McNulty: Here’s What Play Ought To Win The Tony This Year
There was a time not so long ago when the future of the Broadway play was in serious doubt. The threat hasn’t gone away,...
Meet The New Director Of Juilliard’s Dance Division
She was a member of the innovative Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and was among the last group of dancers to be trained by the...
Six Pianists Advance To Van Cliburn Finals
The Cliburn’s jury has selected the six players advancing to the final round of its competition in downtown Fort Worth June 3-7. - Fort...
David Cope, A Pioneer In AI Music Composition, Is Dead At 83
“Before the proliferation of A.I. music generators, before the emergence of Spotify and the iPod, before Brian Eno had coined the term ‘generative music,’...
Study: Your Brain Is Rewired When You Listen To Music
When you listen to a steady rhythm, your brain doesn’t just process it—it reconfigures itself in real time. A new study introduces FREQ-NESS, an...
Giant Music Labels Are Negotiating Licensing Deals With AI Music Generators
Music industry executives have expressed cautious optimism about AI technology while defending copyright protections. - Music Business Worldwide
Why Are So Many Music Festivals Dying?
This year, more than 40 festivals have already been canceled, according to one count.- CNN
How The Artist Robert Rauschenberg Helped Change The Course Of 20th-Century Dance
“When Rauschenberg was breaking out as one of the most influential artists in the world, that influence extended into American dance” through his collaborations...
Copyright Has Become A Puzzle In The AI Landscape
Such is the convoluted logic puzzle around AI and copyright that it seems no one can fully solve—where both sides have compelling, seemingly reasonable...
NEA Takes Back Pride Grant Awarded To Philadelphia Orchestra
“The Philadelphia Orchestra is a nonprofit organization that believes in the power of music to bring people together, create understanding, and speak to the...
The Practical Reason Trump’s New Sculpture Garden Won’t Happen
Artists, curators and critics who have reviewed the recent request for proposals have a more practical worry: America doesn’t have enough quality sculptors or museum-caliber foundries...
Seven Years After Fire That Destroyed It, National Museum Of Brazil Is Partially Reopening
“(The museum) in Rio de Janeiro will temporarily reopen some galleries this month, nearly seven years after an electrical fire engulfed the building and...
Guy Klucevsek, Contemporary Classical’s Accordion Superstar, Is Dead At 78
“Writing in The Village Voice in 2015 about a series of performances … in the East Village, Richard Gehr noted that, ‘having mastered the...
What’s Going On With The Part Of The Disney Co. Folks Forget About, Disney...
“Disney Publishing’s most recent pivot came in 2020, when it sold 1,110 children’s titles to Hachette and decided to focus on acquiring global content that...
Texas Will Pump $300 Million Extra Into Its Film Incentive Program
“Senate Bill 22 … (will) allow the comptroller to deposit $300 million into a new Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund every two years...
How It Got To The Point That Taylor Swift Had To Buy Her Own...
“(Her) years-long saga to win back the rights to her first six albums will go down as one of the most significant storylines in...
SUMMER RERUN: What Would a Post-NEA (Arts) America Look Like?
An all-too-prescient post from January 2025 begs you to answer the question: if WHEN the NEA’s funding is eliminated, how ...
After 16 Years, Marc Maron Will End His Megahit Podcast “WTF”
After more than 1,600 episodes, Maron says he and his producer, Brendan McDonald, are “tired” and “burnt out” but “utterly satisfied with the work...
Loretta Swit, Who Played Major Houlihan On M*A*S*H, Has Died At 87
“Sally Kellerman played Houlihan in the movie version and Swit took it over for TV, eventually deepening and creating her into a much fuller...
Disney Laying Off Hundreds Across Its Entertainment Divisions
The bulk of them are across divisions of Disney Entertainment, including marketing for both film and television as well as television publicity, casting and...
After Decades Of Defense Of The NEA, It’s Stunning To See It Brought Low
If it remains at all, it will be as a sham vehicle through which the administration will fund its favored projects, such as non-Equity...
Tourist Jumps Fence, Damages Terracotta Warriors In Xian
The tourist was visiting the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Xi’an, a city in western China that was the capital during several ancient dynasties, when...
What Henry James Knew About The Act Of Criticism
Criticism, done well, is performance. Criticism done best opens the lives of writers, as well as their literature. Henry James’ speech on Balzac (which...
Dana Gioia’s Memoir: Critique Or Pining For A Time That Has Passed?
Old men are entitled to a little nostalgia, and Gioia isn’t the only postwar culture hero looking to escape, to some extent, into the past....
Study: Americans Increasingly Get Their News From Sources They Don’t Trust
While Americans get news from social media, they often don’t see those sources as trustworthy. And while Democrats see most traditional news sources as...
