Author Nicola Dinan, Who Was A Scientist And A Lawyer, Just Won A Debut...
“Working as a lawyer taught me how much can turn on a single word. I was always too clumsy to actually be a scientist...
The Best Actress Race Is Rough To Predict
“It’s hard to think of a year more stocked with major female contenders than this one. At one point, it seemed like there were...
In Los Angeles, Artists’ Life Work Has Gone Up Into Smoke And Ashes
As one of the many, many artists who lost studios and archives said, "It’s terror and despair.” - The New York Times
Why The Supreme Court Is Likely Going To Let The TikTok Ban Proceed
“The argument really felt like a national security case and a First Amendment case walk into a bar. There’s two totally different cases, and...
Sam Moore, Who Died Last Week, Was One Of The Twentieth Century’s Best Performers
“The effect is electrifying, both intense – Moore used to talk about himself ‘liquefying’ during performances.” - The Guardian (UK)
What You Got When You Got A Letter From Edward Gorey
Tom Fitzharris was fortunate enough to receive 50 of them. Here are four. - The Paris Review
An Updated List Of LA Cultural Buildings Impacted By The Fires
On Wednesday, the Palisades fire claimed Will Rogers’s historic ranch house and other structures on the Will Rogers State Historic Park, according to a news...
Ornate 16th-Century Mural Discovered Under White Paint In Mexican Church
"For decades, the interior of the Temple of Our Lady of the Assumption (in Santa María Huiramangaro in Michoacán state) stood stark white, with...
A Climber Drove Climbing Bolts Into Ancient Petroglyphs
Such petroglyphs were designated by the state’s legislature as official state works of art in 2023, the Utah Bureau of Land Management noted, as it called...
Scotland’s National Galleries Warn That Major Cultural Assets Are In Peril Because Of Funding...
The organisation, which is responsible for more than 130,000 works of art and attracted more than 2.4m visitors to its sites during 2023, has...
Audiences Are Singing Along, Acting Out At “Wicked” Movie Showings
During the theatrical run of “ Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour ” last fall, fans danced and belted lyrics in the theaters, sharing their glee on social media. Last...
Dance Was Everywhere In Ancient Rome
"It was practised and watched everywhere, including during religious rituals, on the theatrical stage and in private houses. It was the object of nuanced...
Globalization Gets A Bad Rap Now. But Globalization Has Been With Us For Centuries
Globalisation didn’t begin in the 1990s, or even in the past millennia. Remembering this older shared history is a path to a different tale,...
Getting Our Heads Around Understanding Bullshit
To account fully for the phenomenon of bullshit, we require a conception that envisions the bullshitted to expect that someone completely unlike him or...
Tough Times For Theatre? Right. So It’s Not A Time To Be Timid
How can theatres and individual artists position themselves as liaisons to the public to raise awareness about climate change, gun violence, mental health, and literacy?...
“Wicked” Sets New Broadway Record, Grossing Over $5 Million In One Week
"From December 23-29, Wicked pulled in $5,037,392, the largest weekly number ever recorded. The average paid admission was $290.61." The next highest, The Lion...
With Art Sales Down, Auction Houses Pivot Towards Luxury Sales
Sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s were down for the second year in a row in 2024. With both supply and demand for big-ticket art...
Daniel Harding, Conductor (Oh And Air France Pilot Too)
Over the past few years, the British-born Harding has led dual, and often dueling, careers: conducting Mozart and Mahler symphonies one day, piloting commercial...
Actor Michael Sheen Is Funding A New National Theatre For Wales
With National Theatre Wales having folded last month, leaving the principality without a flagship English-language stage company, Sheen has decided to launch a new...
Why Was The HQ Of Cape Cod’s Public Radio Station Sold Out From Under...
Though the station, CAI, and its listeners raised the money to renovate the historic building, both real estate and broadcasting license are owned by...
Director Otto Schenk, Standardbearer For Traditional Opera Stagings, Is Dead At 94
He created 31 productions for the Vienna State Opera (some still in use) and 16 for the Met, attracting scorn from revisionists and admiration...
Ex-CEO Of MoviePass Pleads Guilty To Fraud
"Theodore Farnsworth, the former CEO of MoviePass parent Helios & Matheson Analytics, pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding and conspiring to defraud investors in...
Wanamaker Organ Is (Probably) Safe, Though The Macy’s Hosting It Is Closing
The department store chain has definitively decided to close its historic Philadelphia location, making the future of the world's largest fully-functioning musical instrument uncertain....
Britain To Put 30% Cap On Markup Of Event Tickets
"(The move) follows years of campaigning by politicians, musicians and the theatre industry to stop professional 'resellers' hoovering up tickets at the expense of...
Anita Bryant, 84
"(She was) a beauty queen, singer and wholesome pitchwoman for Florida orange juice whose crusade against gay rights in the 1970s transformed her into...
