Co-producers meaning, in this case, the many individuals who provided or raised money to run the production — and these days, it takes a lot of them to get a show onto Broadway. The organizers say there's insufficient time to get all of them safely onstage; nevertheless, some are mightily miffed. - Broadway Journal
There is one immediate step with broad impact: real transparency throughout the dance economy. How can dance organizations do that? By making their annual tax returns available. - Dance Magazine
He departs this month after only six seasons, three of those cut short by the COVID pandemic. And, while proud of his work there, he acknowledges his discomfort not only with unfavorable reviews, but with the high-wattage celebrity aura that prominent figures need in New York. - The New York Times
As part of an effort to control interference with elections, "state-affiliated media accounts will not be put on the 'For You' page, which is TikTok’s algorithm that recommends videos to users. The accounts will also be prohibited from advertising to markets outside of their home countries." - NBC News
A three-part Netflix documentary titled Dancing for the Devil looks into a Southern California management company called 7M and its affiliate Christian church, Shekinah. Members, generally separated from their families and friends, post frequent dance videos to TikTok that follow a particular 7M template. - The Guardian
"Ranging from life-sized bronze statues to tiny Roman coins, from oil paintings to mosaic flooring, the pieces span the 9th century BC to the 2nd century AD and amount to just one year’s stolen and trafficked art confiscated by Manhattan prosecutor Col. Matthew Bogdanos’s team and returned to Italy." - CNN
Little about this matter has turned out to be what it first appeared, and there's little independent confirmation besides the email address that messages to the paper came from, but for what it's worth, the self-proclaimed culprit says he's based in Nigeria but wrote in a Ugandan language. - The New York Times
"(He) had admitted arranging sex acts with someone he thought was a teenager, but was in fact an undercover police officer. … On Tuesday, the 70-year-old was given a 14-month prison sentence, suspended for two years." - The Standard (London)
There are over 1,100 such sites known in the state; most have been discovered during preparation for coal and oil projects. Vandalism to the sites tends to fall into categories of initial and names, dates, firearm damage or painting. - Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, WY)
We define quality from the perspective of the audience. So if the audience loves the movie, it’s great. That’s quality. “Irish Wish” maybe didn’t scratch the itch for you, but 65 million people watched that movie. - The New York Times
The walkout, which involved about half the museum’s staff, has shut the museum down for several days (a reopening date has not been set), and the employees involved say they plan to withhold their labor until their demands are met. - Seattle Times
Their dispute stems from SPOT’s controversial decision to reclassify its Premium tiers as ‘bundles’ by combining music and audiobooks, which has resulted in Spotify paying a lower mechanical royalty rate in the US to publishers and songwriters than standalone music subscription services. - Music Business Worldwide
In the new, global media ecosystem, AI and user-generated content will interact in a symbiotic cycle of information and transformation. The U.S. should therefore move with urgency to assert a national interest in our communal creative expression. - The Hill
Critic Elisabeth Vincentelli reports that audiences being moved to actual tears (and, yes, even wailing on occasion) has become surprisingly commonplace this season — and it's all because of the way the scripts and cast are connecting with viewers. - The Washington Post (MSN)
