English National Opera’s Online Breathing Lessons Help Long-COVID Sufferers: Study
"The programme, developed with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, is led by professional singers from the ENO and focuses on breathing retraining through singing...
What Happened To Method Acting
In 2022, in our heyday of superhero blockbusters and bingeable story lines, the Method seems to be fading away. - The New York Times
Burying Robert Moses For Good
Invoking Moses is easy shorthand for a legacy of racist urban planning—a shameful history but, like legal residential segregation, one many view as consigned...
That Time In The 80s The Egyptian Government Tried To Ban Music Cassette Tapes
Courtesy of the president’s executive actions, audiocassettes, enjoyed loudly by many Egyptians in public spaces, were no longer simply a nuisance. Noisy cassette recordings...
The Case For The Intrinsic Value Of Art
The question of the intrinsic value of art is one he never expected to need to address. For him, it is a given. For...
Study: Four Times More Male Characters Than Female In Literature
Mayank Kejriwal and fellow researcher Akarsh Nagaraj used data from 3,000 books that are part of the Gutenberg Project, across genres including adventure, science...
Russia Threatens To Imprison Artist For Work He Showed At Moscow Art Fair
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a “rehabilitation of Nazism” case against Kulik. If he’s found guilty, the artist reportedly faces a fine of up to...
Collapsing In Discord, The Children’s Chorus Of Greater Dallas Will Be Taken Over By...
"The announcement, made Tuesday, comes after several rancorous months at the 25-year-old children's chorus that saw hiring disputes with the chorus board, staff resignations...
Who Should Next Run The Royal Shakespeare Company?
If I were to have an absolute dream nomination, it would be a director who has conquered the fields of theatre, television and film,...
Henry Winkler On What Acting Takes Out Of Him And Puts Back In
"All that stuff you squash, all that frustration, eventually you have to spoon it out, but then you're left with holes inside you. ......
Lebrecht: Upside Down Orchestra Marketing
What we are witnessing is a pandemic of reformist box-ticking that places policy above pulling power. Forget about a box office that is running...
A Paris Curator Is Auctioning Off Lalanne Sculptures To Help Pay For An Expansion...
"A trove of sculptures and objects by the design duo Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne are hitting the auction block at Sotheby's to help fund...
How To Make A More Creative, Profitable Netflix
When the financial incentives of the people paying for the movies and TV shows are aligned with those of the creators, the overall system...
The Addictive Glory (Or Glorious Addictiveness) Of Word Puzzles
Oh, it goes way beyond Wordle (which, luckily, only lets us play once a day) and crosswords. A.J. Jacobs looks at the New York...
What Netflix’s Fail Says About Streaming
While Netflix’s competitors still have room to grow — and Disney in particular has committed to growing a lot — agents and creators believe...
Scottish Ballet Develops A New Therapy Program For MS Patients
"The Orkney Islands has the highest prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the world – with one in 170 Orcadian women living with MS –...
Beyond The-Scottish-Play-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named: Theatre Superstitions Continue To Thrive
Never wish an actor "Good luck." (That's why they say "Break a leg.") Never bring mirrors onstage. Don't wear green. (We didn't know about...
“Unprecedented”: Ancient Phoenician Burial Complex Discovered In Andalusia
"Archaeologists exploring the site – which was discovered amid the Roman ruins in the town of Osuna, 55 miles (90km) east of Seville –...
Pianist Alexander Toradze Suffers Heart Failure During Performance, Finishes Anyway
Toradze had been feeling ill most of last weekend and needed assistance to walk onstage Saturday night to play Stravinsky and Shostakovich with the...
If Florida Wants To Take Away Disney World’s Special Status, It Has To Pay...
"The Reedy Creek Improvement District claimed that dissolving the special tax district would violate a pledge (made) by Florida to bondholders under the law...
BBC To Sharply Reduce The Amount Of Programming It Produces
"Director General Tim Davie is preparing to announce deep cuts to BBC output in the coming week. ... The corporation estimates it needs to...
What Happened When People Who Hate The BBC License Fee Went Without Without All...
They changed their minds, of course: "70% of the households who initially wanted to pay nothing or less than the £159 ($200.54) per year...
The Netflix Problem — Maybe Doing Theatrical Releases Is A Path?
Netflix’s sign of softening brought a screeching halt to the prevailing industry logic that going all-in on streaming investment was the way to please...
Direct-To-Home Movie Releases Are Over
“When analyzing title after title, it becomes very clear that spikes in piracy are most drastic when a movie is first available to watch...
TafelMusik Abruptly Loses Its Music Director
Over her five-year tenure, Elisa Citterio appointed new artistic directors, explored repertoire from the 17th through 19th centuries, commissioned new works, and encouraged international...
