Facing Falling Attendance, The Metropolitan Opera Will Trim Its Season And Focus On New...
"Hit hard by a cash shortfall and lackluster ticket sales ..., the (company) said Monday that it would withdraw up to $30 million from...
The Philly Pops Settles On A New Contract And, Just Maybe, A Future
"The Pops announced in November that it would cease operations at the end of this season. But the new tentative agreement, back-dated to this...
Australia’s Struggling Festivals Plead For Weather Insurance
With warnings mounting over a new Covid wave in the new year and the Bureau of Meteorology not predicting an end to La Niña until...
Arizona Theatre Company Gets A New Artistic Director
Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) has named Matt August, a director and educator, their new artistic director. He succeeds Sean Daniels, who will serve as director of the...
This Year’s Movie Best Actress Category Has Too Few Slots For All The Great...
This year’s race for the best-actress Oscar is so stacked with contenders that I’m ready to comb the academy bylaws for a workaround. Are...
Why Did Adults Disappear From Children’s Books?
The adult protagonist has become a rare figure in American children’s books. With a few notable exceptions most children’s books today are deeply child-centric. -...
Radio City Music Hall Removes Visitor After Facial Recognition Identifies Her As A Lawyer
Security stopped Kelly Conlon because she is a New Jersey lawyer. MSG has begun using facial recognition technology to identify any visitor to any...
How Hallmark Cards Became One Of The World’s Most Successful Media Production Companies
"What happens when an ad agency and a greeting card company make a TV show?" In this case, Hallmark Playhouse, the Hallmark Hall of...
Eagle-Eyed Art Historian Spots Long-Lost Masterpiece In Children’s Movie
“I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw Bereny’s long-lost masterpiece on the wall behind Hugh Laurie. I nearly dropped Lola from my lap....
The Backlash Against “Wokeness” Seems To Be Arriving, Even In The Arts. But It...
Ben Davis: "Contemporary cultural backlash may not look like a return to a cozy, oblivious cultural center. It may take its cues more from...
The Difference Between Memory And Perception (And How Our Brains Process)
Even if there is a very strong neurological similarity between memories and experiences, we know that they can’t be exactly the same. “People don’t...
Patti Smith — Punk Rocker, Performance Artist, Poet, Photographer, Painter
"I've had many second chapters in my life, often propelled by loss. ... As a human being, I'm relatively simple. I'm very work-oriented, I'm...
The Science Of Humor
Over time, laughter-inducing play transformed into practical uses: Laughter and amusement signified a situation was safe, and positive emotions could be used to help cheer others up....
Why Are We Fighting About Schools?
Political experts and campaign consultants were taken by surprise when schools suddenly assumed center stage in the national debate, but as this issue of Lapham’s...
What America Needs Is A Good Comic Opera Company
In the 1950s, TV networks broadcast light operas by Victor Herbert and Kurt Weill. Those pieces are rarely revived now; neither are the comic...
The Guardian Is Hit With A Ransomware Attack
"Some of The Guardian's tech infrastructure and 'behind-the-scenes services' have been impacted, according to the publication. Employees were asked to work from home for...
Russian Troops Are Destroying Mariupol’s Drama Theater To Hide Evidence Of Bombing And War...
Recent video from Ukraine shows a bulldozer tearing down the back of the ruined theater, which Russian fighter planes bombed last March while hundreds...
After A Century, The Great Dome At New York’s Cathedral Of St. John The...
"It cracked. It creaked. It leaked. Ever since (it was designed), it's been a source of wonder. It's also been a cause for worry...
NPR Has Launched A New Fundraising Portal That Has Member Stations Rather Nervous
The local affiliates have always insisted on doing the fundraising themselves, so that listeners don't bypass the stations, which already pay dues to NPR. ...
Vandals Ruin 30,000-Year-Old Australian Rock Carvings: “The Art Is Not Recoverable”
"The vandals entered Koonalda Cave on the Nullarbor Plain (in South Australia) and scrawled graffiti across the heritage-listed site, writing 'don't look now, but...
Juilliard Composition Professor Placed On Leave Following Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Robert Beaser, who was chair of the school's composition department from 1994 to 2018, was placed on leave last Friday, following a report in...
Alexei Ratmansky Will Leave ABT This Summer
Considered by many the greatest living ballet choreographer, Ratmansky will have been artist-in-residence at American Ballet Theater for more than 13 years when he...
Routine Writing Is About To Be Free
Instead of writing boilerplate corporate memos, managers will soon assign them to bots. Insight and beauty are still rare, but serviceable prose isn’t. -...
Technology Of The Year: AI That Can Create
These systems are master imitators of human creativity. They have been trained on millions upon millions of human artifacts such as documents, articles, drawings, paintings, movies,...
The End Of Broadcast TV
Not only does it seem like a fait accompli that broadcast TV is dead, no one seems to be the least bit sad about...
