Arkansas Symphony Gets A New Music Director
Geoffrey Robson, 41, who joined the orchestra in the fall of 2008 as associate conductor and a full-time member of the violin section, will...
In The Writers Strike, An Unscripted Tony Awards Was The Best In A Long...
Ironically, the script-free ceremony was one of the most soulful Tony Awards in history, because there were no intermediaries brought in by the network...
Netflix’s Password Crackdown Generates Record New Signups
In a two day period following Netflix's roll out of the password sharing change last month saw the largest number of new Netflix account...
Does Every City Really Need An Orchestra?
Tom Wolf: Is there any way to determine in which cities orchestras are likely to be successful artistically and financially? - Nightingale Sonata
Scientists Wonder: Have We Reached The Long-Awaited Singularity?
Artificial intelligence is roiling tech, business and politics like nothing in recent memory. Listen to the extravagant claims and wild assertions issuing from Silicon Valley,...
In Portland, A Bar For Classical Musicians To hang Out And Play
Tucked in the bustling neighborhood, Mendelssohn’s has become a gathering place for Portland’s musicians to sip on themed drinks, sing ballads from the high...
What Paris Can Teach London About Architecture
Some Brits might bristle, but Paris's building height restriction lessons are real. "Skyscrapers are like air travel: they used to be as glamorous as...
Just How Dirty *Is* The Bible?
Events in the U.S. lead to the question. "Following the implementation of legislation prohibiting 'pornographic or indecent' literature in Utah’s public schools, a complaint...
The Tonys Started At The Right Time On Paramount Plus, But
They were the 2022 version, not this year's show. Since Ariana DeBose hosted both, that added to the confusion. "The problem, it turns out,...
Britain’s Royal Academy Takes Public Submissions For The Summer Exhibition
"Entries are capped at 16,500 and competition is fierce - this year, more than 11,000 people submitted work but less than 10% were successful."...
You Know Who Predicted The Grimmer Aspects Of ChatGPT?
Philip K. Dick, of course. And it's called the "rhetorizor." - Salon
A Saxophonist Has Accused One Of Black Panther 2’s Stars Of Sexual Assault
Musician MarĂa Elena RĂos made the claim. "'It’s very difficult to talk about the emotional abuse and the abuse of power of a sexual...
A British Member Of Parliament Says Local People Need To Be Consulted About Cuts...
Paulette Hamilton, MP for Birmingham, is not having it. "If they're going to take away without consultation, without actually speaking to anybody, just...
It’s Time To Discuss ‘Black Swan’ Again
In the 2010 movie. Natalie Portman "was dancing for up to eight hours a day by the time shooting rolled around. During one significant...
Actor Rosamund Pike Has Had It With The So-Called Wellness Industry
Pike: "This idea that it’s no longer enough to be healthy and we have to be 'well' is something that needs to be interrogated....
A Tony Award Winning Director’s Speech Was Bleeped As He Tried To ‘Reclaim’ A...
Michael Arden, best director for his revival of Parade, said he was often called "the F-word." (The NYT wouldn't print the word either.) Then...
Joseph Fiennes Says Harvey Weinstein Tried To Bully Him
After Shakespeare in Love, Weinstein pressured Fiennes to sign a five-movie contract. "The actor claimed he was effectively threatened by Weinstein that if he...
Days After Playground Stabbings, Annecy’s Film Fest Opens On Defiant Note
Annecy's mayor: "The best response to this tragedy is to live even more forcefully and more intensely. ... With this conviction art and culture...
Author Lorrie Moore Says She Simply Has To Be Cruel To Her Characters
Moore's new noves "is also, as always with Moore, very funny, with plenty of opportunities for her trademark gallows humour." - The Guardian (UK)
In These Tonys, Two Nonbinary Actors Made History
Alex Newell became the first out nonbinary actor to win a Tony, for their performance in Shucked - "and less than an hour later,...
Belgium’s Africa Museum Is Finally Rethinking Its Relationship To The Congo
For good reason. "The museum traces its origins back to when King Leopold II set up the International Exposition of 1897. As part of...
And The Tonys Go To
Kimberly Akimbo for new musical, Leopoldstadt for play, and Topdog/Underdog for play revival. The whole list is at the link. And Ariana DeBose hosted...
Tony Nominees On The Co-Stars Who Made Them Better
Corey Hawkins was nominated "for leading actor in a play alongside co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The duo played brothers in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog. 'We...
The Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Story Is Almost Certainly Not Factual
Indeed, the story is now, thanks to an LA Times investigation, famously ridiculous - which is completely unlike all the other "product" movies this...
Hannah Gadsby Is Australian, And Sometimes, Her Aussie Comedy Doesn’t Translate
At least not to the U.S., where sincerity is important. "To make sense of this, allow me to explain the Australian cultural phenomenon that...
