A Broadway Pop-Up Concert Slash Rally Briefly Invigorates New York
With Chita Rivera, André De Shields, and an array of singers and dancers, the pop-up on the anniversary of Broadway's shutdown gave paying work...
Novelist Yaa Gyasi Goes Shopping In Her Own Bookshelves During The Pandemic
We all have books that are waiting for just such an occasion. When the author of Homecoming and Transcendent Kingdom was young, her parents...
Live Theatre Finally Gets Its Own Guidelines In Los Angeles
The guidelines are stringent - each county must cycle completely out of "colors" of COVID-19 infections before indoor theatre can open, and they have...
Patrick Dupond, French Ballet Star And Former Director Of The Paris Opera Ballet, 61
Dupont was a household name in France, where his death was major news and occasioned a press release from the president's office. He was...
How ABT Pivoted To TikTok
At least a little bit: "'The expectation of an elite ballet company is that it's going to be really cutthroat and really scary and...
Netflix May Be Trying To Make Password-Sharing Harder
Here we go: "When users open the Netflix TV app, they will be asked to verify their account with a code that is either...
The Secret History Of Women Writing Liner Notes
Representation is a problem across the board in the Grammys, including - weirdly, wildly - the writing of liner notes (which is an actual...
Herge’s Heirs Are No Fans Of A French Artist’s Edward Hopper/Tintin Mashups
So much not fans that they've sued the artist making the images. Hergé's heirs specifically said of Xavier Marabout's images that "it was not...
The Grammys Slid In Under The Pandemic Wire Last Year, But They’ll Be A...
The head of the Recording Academy, perhaps even downplaying the disastrous pandemic for most musicians: "This has been an extraordinarily challenging year for everyone...
French Actor Wears A Donkey Costume Soaked In Fake Blood, And Then Strips, At...
The details: "Actress Corinne Masiero took the stage in a donkey costume covered in fake blood, before stripping down to a faux gore-soaked gown and, finally, fully undressing...
The Co-Collaborator Behind John Le Carré
Nick Cornwell, the son of both people who created John Le Carré: "It was easy to misunderstand her as just a typist – and...
Want To Hear The Lego Microtonal Guitar?
Of course you do - and the electromagnetic harp, the "evolved piano," and more of the winners of a new instrument competition. - The...
The Pandemic Has Shown Us That We Need A Lot More Art
Yes, we need food and water, air and health care. And we're desperate for cultural nourishment as well. For one family at an outdoor...
Hollywood’s Deliberate Refusal To Center Black Stories And Actors Costs It Billions Of Dollars
Every time a Black-led film makes tons of money - say Girls Trip or heck, even Black Panther - the same stories pop up....
The Stunt Doubles Of The Art World
When museum staff are preparing for a show, they need maquettes, like an actor's stand-in, to represent the works themselves. But they can't be...
Two Reports Detail Lack Of Support For Arts Workers
One reason we tolerate an even more frayed social safety net for artists than we do for everyone else: “The allure of artistic work...
How The Uffizi Is Modernizing
It is an investment in the future. We have been stepping up our education programs for kids and youth quite a lot. We continued...
What Musicians Really Make — A Database
The Real Music Wages Database is an anonymous, crowd-sourced list of real wage transactions reported by musicians. We track how much someone has been...
What Is “NFT Art” And Why Has It Become So Valuable?
Why would anyone buy a piece of art just to burn it? Understanding the answer requires us to delve into the tricky world of...
The Problem With The UK’s Approach To Controversial Statues
At first glance, the notion that controversial statues should be explained and contextualised seems like a step in the right direction. However, for many...
The Shocking Case Against Private Prep Schools
Parents at elite private schools sometimes grumble about taking nothing from public schools yet having to support them via their tax dollars. But the...
Your Guide To The Nastiest Profanities In French
A hard-R-rated primer to what gets said in the language of Molière when one is really f***ing p****d off, what you can use to...
The Paris Opera “Aida” That Got Caught Up In The Culture Wars
Verdi’s 1871 tragedy, a love story set in a time of war between ancient Egypt and Ethiopia, is often given the treatment of a...
Tony Hendra, Comic Writer/Editor/Actor, Dead At 79
" began writing and performing comedy while a student at Cambridge University, traveling in the same circles as future members of the Monty Python...
The Identity Politics Of Translating Amanda Gorman’s Poetry
There has long been a debate about the ethics of translation, about how to translate not just the words but the spirit of the...
