Vincent Patrick, Author Of “The Pope Of Greenwich Village”, Is Dead At 88
"The son of a Bronx pool-hall owner and numbers runner, Mr. Patrick was raised in a milieu sprinkled with the grifters, hustlers and mobsters...
So Just What Is This $150 Million Offer George Clooney Made (And The Union...
The heart of the offer, also backed by Scarlett Johannson, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and others, is to remove the cap on actors' pay...
The UK’s Best New Building: A Retirement Community In London Wins The 2023 Stirling...
"In its arrangement of spaces, carefully judged details and tactile material qualities, (the John Morden Centre) is a model for how to create a...
Why Netflix Doesn’t Disclose Ratings: To Help Creators?
“It was part of our promise with creators. At the time we started creating original programming, our creators felt like they were pretty trapped...
After 40 Seasons, Watertown’s (MA) New Repertory Theatre Closes
In 2021, New Rep paused its operations due to financial losses incurred during the pandemic. It reopened nine months later on a smaller scale...
The End Of The Emerson String Quartet
And from its formation in 1976, the Emerson Quartet sounded pretty. It became famous for its rich vitality and easy power in a vast...
Ratmansky And The Future Of Ballet
At a time when audiences are dwindling, and dancers are known more for their TikToks than their technique, it may be unwise to anoint as the...
Hollywood Stars Tell Unions They Would Contribute $150M To Help End Strike
The offer would remove the $1 million cap on membership dues. In an effort to bring a residual system to streaming, the stars also...
Misadventures In Museum Marketing: Van Gogh Museum Drops Its Pokémon Cards, Victims Of Their...
"Pokémon-hungry crowds descended upon the museum for the van Gogh–inspired merchandise that placed the brand’s most popular creatures in the context of van Gogh’s...
Arabic, Even Classical Arabic, Has A Rich Vocabulary Of The Erotic. It’s Been Erased...
Ahmed Naji, the only writer in Egypt ever to be sent to prison for the crime of offending public morality: "These words haven’t vanished...
At 89, What Keeps Wole Soyinka Going Strong? Being A “Closet Masochist”
“I should be slowing down, I know, but each time I try to slow down something happens, and I have to get on the...
British Museum Will Digitize Everything It Has (That’ll Fix The Theft Problem!)
The project will require 2.4 million records to upload or upgrade and is estimated to take five years to complete. - ARTnews
The Nine-Year, £240 Million Journey To Opening Manchester’s Big New Arts Center
"When the venture was first announced in December 2014 ... the building was due to be called the Factory." Now the organization running it...
Houston Ballet Tries Co-Artistic Directors
In July, Julie Kent joined Stanton Welch as co-director of the company, bringing with her the wealth of experience from her 30-year dance career at American Ballet Theatre...
Thomas Heatherwick: We Need A Campaign For More Interesting Buildings
Calling for “a national conversation” about halting the spread of depressing architecture, he said: “We need to fearlessly demand interestingness. We need to rebel...
The Power Of 100 Black Orchestral Musicians On One Stage: The Gateways Festival At...
The event began in 1993 as a three-day symposium in North Carolina: "Gateways: Classical Music and the Black Musician." Now based in Rochester, the...
The Guardian Fires A Longtime Cartoonist For An Ill-Considered Panel About The Gaza War
This isn't the first of Steve Bell's cartoons to draw accusations of anti-Semitic imagery in 40 years with The Guardian, but it could be...
Another Prominent New York Dealer Charged With Trafficking Stolen Antiquities
"A recent announcement by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of the return of 19 antiquities to Italy disclosed charges against veteran New York antiquities...
Italy’s Ruling Party Is Doing To RAI What The Tories Are Trying To Do...
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini announced that the annual license fee that supports the country's national broadcaster (as with the BBC) will be cut...
Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Really Is Working
"Netflix on Wednesday disclosed summertime subscriber gains that surpassed industry analysts’ projections, signaling the video streaming service’s crackdown on password sharing is converting former...
The Most Produced Playwrights of America’s 2023-24 Season (Excepting Shakespeare)
For the second year running, Lynn Nottage tops the list, which includes nine women out of 20. (Lauren Gunderson, once the perennial leader, is...
America’s Ten (Really Twelve) Most Produced Plays Of The 2023-24 Season
For those who keep count, works by female creators make up almost half the list (definitely half if you count Carole King), and three...
Theatre In America Is In Crisis – We Need To Listen To One Another
"The way we work together is as crucial as what we make, and that means acknowledging how badly we need each other’s ideas and...
Hugely Consequential LA Museum Director Retires
The decision to retire was the product of a year’s worth of rumination, Ann Philbin explained, and now, at 71, she is ready to...
Survey: Americans Say Live Entertainment Tickets Have Gotten Too Expensive
Nearly 60% of Americans say they have had to cut back on spending on live entertainment this year because of rising costs, according to...
