Is “The Music Man”, And Is Broadway, Really #SoWhite? Not These Days, Writes John...
"(The current Broadway revival has) many Black cast members, such that Blackness becomes more than any cartoonish notion of African-esque masculinity. We have moved...
Two Dozen Ancient Roman Bronzes Discovered In Tuscany
"Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times. The statues were discovered under...
At Disney+, Subscribers Pour In And Cash Pours Out
"Disney's direct-to-consumer division, which also includes Hulu and ESPN+, on Tuesday reported an operating loss of nearly $1.5 billion, more than doubling its loss...
Architect Jack Diamond, Who Designed Innovative Yet Understated Arts Venues, Is Dead At 89
Co-founder of Toronto firm Diamond Schmitt Architects, he was lead designer for that city's Four Seasons Centre, the Maison Symphonique in Montreal, the Mariinsky...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Strike Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans
At the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, two activists scrawled across several of the Warhol prints (which were protected by glass) with blue...
Uffizi Closes Because Of Staff Shortages
“It does not escape your intelligence that a closure of this kind, in addition to constituting a loss of income, represents damage to the...
A Conversation With Mikhail Baryshnikov @74
Q: How is your body feeling these days? A: Every day is a new encounter, and they are not always pleasant. - The Guardian
How Early Failure Is Useful For Some Creative People
While yes, there are the Picassos and Portmans of the world, there are also a few famous creatives who had to overcome failure early...
More On Consciousness: Is It Really A System/Network Of Memories?
In a nutshell: at its core, consciousness evolved as a memory system. It helps us remember the events of our lives—the whens, wheres, whats,...
Research: People Dance More When The Bass Is Turned Up
Results from 43 attenders who agreed to wear a headband revealed they moved 11.8% more, on average, when the VLF speakers were turned on....
How Liverpool’s Cultural Organizations Stepped Up During COVID
As government health and welfare services shut down or struggled to adapt to the crisis, cultural organisations stepped in to provide vital support –...
As Breakdancing Becomes An Olympic Sport, The Rest Of The Dance World Gets Serious...
"There's increasing professionalisation of the form: in 2024 Sadler's Wells is opening a hip-hop academy at their new theatre in Stratford to train 16-...
Emma Thompson Explains How Nanny McPhee Explains Emma Thompson
"She knows exactly what to do, loves without reservation, then must go. So she sacrifices. She always has to leave those that she loves....
Creating DeepFakes For Good?
 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab have been brainstorming ways of putting deepfakes to good use. Some of these are in healthcare and...
Why Steve Reich Finally Set The Hebrew Traveler’s Prayer Now, At Age 86
"I guess because it was no longer about travel. It was about age. It wasn't, 'Will the flight make it safely?' The odds are...
Theatre’s Biases About Larger People
"I am a woman performer who wears pant/dress size 10-12. In the eyes of directors, producers, choreographers, and theatre’s other decisionmakers, that means I...
As Everyone Pivots To Video, Life Is Turning Into TikTok
"No matter where you swipe or tap, video is there — a torrent of pixels, fury, and sound that is, if not literally infinite,...
Art Of The Twitter Apology (Ewww!)
Knowing how to apologize on Twitter became crucial to brand management. “It’s easy to say sorry, but knowing how to say it effectively on...
Good News For Dance In Arts Council England Funding Round (As Long As You’re...
The Royal Opera House, which includes the Royal Ballet, got the biggest cut (9%), while English National Ballet, Rambert, and Sadler's Wells saw their...
Many Ukrainians See The War As A Fight For Decolonization — And That Includes...
Yes, that means — for now — no Tchaikovsky or Tolstoy, no Shostakovich or Chekhov or Pushkin. "The context for this rejection has to...
Museums Gird Their Loins To Defend Against The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals
"Though most museums don't share details about security matters as a policy, some of the measures being enforced will be immediately obvious to the...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals’ Latest Victims? Van Gogh In Rome and Goya In Madrid
"On Friday, three activists for Ultima Generazione threw pea soup at Van Gogh's The Sower (1888) at the Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. ... Just...
Arts Council England Funding: For Orchestras, It Could Have Been Much Worse
In London, three of the four non-BBC orchestras had their grants cut, with only the Royal Philharmonic seeing no change. The major orchestras beyond...
Arts Council England Cuts: Besides Defunding ENO, How Else Has Opera Been Affected?
"Firstly, there is a substantial transfer of funding away from opera (11% down), most of which has gone to dance (12% up). In addition,...
Arts Council England Cuts: Contemporary Classical Music Sees Losses, A Few Gains
The Manchester-based ensemble Psappha and the Cambridge-based Britten Sinfonia were defunded, while the London Sinfonietta and the service organisation Sound and Music saw cuts...
