"In 2019, she handed over the role of artistic director ... to two company members, Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis. And (this weekend), she will debut what she has said is her final work for the troupe, Scat! … The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar." - The New York Times
Tattered Cover has faced a difficult financial situation in recent years. The local bookstore chain has been staving off bankruptcy for years under two different owners. It finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last October, closing three locations and laying off nearly 30 workers in the process. - Denverite
"This report examines the gender distribution of critical leadership positions including artistic directors, executive directors, assistant artistic directors, heads of schools, and artistic directors of second companies. DDP has also expanded to include rehearsal directors for the first time." - Dance Data Project
The union and the Broadway League (representing producers and theaters) have been negotiating on a new contract governing workshops and readings since January. Lead Equity negotiator Stephen Bogardus said that the main sticking point is an unsatisfactory wage package. - The Hollywood Reporter
The alleged crime happened when the Booker Prize-winning author was speaking at a human rights conference in Delhi in 2010; she said, "Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. It is a historical fact. Even the Indian government has accepted this." (For this, she was originally accused of sedition.) - BBC
"Texas A&M University has extended an offer to students affected by the surprise closure of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, allowing them to apply for transfer for the fall semester. … The school has 20 to 30 spots in its performance and visual studies programs that it could confidently fill." - Artnet
"Best known for her role opposite Jean-Louis Trintignant in Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman — for which she received an Oscar nomination for best actress — Aimée also starred in such art house standouts as Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and 8½, Demy’s Lola, and Bertolucci’s Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man." - The Hollywood Reporter
"She began her position in 2021 and was instrumental in reshaping the resident program and was responsible for principal casting for mainstage and concert productions. She also worked with the development team to secure funding for the resident program, among others." - OperaWire
"(He) was playing the roguish John Falstaff in “Player Kings,” an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s two “Henry IV” history plays, directed by Robert Icke. Theatergoers were startled when McKellen lost his footing and fell off the stage in a (fight) scene." The 85-year-old actor is expected to fully recover. - AP
Increasingly, customers are visiting physical banks to receive guidance on products such as mortgages, loans and financial planning, while accessing more basic services online. These trends are industrywide, and Citi isn’t the only bank to rethink its physical spaces in response. - Bloomberg
One obvious point is that if you’re looking to develop a winner, an off-Broadway or regional theater is the way to go. For all their economic travails, nonprofits companies simply do it better. - Los Angeles Times
“Style isn’t something you apply later,” Amis said in 2021, explaining why he couldn’t abide JM Coetzee. “It’s embedded in your perception, and writers without that freshness of voice make no appeal to me. What is one in quest of with such a writer? Their views? Their theories?” - New Statesman
Even in an age when people frequently wrote by hand, messy and at times illegible handwriting was still a common problem. They even had a word for it: cacography, calligraphy’s evil twin. - The Conversation
Scientists working in the emerging field of epigenetics have discovered the mechanism that allows lived experience and acquired knowledge to be passed on within one generation, by altering the shape of a particular gene. - The Guardian
The rise of web-connected LLMs is rapidly undermining traditional web publishing. It’s clear industry professionals are deeply concerned. LLMs reduce human web traffic, evade ads, and scrape content without proper attribution, all of which erode publisher revenue. - Shelly Palmer
