"The number of nominees for those categories" — Best New Artist and Album, Song, and Record of the Year — "were suddenly expanded from eight to 10 in November of 2021. … After two years, it became clear that 10 nominees in those major categories was unwieldy, at the very least." - Variety
"The new venture, called Hollywood.com Live, has acquired the theater-focused media company Theatrely. Under the Hollywood.com Live banner, the venture has begun selling tickets online to Broadway, London’s West End and regional theaters." - Deadline
"In the hothouse atmosphere of flamenco dance, where passionate display of the self is prized, divas abound. But Carlota Santana isn't one of them." - The New York Times
"Am I, a brown-skinned immigrant daughter who never got to read about or see characters like me in novels and films, simply reclaiming these beloved stories as my own? ... Or am I actually letting these stories off the hook, ignoring their oppressive aspects in their very recasting?" - LitHub
"Facebook's exit from news tracks tracks with a move toward TikTok and YouTube, and a worldwide decrease in commenting on and sharing news articles. That's one of the findings from Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its 2023 Digital News Report." - Nieman Lab
DiDonato: "I think there’s a lot of power in putting on a legitimate, high-level concert, but challenging the audience to take home something more from it. ... Isn’t ‘Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen’ lovely? It’s like, yeah, but, what do you do with it when you go home?" - Van
"An air of mystery surrounded stories of Gilberto possibly living in Philadelphia for decades. Was she seen at the Reading Terminal Market? At Rustic Music in Center City? ... (She abandoned) stardom to live anonymously in a city where she had a history reaching back nearly six decades." - The Philadelphia Inquirer
As The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp turns 80, it's good that Prime Minister Winston Churchill didn't get his way after writing to his minister of information, "Pray propose to me the measures necessary to stop this foolish production before it gets any further." - BBC
"The architects of LGA's new public art program mostly sidestepped the twin traps of blandness and kitsch, demonstrating a seriousness that reflects the importance of art (and artists) to the city's identity. But also, from the passenger's perspective, it feels like somebody up there actually cares." - Curbed
Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger "presents women’s ability to endure discomfort as something to be celebrated, but also questioned. Our resilience is mighty and formidable by way of our nature, but also because we’ve had to survive oppressive systems." - Arts Hub
"The Met sold 66% of tickets during the season that ended Saturday, up from 61% during the 2021-22 season. Sales were lower than budgeted because of a cyberattack in mid-December. … The average age of its single-ticket buyers, which comprise 75% of sales, decreased to 44 from 50." - AP
"Representatives from several (Philadelphia-area) arts groups report selling tickets through Brown Paper Tickets only to be left hanging for weeks, months, or, in (one) case, 2½ years (and counting). Emails to the Seattle-based company asking about payments have gone unanswered, groups say." - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"Both were among the losing bidders to Penguin Random House's $2.2 billion offer. PRH's acquisition, of course, was blocked by the government last fall." - Publishers Weekly
"Facing a significant budget shortfall, Center Theatre Group on Thursday announced that it would lay off about 10% of its full-time staff and pause season programming at the Mark Taper Forum ... through the 2023-24 season, (although) there is no confirmed end date yet." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
Three protestors from the British group Just Stop Oil used air horns and glitter cannons to interrupt Thursday's performance of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Glyndebourne Festival. They were escorted away within one minute and the performance resumed after 20 minutes. - The Guardian
