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Dallas Symphony Hangs On To Fabio Luisi Through 2028-29
"The five-year contract extension comes amid Luisi's first full season as artistic head of the orchestra. … vision for his first full season...
Paris Opera Ballet Says It Will Get Rid Of Racial Stereotypes, And Conservatives Flip...
Talking to Le Monde about diversity, racial equity, and blackface/yellowface in the ballet company, the world's oldest, new Paris Opera chief Alexander Neef said,...
For 100 Years, Magicians Have Been Sawing People In Half
On January 17, 1921, in a north London theatre, "an English magician called Percy Thomas Tibbles literally and laboriously sawed through a sealed wooden...
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The viability of our industry depends upon developing relationships — making connections — with many new communities. The bases for success are respect and...
New Memoir’s Accusations of Incest Rattle French Intelligentsia And Its Culture Of Silence
In the book, La familia grande, prominent attorney Camille Kouchner, the daughter of Bernard Kouchner, former foreign minister and co-founder of Doctors Without Borders,...
Loose Lips Sink Ships: Nina Ananiashvili Loses New Job One Week After She Announced...
Last week the former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi, ABT, and the Houston Ballet told the Georgian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that...
Jazz Pianist Frank Kimbrough Dead At 64
"Casual of gesture but deeply focused in demeanor, had an understated style that could nonetheless hold the spotlight in trio settings, or fit...
Earliest Recording Of Allen Ginsberg Reading ‘Howl’ To Be Released
"A 'lost' recording of Allen Ginsberg reading his then-fresh epic poem 'Howl' in 1956 will be released for the first time in April, thanks...
Ancient Buildings At Palmyra, Destroyed By ISIS, May Really Get Rebuilt
"The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, which was severely damaged by ISIS militants in 2015, appears to be heading toward reconstruction. In November,...
Gov. Cuomo Announces Plan To Revive New York’s COVID-Devastated Arts Scene
" announced on Tuesday a statewide program of indoor and outdoor shows over the coming months that will feature upwards of 150 performers —...
CNN Is Shutting Down Its Airport Channel
"The steep decline in airport traffic because of COVID-19, coupled with all of the new ways that people are consuming content on their personal...
San Francisco Art Institute Cannot Sell Its Diego Rivera Mural: It’s Being Landmarked
"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to initiate landmark designation for the 1931 Diego Rivera mural The Making of a...
Did Boris Lie About Post-Brexit Rules For UK Musicians Touring In Europe?
Britain's musicians are anxious and angry about the fact that they'll now have to get temporary work visas from every EU country they want...
More Shenanigans And Secrecy Around COVID Arts Relief Money In Australia’s Largest State
New South Wales was the last of the country's states to establish a rescue package for artists and organizations devastated by the pandemic-related lockdowns...
Meet Someone Who Has Worked At ABT For 50 Years
" Jones was first hired by ABT co-founder Lucia Chase when the company needed a short woman for the corps. She spent eight...
Paris Mayor Approves €250 Million Plan To Green The Champs-Elysées
That doesn't just mean to make the boulevard more environmentally friendly. "Anne Hidalgo said the planned work, unveiled in 2019 by local community leaders...
Derelict East German Amusement Park Will Become (Another) Berlin Arts District
"Some €45 million has been raised for the project, which was first proposed in 2014 after the city, through the government-owned company Grün Berlin,...
Do Critics Shape The Theatre Of Their Time? Ben Brantley Says —
"Has it really happened that way, though? To go back to my paragon, Pauline Kael, she was perceived as shaping the course of Hollywood,...
Author Ved Mehta, 86
Known for a 12-volume autobiography and more than a dozen more books, many of which got their start as New Yorker articles (he was...
Streaming Revenue In US Should Go Well Over $100 Billion This Year
"Total spending on streaming services and software is projected to reach a record $112 billion in 2021, an 11 percent growth over 2020, according...
Smithsonian Gives Up On Long-Planned $2 Billion Redesign
"When the Smithsonian introduced a futuristic plan for the 17 acres around its iconic administration building, the National Historic Landmark known as the Castle,...
Patricia Loud, Matriarch Of America’s First Reality TV Family, Dead At 94
"Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did...
St. Louis Symphony Musicians Accept 15% Pay Cut
"Musicians will retain 85% of their base pay and 80% of other compensation, including career track and overscale … in addition to health benefits...
Some Good News From A Bad Year: US Book Sales Well Up In 2020
"With all major categories posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 8.2% in 2020 over 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan....
Opera Australia Sued Over COVID-Related Job Cuts, Alleged ‘Intimidation’
"Opera Australia has paid out tens of thousands of dollars in confidential settlements to musicians it sacked at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic....