Bumpy Ride: Six Flags Upgrades Parks As Attendance At Amusement Parks Plunges
Last year, when the average price of admission rose to $35.99 from $28.73, many customers—already battered by the highest level of inflation in decades—decided...
In Praise Of The Movie Matinee
These showings have numerous advantages over their evening counterparts. The tickets are typically cheaper, for one. Daytime movie audiences also tend to be more...
The Problem With A Picasso Show That’s Problematic
So far as it has an argument it goes like this: Pablo Picasso was an important artist. He was also something of a jerk...
Ian Bostridge On The Evolving Plain Of Music
Questioning is built into the classical music tradition; and interpreting this complex music that we have inherited means negotiating between the preoccupations of the...
Is Mexican Music Going Global?
In the streaming era, regional Mexican music has become increasingly popular beyond those borders, thanks to a new generation of artists eager to collaborate...
What’s Lost When Movie Theatres Upgrade
Comfort has taken priority over connection. - The Wall Street Journal
Learn Some Music History Through A Viral TikTok Dance
The "Pink Shoe Laces" craze might come from an homage to the recently concluded Mrs. Maisel, but some of the kids doing it are...
How A Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window Got To Broadway
We can all thank Jeremy O. Harris, who didn't want to miss it but was out of town during its run at BAM. "Harris...
A History Of The Gay Best Friend
For a long time, "sassy support was about the best representation queer people could hope for on screen, even if it required some code-reading...
The Man In Charge Of Turning Animated Disney Into Live-Action Extravaganzas
"Disney likes the cash. The company also views Mr. Bailey’s remake operation as crucial to remaining relevant. Disney’s animated classics are treasured by fans,...
The Sound Design Of ‘Succession’ Made The Show’s Best Qualities Pop
"The show’s clever sound design, combined with composer Nicholas Britell’s gleefully dark score, reflects a level of emotional sophistication that is unrivaled on television." - Fast...
Once You Start Down The Book Banning Path, The Bible Might Get In Your...
At least, that's what a school district in Utah found, after a parent complained about violence and vulgarity in the book. - NPR
Writers And Actors Congratulate Directors, But Say The Deal Doesn’t Affect Them
The executive director of SAG-AFTRA: "Our bargaining strategy has never relied upon nor been dependent on the outcome or status of any other union’s...
If Pinocchio Doesn’t Freak You Out, Why Does AI?
At issue: "We still take our emotional responses to AI too seriously. In particular, I worry that we interpret our emotional responses to be...
Jessie Maple, A Filmmaker Who Broke Many Barriers, Has Died At 86
Maple was "a bacteriologist who took up filmmaking in the 1970s, became the first Black woman to join the camera operators union in New...
The Story Of The Benin Bronzes Just Added A Strange New Chapter
Plans were underway to give them back, and a Ghanaian architect was designing a great new building. Then "Nigeria’s outgoing president announced he had...
The Case For Multilingual Museums
"One of the biggest challenges with incorporating Spanish and English text is planning for the display of double the amount of text which would...
Another News Story Featuring Michelangelo’s David
This time, "Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism won a lawsuit against Edizioni Condé Nast, which published a magazine cover with a...
The British Museum Seems To Have Actually Dropped BP
But "the museum said that 'certain terms' of the deal remain in effect, because it has verbally agreed to let BP exercise its 'supporter...
Is Now Truly The Time To Protest Here Lies Love Using Pre-Recorded Music?
"Even with Broadway budgets for musicals regularly topping $20 million, suddenly adding 19 people (the theatre minimum according to the collective bargaining agreement in...
The Directors Guild Has Reached A Tentative Agreement With Studios
If the members ratify a deal, it will avert a directors strike. "The agreement between the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and...
A Crackdown On Comedy In China Is Now Harming Beijing’s Music Scene
The harsh crackdown on comedy is bad enough, but now it's getting bad for musicians as well. "The problem is that those making the...
The Bioscientist Slash Pianist Who Creates Silent Film Scores In His Off-Time
Jon Mirsalis says, "If you see a title on the screen, there are probably 30 different ways you can read the title. With the...
Review Bombing Of ‘The Little Mermaid’ Forces Review Aggregators To Change Tactics
Aggressive one-star reviews, most from people or bots who have definitely not seen the movie, pepper IMdB and Rotten Tomatoes to such a degree...
It’s Good For An Author To Think Of Writing As Fun, Right?
That's what Brandon Taylor says writing is for him - "the most fun I'm capable of having." But the title of his third book...
