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London’s Southbank Centre Names New Artistic Director
Mark Ball, currently Creative Director of the Manchester International Festival, will be directing the programming at the British capital's equivalent of Lincoln Center and...
Against Beach Reading
No, this isn't a polemic against the less-than-heavyweight material stereotypically enjoyed on a blanket on the sand. This is a polemic against reading at...
Establishing Serious Theatre In The French Countryside
The Federation of Local Festivals and Theaters, formally launched this month at the Avignon Festival, is made up of 17 rural companies started by...
Have The Coen Brothers Broken Up?
Well, there's no indication they've quit speaking to each other, but it seems Ethan has moved into live theater, leaving the movies to Joel....
Sarah Kaufman On How She’s Different From Other Dance Critics
"It's a small part of my job to cover performances inside a theater. … My goal (is) to reveal that dance is in us,...
Goodreads Has An Extortion Problem
The site has a bullying problem, too. Huge traffic and inadequate moderation have allowed "review bombers" to threaten authors: Pay us or we'll flood...
Frank Gehry Turned An Old Bank Building Into A Concert Hall For Less Than...
You'd expect a concert hall to cost 10 or 20 times that amount. What's more, after the bank moved out, the place was, among...
They’re Going To Auction Off $100 Million Worth Of Picassos In Vegas
MGM Resorts collected the 11 works for sale and, for a time, had had them on display at the Bellagio resort. The company says...
Longtime NPR Host Neal Conan Dead At 71
"(He) was a mainstay of NPR programming for most of (its) half-century, joining the outlet in 1977 as a producer and departing in 2013...
Lonnie Bunch Introduces Smithsonian’s New Initiative On Racial Reckoning
"Beginning with a national summit on August 26, a series of integrated events — from conferences to town halls to immersive pop-up experiences —...
Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti Dead At 75
A student of Sergiu Celibidache, Gelmetti served as principal conductor or music director of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony (1989-1998), the Rome Opera (2000-2009), Sydney...
Is Cancel Culture Stifling Comedy? In A Word, No.
"If the 'wokeism is killing comedy' crew are motivated by a genuine devotion to great comedy, then they can relax, because it is in...
Why Bollywood Is Cranking Out The War Movies This Year
Basically, it's because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing the country in a more militaristic direction, especially with regard to Pakistan. And "India's wars...
Are We Finally Getting Over The “Show Up For Dance Class, Even If You’re...
Dance psychologist Lucie Clements says we should reassess the value of "pushing past the pain": "You are risking more harm than good if someone...
Egypt’s Greatest Living Novelist Explores Why The Tahrir Square Revolution Failed
Alaa Al-Aswany on his The Republic of False Truths: "I made a big mistake. I thought the revolution was representing all Egyptians, but we...
The Pandemic Has Shown Us That Museums Should Give Up On Blockbuster Shows: Chris...
Says the former director of Tate Modern, now at Paris's Grand Palais, "We probably cannot afford to ship works back and forth, and will...
Provincetown And Its Performers Step Nervously Back Into Action
The arts-dependent Cape Cod town got clobbered by last year's lockdowns, but with vaccination rates up and caseloads down this summer, the scene joyfully...
Walter Yetnikoff, Hot-Tempered Head Of CBS Records, Dead At 87
"(He was) as famous for guiding the megastar careers of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan and Billy Joel as for his...
California Art Dealer Pleads Guilty To Peddling Forgeries
Jason Harrington, 38, fabricated paintings which he sold as work by the late artists Barkley Hendricks and Richard Hambleton (aka Shadowman) for a total...
“San Diego’s Answer To The Hollywood Bowl”
The Rady Shell was built to be the San Diego Symphony's summer venue, but, COVID rates and the city's weather being what they are,...
Patricia Hitchcock, Daughter Of And Actress For Alfred, Dead At 93
While she acted in other films, radio and TV before retiring to raise her children, she's best known for key supporting roles in several...
Head Of One Of London’s Top Drama Schools Out Over Behavior Allegations
Sarah Frankcom has stepped down as director of LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) as the school's trustees investigate "complaints on...
Why The Icelandic Sagas Remain So Readable After All These Centuries
It's not just that they came from a culture more like ours than most medieval societies (no hereditary aristocracy, a genuine parliament). It's that,...
Italy’s Best Wood For Musical Instruments May Be In Danger
For centuries, the spruces of Val di Fiemme have been used in the greatest instruments Italy produces, from Stradivari violins to Fazioli pianos. Here's...
Texas Monthly’s Lucrative New Income Stream: Selling Old Articles To Hollywood
The magazine has secured rights deals with film and TV production companies for more than 20 pieces from its archives so far — a...
