Without Big New Musicals This Broadway Spring Will Look Different
In the first third of 2026, we’ll see 11 plays and only six musicals on Broadway. And many of the musicals that will open share a...
Taliban Burn Hundreds Of Musical Instruments
Afghanistan’s National Television, a broadcaster controlled by the Taliban, reported on Tuesday that morality police in Parwan had gathered the instruments over the past...
A New York Times Obituary Writer Contemplates The Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead
“To begin with, a Book of the Dead is a misnomer, applied by 19th-century Western scholars. A more accurate translation of the title would...
Powerhouse Indie Studio Neon In Talks To Sell A Piece Of Itself
“Department M, a production company founded two years ago by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, is in talks to acquire a significant stake in Neon,...
David Hays, Founder Of National Theater Of The Deaf, Has Died At 95
On top of a career designing sets and lights for more than 50 Broadway productions and over 30 George Balanchine ballets, he became, in...
Radio Free Asia Resumes Broadcasting To China Following Trump Administration’s Attempt To Eliminate It
“Bay Fang, RFA’s president and chief executive, wrote in a post on LinkedIn on Wednesday: ‘We are proud to have resumed broadcasting to audiences...
Pennsylvania Re-Orients Its Arts Funding Guidelines Toward Economic Development
“The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is rebranding its granting operation as a new entity called Pennsylvania Creative Industries. The new granting guidelines are...
California Classical Radio Stations Adopt A Single Statewide Identity
“Classical California has launched a unified statewide brand, consolidating KUSC, KDFC and nine additional stations under a single identity. The move follows the unification of...
José Van Dam, One Of 20th Century’s Greatest Lyric Baritones, Is Dead At 85
“For more than four decades, he was a central figure in European opera, admired not for flamboyance but for integrity, stylistic intelligence, and a...
For The First Time In Its 167 Years, This Newspaper’s Reporting Is 100% Paid-For...
The Irish Times (like most outlets) always depended on advertising to fund its operations. This year, thanks to the strategy followed by its leaders...
Recent US Post Office Delays Are Hitting Publishers Hard
Recent USPS service problems aren’t exclusive to newspapers. But for a business where timeliness is baked into the value proposition, they can be uniquely...
The Broadway Director Who Helped Stage The Milan Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
Creative coordinator Sammi Cannold: “I think what would surprise people most is how mathematical it is. From the outside, it looks like pure spectacle...
How Ukrainian Musicians Think About Russian Music
For some Ukrainian musicians, the new reality they have chosen is “no Russian words from my lips, no Russian music from my hand”, as...
Workers At Hollywood’s Writers Guild Union Strike Against The Union
The union maintained that “Guild management has surveilled workers for union activity, terminated union supporters, and engaged in bad faith surface bargaining, showing no...
An Evolving Notion Of Literacy That Explains Everything
Literacy literally restructured our consciousness, and the demise of literate culture—the decline of reading and the rise of social media—is again transforming what it...
Grand Rapids Ballet Lays Off Executive Director And Eliminates Position
“Grand Rapids Ballet has dismissed executive director Mary Jennings after less than two years in the role, replacing her with an interim CEO as...
Why Frederick Wiseman Was The All-Time Best Documentary-Maker
Between 1967 and 2023, he made forty-seven features (nearly one a year), many of them running considerably more than two hours. His body of...
How Consolidation Has Wrecked Publishing
Here’s the problem: Those Big Five control over 80% of the trade publishing market. Indie publishers exist, but they need more support—a lot more...
Judy Chicago Walks Away From “Nightmare” Google Project
The celebrated visual artist Judy Chicago has walked away from a major commission at Google’s headquarters project in the Loop, comparing an aspect of...
California City Reports $1.5 Million Embezzled From Its Arts Funding Agency
“The statement from (Fresno Arts Council), which handled public grants set aside by the local parks and arts tax for the past few years,...
If The UK’s Biggest Institutions Are Struggling, There’s A Structural Problem
If the National Gallery – one of Britain’s leading attractions with over 4 million visitors a year – is struggling to balance its books, it indicates wider structural problems...
Russia Produces Great Artists. Why Not Great Science?
Russia produces world‑class artists and brilliant scientific inventors, yet few globally successful technologies. Why? - Nightingale Sonata
CBS’ Attempted Censorship Of Colbert Backfires Spectacularly – 10X Online Views As Typical Ratings
CBS lawyers tried to block Stephen Colbert’s interview with Texas legislator James Talarico, but Colbert posted it online instead—where it exploded, drawing far more...
Algeria’s Most Famous Author Faces Legal Cases For Misusing A Terror Victim’s Story
Kamel Daoud's Goncourt-winning novel Houris is about a woman whose throat was slit at age 5 during a terrorist massacre and who can now...
Another San Francisco Institution Cancels Its Next Show Due To Money Troubles
Lamplighters Music Theatre, the Bay Area’s Gilbert and Sullivan specialists, has called off its spring 2026 production of Patience. Company leaders blame not only...
