, including new works — such as Mason Bates's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Missy Mazzoli's Lincoln in the Bardo, and Huang Ruo's The Wedding Banquet — and standard repertoire such as Mozart, Puccini, and Wagner's Ring cycle. - OperaWire
