Podcast Host Sarah Marshall Changed The Way We See Outcast Women
Marshall: "I often try to reclaim a story that the tabloids have found lucrative because they present someone who the public can safely mock."...
The First Abolitionist Paper In The US Is (Finally) Available Online
"While the legacy of the publication stretches over two centuries, its actual time in print was short lived. Not even a full year after...
A Reading List For Those Who Desire To Become So-Called Bad Girls
Hey, why not? "Being a bad girl may mean unleashing destructive force, or simply shrugging off expectation. It could mean embracing the calamity of...
An Asian American Dancer Was Attacked On His Way To A Performance
The dancer was on his way to a first-performance celebration at New York’s Public Theater when he was attacked "in what theater officials describe...
The Biggest Winners Of France’s Oscars
A rock opera and a Balzac adaptation dominated the night, and Cate Blanchett won an honorary César. - Variety
Discord Is The Latest Site To Revamp Its Policy On Anti-Vaxx Posts
There's more: The updated policy is "designed to target groups or individuals that participate in organized violence, spread harmful anti-vaccination material, or harass other...
Why ‘Cyrano’ Is So Infinitely Adaptable
Why, it's about unrequited love, of course. The newest version shows that "singing can make a character (and an actor) more vulnerable, tapping into...
Nelson Mandela’s Paintings Of Life In Prison Are About To Be Sold
They'll be sold as NFTs, of course. Mandela's daughter: "My dad was all about creating an accessible society. This is a way of democratising...
Carnegie Hall Cancels Pro-Putin Musician, Conductor Appearances
Both conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev had signed a letter endorsing Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. "Carnegie Hall also canceled two...
As London Prices Out Artists, They’re Leaving. And The City’s Role As Arts Center...
In the past couple of decades, artists have migrated from the East End — where the Whitechapel is — to Peckham and various other...
Meanwhile In Afghanistan… The Libraries Are Closed
"It has been seven months that no one has peeked into the library. It is painful to see the distance between people and books...
Lessons: I Wrote A Satire Of A Classical Musician. People Took It Seriously…
When these people realized that my article was satire, the overwhelming response was that its components were simply too realistic to set off the...
Time To Get Rid Of Gendered Acting Awards?
What might an awards show that more accurately reflects the world around us actually look like? Specifically, what might an awards show that rewards...
Sotheby’s Pulls Flashy NFT Sale
The lot was composed of 104 “CryptoPunks,” a historic and popular PFP NFT collection designed by Larva Labs in 2017. The estimate for the...
Have You Heard Of “Sensitivity” Readers? Oh My.
The Readers were explicit that this was not to do with any actual words on the page, but because they could tell that I...
What Is It That Makes A Group Of Neighboring Venues Into An “Arts District”?
For a start, there should be multiple art forms available and multiple points of entry, both physical and metaphorical. - ArtsHub (Australia)
Munich Mayor Gives Valery Gergiev 3-Day Ultimatum
“I have clarified my stance against Valery Gergiev and urge him to also clearly and indisputably distance himself from the brutal assault, Putin against...
Long Wharf Theatre Is Leaving Its Building. So What Is My Relationship With The...
This forces me and so many others whose lives have included hours spent in the building to examine how we connect with a theatre...
Not Only Are TV Series Episodes Longer These Days, They’re No Longer At Standardized...
"Freed from the need to fill a half-hour (actually, 21 minutes with commercials) or an hourlong (e.g., 44 minutes plus ads) time slot in...
Why Do Some Teams Inspire While Others Sap Energy?
Why might a person let her team down in one situation but give it her all in a different one? Sometimes, as in the...
The Transcript Of The Emmett Till Murder Trial Is Put Onstage For The First...
The Chicago company Collaboraction has edited the proceedings of the 1955 case — in which an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted two white men who...
Scottish Ballet Is Latest Arts Company To Sever Ties With BP Funding
Campaigners have urged the arts and culture sector to cut all ties to oil companies over claims of greenwashing. BP said it was proud...
Seattle Arts Groups Say COVID Costs Are Crippling
To avoid costly shutdowns, they're shelling out for hospital-grade filtration systems, daily testing regimes for performers and crew, more staff to check vaccine cards...
Paloma Herrera Walks Away From The Helm Of Buenos Aires’s Leading Ballet Company
In 2017, after 20 years as a principal at ABT, Herrera became artistic director of the Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón, where she trained...
After 46 Years, San Diego Repertory Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director Is Retiring
In 1976, Sam Woodhouse and D.W. Jacobs launched a theater company "for a San Diego that didn't exist at the time" — cosmopolitan, with...
