Audie Cornish Talks About Her Not-What-She-Had-Expected Transition From NPR To CNN
"The piloting process has been fun, but it's complex when you're navigating an incredibly interesting moment in our business. Even if CNN wasn't having...
Composer Ned Rorem, 99
"By the time he was 40, he had written more than 400 art songs, as well as three symphonies, several one-act operas and a...
Fort Worth Opera Has Another New General Director
"In a surprise announcement that comes one week before Afton Battle's last day as Fort Worth Opera general and artistic director, the company has...
New York State Starts A Pilot Program Of Guaranteed Basic Income For Arts Freelancers
"The Creatives Rebuild New York initiative has announced that it is spending $43.2 million to distribute monthly payments of $1,000 to 2,400 artists and...
Curtis Institute Of Music Is Launching Its Own Record Label
Curtis Studio, as the label will be called, will feature artists in residence as well as student ensembles. The inaugural album, to be released...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Are Just Making The Problem Worse, Says Art Historian/Climate Activist
"Do these attacks not reveal the fragility of what we hold dear? Do they not make us think about what we want to save...
English National Opera Will Close Next April If It’s Not Given Money To Stay...
"There is no relocation," Harry Brünjes told a group of MPs this week about Arts Council England's decision to defund the company unless it...
Jacob’s Pillow Will Rebuild The Burned-Down Doris Duke Theater
The dance festival's second stage was destroyed by a fire almost exactly two years ago. A lead grant of $10 million grant from the...
Award For Playwright Caryl Churchill Is Withdrawn Because Of Her Pro-Palestinian Views
Last April, a theatre in Stuttgart named Churchill the winner of its 2022 European Drama Award, worth €75,000. When the jury discovered that she's...
We’ve Reduced Communication To Stories (And That’s A Problem)
There is a growing trend in American culture of what the literary theorist Peter Brooks calls “storification.” We’ve relied too heavily on storytelling conventions...
The Vietnam Memorial Changed The Way We Think About Monuments. Subsequent Memorials Didn’t Follow
It was the most consequential monument of the 20th century, and it reinvigorated the making of monuments and memorials in Washington. And yet, despite...
Inside The Museum Of Broadway
“Through the history on the timeline, we have tried to show the idea of Broadway’s consciousness and American consciousness. The issues are all there,...
Was Classical Music’s Racial Awakening A Mirage?
Performing arts spaces must be saturated with music by diverse composers and performers, but we cannot do this in a performative way. - I Care...
Joan Didion’s Estate Auction (Sunglasses for $27,000?)
Among the 224 items up for grabs, both the photograph (a 1968 portrait of Didion by Julian Wasser) and the table (an oak desk...
Why Andy Blankenbuehler, Choreographer Of “Hamilton”, Decided He Had To Create A Musical Of...
"There's a lot of storytelling ability in dance, but in musical theater, people champion words first. And so many times as a dancer, you...
Analyzing How Visitors See Cultural Heritage Sites Through Their Social Media Posts
Tourists have often registered their experience by posting reviews, photographs, and comments on social media. Such data offer an unprecedented, though particular, view of...
How Will Arbery Writes Plays That Appeal To All Sides In A Deeply Divided...
"The key is Arbery's ear. He is one of the theater's greatest listeners, able to hear and reproduce the subtle and deeply specific ways...
Qatar’s Feast Of New Architecture Awaits The World Cup
Since winning the bid to host the World Cup in 2010, the Gulf state has focused on transforming itself into "a beacon of art and...
As Xi’s Crackdown Gets Ever Tougher, Hong Kong’s Filmmakers Turn Overseas
For decades, the little territory's movie industry was vibrant and proud: its martial arts thrillers and historical epics gathered fans throughout the world. and...
This Year’s Grammy Nominees
The 65th GRAMMY Awards, will air live on Sunday, Feb. 5, from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena. - Grammy.com
Pakistan Unbans Its Entry For The Best International Film Oscar
"Pakistan has reversed course and lifted a ban on its Oscars entry, Joyland, but the film will receive some cuts by local censors. ......
Report: Younger Americans Are Listening To Less Music, More Podcasts
While the share of Americans listening to spoken word audio increased across all age groups, it increased the most for those ages 13 to...
The Gestation And Birth Of “The Lion King” — An Oral History
"In interviews over the last few weeks, many of those involved in bringing The Lion King to Broadway in 1997 spoke about the show's...
For London Arts Organizations Squawking About Losing Funding, Some Choice Words From A Government...
Lord Neil Mendoza: "It's just not right — it's absolutely not fair. We're so London-focused. ... There's this idea that once you've had funding...
The Board Of ArtPrize Quietly Dissolves Itself
Last month, shortly after the 12th edition of the annual art competition in Grand Rapids ended, the board announced that "we know the time...
