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Millions Lost: Australian Ballet Hit Harder By Pandemic Than Most Of Country’s Large Arts...
"The Australian Ballet forfeited $32 million in ticket revenue for 2020, a pandemic blow that it has only survived thanks to an...
We’ve Had Shakespeare In The Park. Now How About Molière?
"Sitting on a bench in Prospect Park recently as flocks of maskless Brooklynites passed by, Lucie Tiberghien reflected on the long, strange journey toward...
It’s The First New Ancient Greek-English Dictionary In 178 Years, And Victorian Euphemisms Are...
Having decided that the old reference works, still in use in English schools and universities, were too "antiquated" to work from, the editors of...
30 Years Ago, SoundScan Completely Upended The Pop Music Business
"On May 25, 1991 — 30 years ago Tuesday — Billboard … started counting album sales with scanners and computers and whatnot, and not...
Lauren Lovette, Retired NY City Ballet Star, Moves Into Her Next Career: Choreography
"For Lovette, becoming a choreographer was something she grew into. 'When I was 18 and I had just joined the New York City Ballet...
Medieval Village In Italy Emerges From Waters That Swallowed It Up 70 Years Ago
"In 1950, the Italian village of Curon was flooded to merge two adjacent lakes and make room for an electric plant. Since then, the...
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Author Eric Carle Dead At 91
"Over the course of his career, Carle illustrated more than 70 books for kids. He didn't get started on that path until he was...
BBC Proms Will Have Live Audiences (And “Rule, Britannia!”) This Summer
"While a normal season features about 90 concerts over eight weeks, last year just 14 concerts played to an empty Royal Albert Hall. The...
Tony Awards Finally Have A Date — And A Much-Altered Telecast
"Three of the 25 competitive awards — best musical, best play and best play revival — will be presented live during a television...
Carla Fracci, One of 20th Century’s Greatest Ballerinas, Dead At 84
Milan's Teatro alla Scala, where she was trained and first became famous, "recalled the 'fairytale rise' of the daughter of a tram driver who,...
In France, Some Theaters Can’t Reopen Because Demonstrators Demanding Reopening Won’t Leave
"For the last two months, culture workers in France have been protesting on-site at scores of theaters around the country, demanding they reopen and...
Germany To Spend Yet More Billions On COVID Relief For The Arts
"The German government on Wednesday unveiled a €2.5 billion ($3 billion) fund to kick-start the country's pandemic-hit cultural sector. The fund will provide insurance...
Forgotten Archive Of Brontë Family Manuscripts Headed To Auction
"The collection was put together by Arthur Bell Nicholls, the widower of Charlotte, who of the six Brontë children lived the longest, dying in...
Performance Artist And Director Robbie McCauley Dead At 78
" résumé included reimagining classic American plays through diverse casting and a stint in the ensemble of Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking 1976 Broadway show, For...
The King Of Nouveau Hula
Patrick Makuakāne understands well the value of the traditional dances passed down through generations. ("I love those little gems. They're like family heirlooms …...
This Island, A COVID Success Story, Had Kept Its Stages Running Right Through The...
"A recent surge in cases — Taiwan's worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic — has brought a halt to cultural life on...
Largest Queer Theatre In L.A. Fires Director For Sexual Misconduct
Michael A. Shepperd, artistic director of Celebration Theatre, has been terminated following an internal investigation of allegations that he groped and propositioned an actor...
‘Let The People Pee Without Missing A Note!’ — Maybe Doing Two-Hour Operas With...
For its first post-pandemic performances this fall, Lyric Opera of Chicago — based, it seems, on feedback from potential audience members and official guidelines...
Federal Court OKs Alan Dershowitz’s Libel Suit Against CNN
Representing Trump during his first impeachment trial, Dershowitz ended his answer to a question from Sen. Ted Cruz by saying, "Every public official that...
The Mysterious Foundation That Rescued Performing Arts Orgs From Pandemic Ruin
Here is the story — told, it must be said, rather against the wishes of its founder, who'd have preferred privacy — of the...
Anna Halprin, Pioneer Of Postmodern Dance, Dead At 100
"Before Halprin, American dance was cast in Graham's regal mold, presented formally onstage, and performed by highly trained bodies that acted out the...
Louvre Gets New Director, Its First Female Boss In History
"The French president Emmanuel Macron has nominated Laurence des Cars, currently the president of the Musée d'Orsay, to helm the Louvre in a major...
England’s Amateur Choirs Were Ready To Sing Again After A Year, And Then —
"Choirs had been working under the assumption that restrictions on rehearsals would be relaxed on 17 May, at the same time as shops, bars...
Young Dancers Thrilled To Be At A Ballet Competition Again (It’s Been That Kind...
"When asked to describe the energy at this month's Youth America Grand Prix Finals, judge Sascha Radetsky had one word: 'Stratospheric.' More than 800...
A Theater Company Makes Its Way Back After The Pandemic Killed Its Founder
"The Fonseca Theater, located in a working-class neighborhood on west side whose actors are more than 80 percent people of color, staged its...
