Roundabout Theatre Leader Todd Haimes, 66
As the artistic director and chief executive officer at Roundabout, Mr. Haimes had an extraordinarily long and effective tenure. He led the organization for...
Could We Learn To Move Through Time As An Octopus Moves Through Space?
Human bodies are basically built to see and move forward; human brains tend to conceive of time in that forward way. Octopuses can move...
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Thumb Of A Terra Cotta Warrior
His lawyer argued in court in 2019 that her client was merely “a drunk kid in a bright green ugly Christmas sweater” who was initially...
Drama Desk Awards Eliminate Separate Actor And Actress Categories
"The updated categories are: Outstanding Leading Performer in a Play, Outstanding Leading Performer in a Musical, Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play and Outstanding...
Bolshoi Ballet Drops “Nureyev” Ballet After Russian Anti-LGBT Law Kicks In
A law passed in November not only widened an existing prohibition on material considered to promote an LGBTQ+ lifestyle but also restricts the “demonstration” of...
Even Rhiannon Giddens Didn’t Know That Black People Invented The Banjo
"But if you weren’t lucky enough to know somebody who knew the real story," she asks, "why would you know that? I didn't know...
The Struggle To Save Ballet
Ballet is a particularly stark example of a broader system that conditions women to be obedient, to suffer for perfection, and never complain about...
Sydney Modern Has Had Its Splashy Opening, And Now The Kvetching Has Begun
Most critics are impressed, the public likes it, but some observers have complaints: it looks like a mall, the gallery spaces are cramped, the...
Building A Canon Of American Prison Literature
"The American Prison Writing Archive … plans to increase the number of (its) digitized first-person accounts to more than 10,000, start a book series,...
There Will Be Ten Female Conductors At This Summer’s BBC Proms
"The opening and closing nights will be led by Dalia Stasevska and Marin Alsop respectively. … Meanwhile, 11 of this year's 21 premieres are...
What The Dominion Case Has Revealed About The Nature Of Fox News
"All this makes clear what Fox News really is. It's a service provider. That service is the maintenance of a reality bubble and the...
18 Months After On-Set Shooting, Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” Restarts Production
"Filming on the Western movie Rust could resume this week in Montana, the production company said Wednesday, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting...
North Carolina Lawmakers Propose “Mickey’s Freedom Restoration Act” (In Case Disney Gets Tired Of...
"Certain 'state governments,' the bill reads, 'have recently begun to prioritize 'culture war' politics over economic development.' It also quotes Walt Disney CEO Bob...
Britain Has A Growing Problem With Library Book Censorship, Too
"Research (has) found that a third of librarians had been asked by members of the public to censor or remove books, indicating that such...
This Year’s International Booker Prize Shortlist
This year’s six chosen books include two translated from languages that have never featured before in the prize. - The Guardian
Music Industry Worries About Threats From AI
Universal Music sent letters to Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms asking them to block AI platforms from sifting through their copyrighted material...
Soon We Won’t Be Able To Tell What Music Is AI-Generated
The fear is: could the AI end up doing a better job than the artists it is imitating? - The Guardian
Is It Still Possible To Be A Free Thinker?
Thinking for yourself has never been easy, but the question of whether it is still possible at all is of some moment. The key...
Have Podcasts Peaked?
There are currently around three to four million podcasts internationally, but just over half of those have more than three episodes, with only 720,000...
RISD Workers Two-Week Strike Settles With A 20 Percent Pay Hike
A video posted on Twitter by a union “member and contractor coordinator” showed Teamsters and RISD students who were invited to attend the ratification...
Florida Legislature Proposes Law To Let Citizens Sue Local Governments For Removing Confederate Memorials
"A new Florida bill would make local governments financially liable for removing public statues. The 'Historical Monuments and Memorials Protection Act' would allow civilians...
How AI Will Make Everyone A Designer
AI has the potential to become a “digital teammate” that can encourage design literacy across the workplace. This technology is poised to expand everyone’s...
Hong Kong Cancels Arts Funding For Two Projects Deemed To Violate Beijing’s “National Security”...
The Hong Kong Arts Development Council confirms that it withdrew HK$1 million ($127,000 US) from the projects, but it won't say what those projects...
The Conceit Of Thinking You’re A Free-Thinker
Free thinkers and sceptics, they imagine themselves as emancipated from imprisoning beliefs. Yet most of what they, and you, know comes not from direct...
A Critic Gets To “Edit” Her Personality Flaws At An Immersive Theater “Clinic”
Change Your Mind, by the collective Say Nothing and Leave, "fashions a psychological experiment. ... Answer some questions, take a 'pill' that looks suspiciously...
