Lin-Manuel Miranda’s At Work On His Next Musical: “The Warriors”
As was the original plan with Hamilton, and as happened with Here Lies Love, The Who's Tommy, and Evita, the show — an adaptation...
Angry Barcelonans Shoot Tourists With Water Pistols
Thousands of protestors furious about the ills of overtourism marched down La Rambla and other areas of the city popular with visitors, accosting vacationers...
For The Second Time In A Week, A Controversial Statue Of A Woman Has...
Seven days after someone in Austria decapitated a sculpture of the Virgin Mary giving birth, a vandal took advantage of Hurricane Beryl's strike on...
“The Era Of Culture Wars Is Over,” Says UK’s New Culture Secretary
Lisa Nandy: "For too long, for too many people, the story we tell ourselves, about ourselves as a nation, has not reflected them, their...
Why Academics Are Irritated By Jonathan Haidt
Haidt is like the friend who tells you you’re overreacting before you’re ready to hear it. And he fulfils that role with the glee...
Music Albums Went Away for Streaming. Now They’re Back
The shift to consuming songs as atomised units was depressing for artists too. Cynically, there’s the financial hit sustained when you only get paid...
What Is A “PoetJournalist?”
Where a photojournalist trades in photographs, a poetjournalist, according to Dworkin, would trade in “newspoems.” He could think of a few examples from the...
How High Ticket Prices Are Changing Theatre On London’s West End
It’s not just fans who are angry. Theatre’s biggest stars regularly rail against high ticket prices, even though they help pay their salaries. - The...
Five Theatre Colleagues Bonded At The Public Theatre. Now They’re A Significant Force In...
Their convergence at the Public in the mid-2010s would resonate as far more than happy memories: Now each of them has become a Woman...
Ex-Cop In New Orleans Indicted For Art Theft Insurance Fraud
"The indictment alleges that Christian Claus, 55, falsely claimed valuable paintings were stolen from his New Orleans residence in order to collect insurance money....
The South East Asian Film Industry Is Booming
“Covid, and industry issues that impacted Hollywood product flow, have ushered a period of growth for local and regional films, in some cases...
Alexander Knaifel, One Of Russia’s Leading Post-Soviet Composers, Is Dead At 80
"Knaifel was one of the most prominent Russian composers of his generation, both at home and in the West. He played a key role...
Meet The UK’s Surprise New Culture Minister
Lisa Nandy, whose most recent position has been as shadow international development minister, will have her work cut out to catch up. She will...
After Half A Century Of Delays, A Contemporary Art Museum Opens In Milan
"The Brera Modern will be inaugurated this fall, 52 years and 39 Italian governments after it was first envisioned. The new museum, just a...
Why Your Brain Needs Other People
It seems counterintuitive in the age of neuroscience, but I increasingly think that how cognitively impaired you are is a function of the social...
America’s Small Independent Presses Build Back After Their Major Distributor Collapsed
"A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 independent presses without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors...
AI Is Showing Us What’s Similar Among All Lifeforms
Across that chasm of difference between bats and seals, whales and humans, the unlikeliest new intelligence of computers have been able to discover more...
Philadelphia Plans A $100 Million Makeover Of The Avenue Of The Arts
The project will include traffic-calming measures, new street fixtures and lots of lush plantings. The goal: "To get more people excited about South Broad...
Russian Playwright And Director Sentenced To Six Years For “Justifying Terrorism”
Prosecutors charged director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk over their 2021 play Finist the Brave Falcon, a cautionary tale about Russian women who...
Afghan Women Do Online What The Taliban Won’t Let Them Do In Real Life
Barred from high school and college, they attend online classes, learn foreign languages with chatbots and e-books, and trade cryptocurrencies hoping for financial independence....
His Saudi Cartoon Series Was A Hit. Even As He Was Publicly Celebrated, He...
As the conservative kingdom loosened up, Abdulaziz Almuzaini's show Masameer (often likened to South Park) got a fan base and he was feted as...
What David Devan Leaves Behind After 13 Years Running Opera Philadelphia
"The Devan era had its shortcomings. … But (they) shouldn’t overshadow (his) central accomplishment: He took an undernourished, traditional opera company, set in motion...
Willem Dafoe Is The Next Director Of Theatre At The Venice Biennale
"The Biennale’s theater department was founded in 1934, following the establishment of its art, music and cinema branches. Its previous directors include Renato Simoni,...
John Neumeier Concludes His 51 Years Directing Hamburg Ballet
"Neumeier is 85, which might seem like a decent age to retire. But choosing to go was difficult for him. 'It was a rational...
New York’s First Immersive Art Space Takes A Pause On Art
Located at the historic Emigrant Savings Bank building in Manhattan’s Financial District, the HdL has begun hosting non-art events, including puppy yoga, pilates, and...
