Has New York City Ballet’s Summer Season In Saratoga Shrunk Permanently?
The amphitheater at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center was built as the summer home of the company, which, not so long ago, had a...
Why MBS’s Franken-City Will Never Be Built In The Saudi Desert
Bin Salman finds himself confronting a classic strongman’s dilemma: He has gotten the team he deserves, a staff that’s too well-paid to give it...
South Korea’s New President Orders Billions To Be Spent On Arts And Culture
"Not even two months after taking office, Yoon Suk-yeol has made a huge investment in the country's culture: a $3.7 billion fund for film,...
Shortlist For The First-Ever Ursula K. Le Guin Fiction Prize
The prize honors a book-length work of imaginative fiction with $25,000. The nine shortlisted books will be considered by a panel of five jurors....
The British Museum’s Deputy Director Suggests A “Partnership” With Greece Over The Parthenon Marbles
"(We) want to change the temperature of the debate ... (and) find a way forward around cultural exchange of a level, intensity and dynamism...
How Laura Jackson Is Blazing A New Path At The Reno Philharmonic
"I’ve learned over time to always come back and attach to the mission and to the power of music. That has allowed me to...
Researcher Says He’s Begun To Decipher One of The World’s Most Mysterious Ancient Scripts
Linear Elamite is a set of characters that was used in and around the ancient city of Susa (in modern-day Iran) around 4,000 years...
MTT — So Much For That Retirement
Mostly with his old orchestras in San Francisco and Miami, but elsewhere as well, Michael Tilson Thomas is vigorously raising the baton, receiving the...
Gay Soap Operas Are Helping Revive Thailand’s Pandemic-Battered Tourism Industry
"A recent wave of Thai dramas known as 'boys' love' (BL) ... has attracted a large following across Asia," especially among women around age...
Taiwan’s National Palace Museum Is Preparing To Hide Its Collection In Case Xi Jinping...
"With China stepping up military pressure on the self-ruled island, the institution ... which boasts one of the world's finest collections of Chinese imperial...
Teodor Currentzis Is Forming A New Orchestra, This One Not Funded By Russia
"The ensemble, to be called Utopia, will bring together 112 musicians from 28 countries, many of them soloists and principal players in renowned orchestras,...
More “Paradise Square” Drama As Director And Choreographers Sue For Unpaid Compensation
"The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society is seeking to enforce payment of (more than $140,000 in) owed royalties, fees and pension and health contributions...
French Government Declares That Notre-Dame Will Reopen For The 2024 Paris Olympics
Culture minister Rima Abdul-Malak: "We're all quite confident that 2024 will be the year of completing a large part of this reconstruction site and...
Actress Pat Carroll Dead At 95
From the 1950s through the '70s she was star of TV comedies and game shows before reinventing herself, at 50, as a classical stage...
Chicago’s Victory Gardens In Turmoil As Artistic Director Out
Three resident theater companies that present work at Victory Gardens have pledged not to work there until the artists’ complaints are addressed. - The New...
The People Who Probe For Meaning In Abandoned Theme Parks
As it turns out, there's an entire community of people captivated with defunct, abandoned or retired theme parks and attractions around the world. - NPR
Why Music Evokes Memories
The connection is one of the reasons why music — especially old music — is so meaningful to people. It's also why music became such...
Adapting To The Medium: Acting In Video Games
Games are kind of ragtag, and there’s not really a standard. For actors, there’s never been a guide what to expect, from auditions to...
The Art Of Pretending To Have Read Books
Now, as a life-long pseud, I learned years ago how to float in an implied familiarity with an author or their work, without telling...
The Death Of London’s Great Orchestra Festival
The death sentence was delivered by the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, in a statement terminating BBC Four, which televises most of the Proms,...
In A World Where Nothing Is Forgotten, The Past Looks Different
Human experience is now recorded on something that looks a bit like an informal version of the blockchain – the distributed public ledger whose...
When Stories Of Sad White Men Were Groundbreaking
Could it be that the stories of the average middle-class white man — the ones we grew up on — were once a novelty?...
Triumphant Debut For New Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra At London Proms
It was an impressive start for an ensemble that didn’t exist a fortnight ago, rapidly assembled from professional Ukrainian musicians in Ukraine and across Europe. - The...
Beginning Of A New Era For Music? Chart-Eligible NFT Song Released In UK
Unlike with many NFTs, buyers will not require a crypto wallet. After the purchase is made on Serenade’s website, a digital wallet is created...
Why Does Beyonce Have So Many Songwriting Credits On Her New Album?
Beyoncé’s collaboration with other artists has a lot more to do with intellectual property law and the fairly modern practice of sampling (reusing part of an...
