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William Finn, Composer-Lyricist Of “Falsettos” And “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Is...
“(He) became a heavily autobiographical musical theatre writer, folding his experiences as a gay Jewish man with a brain stem malformation into some of...
Only Ancient Greek Theater In Ionian Islands Has Been Excavated
“Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been excavated by archaeologists from the Ephorate...
Russian Ballet Company Pretending To Be Ukrainian Toured Scandinavia
During 2023 and 2024, a troupe calling itself “Ballet of Ukraine” played dates in several cities in Sweden and Finland — but an investigation...
Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin, Harvey Fierstein, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda And Other Broadway Legends...
“For our annual ‘Yesteryear’ issue, we asked 29 Broadway legends to pose before Mark Seliger’s camera and revisit their most memorable roles. Their careers span an...
Montana Lawmaker Awards His Wife’s Festival More Than Double The Funding It Requested
State Rep. John Fitzpatrick pushed to zero out funding for some other groups in the state, calling them “slackers” and “no-shows,” while awarding St....
Three-Year-Old Girl Stumbles On 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet
The find happened at Azekah, a site roughly 18 miles from Jerusalem. - Artnet
Books Are Exempt From Trump’s New Tariffs, But Publishing Will Still Be Affected
The tariff documents include an annex listing exempt items, among which are listed “printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter.” The tariffs could,...
Former Westminster Choir College Campus Acquired By Town of Princeton, NJ
Using eminent domain, the municipality acquired the largely vacant campus from Rider University for a payment of $42 million. A financial crisis led WCC...
Would Trump Defunding Public Broadcasting Kill PBS? Probably Not, But …
“Because most federal funding goes to ensuring underserved areas of the country have a news source, defunding PBS would likely disproportionately impact rural communities....
Audit Reveals Yet More Problems At Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio
“A new audit from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting found that Capital Public Radio and its affiliate stations overstated funding, reported ‘questionable costs,’ and...
Once-Lionized Mezzo Sues Met Opera For Firing Her After Pregnancy
“Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili sued the Metropolitan Opera and her union, alleging the company unlawfully terminated her contracts because of a vocal issue that developed...
Conductor John Nelson, 83
Music director, at various points, of the Indianapolis Symphony, Opera Theater of St. Louis, and the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, he is noted especially...
Bolshoi’s Latest High-Profile Debutante Flounders As Accusations Of Nepotism Fly
It was the first starring performance at the theater for Maria Shuvalova, daughter of former official Igor Shuvalov, who now heads a Kremlin-backed bank. Several...
The Forgotten Transgender Riot Of 1966, Now An Immersive Theater Work
“For decades, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, in which gender nonconforming patrons of a late-night Tenderloin eatery stood up to chronic police harassment — smashing the...
The Reasons Kids Get Hooked On Minecraft
“There could be deep psychological – even evolutionary – factors behind the success of Minecraft and games like it, say experts. Such games tap...
ARTnews Picks The Ten Most Controversial Artworks Of The 21st Century (So Far)
From the banana on the wall to the butt-plug-shaped balloon to the (alleged) vulva in Versailles, here’s a chance to revisit some of the...
Over 100 Novels By Georges Simenon Are Returning To Print
“Picador, the paperback arm of FSG, will embark on ... the trade paperback reissue of all 75 Inspector Maigret novels over a three-year period...
Leonardo Patterson, Leading Antiquities Dealer Convicted Of Trafficking, Is Dead At 82
“(He) rose improbably from rural poverty in Costa Rica to the towering heights of the global antiquities market, despite accusations that he trafficked in...
The Guy Who Founded OnlyFans Wants To Buy TikTok
“As the deadline nears for TikTok‘s Chinese parent to cut a deal to divest controlling ownership of the app or face a U.S. ban, new bidders are coming...
San Francisco’s Fillmore Jazz Festival Canceled
“Originally scheduled for July 5-6, the (free) festival, which attracts more than 50,000 attendees annually to San Francisco’s historic Fillmore district, will not take...
How Online Arguments Have Poisoned The Chautauqua Institution
“Underneath this genteel surface are bitter divisions that erupted just as the institution struggled to recover from the worst event ever to happen on...
Trump’s NEH Is Canceling Thousands Of Grants That Have Already Been Approved
Thousands of cultural groups are receiving a “Notice of Grant Termination” which reads, in part, “Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and...
Declaring It Unnecessary, Judge Denies Motion To Stop NEA From Blacklisting “Gender Ideology” Projects
“U.S. District Judge William Smith acknowledged that plaintiffs ‘demonstrated a likelihood of success,’ … but because the NEA had rescinded the requirement about a...
This Country’s Public Radio Broadcaster Has Shut Down After Voters Refused To Fund It
Radio Liechtenstein, which began broadcasting in 1995, went off the air at 6:00 pm Thursday, following a referendum last October in which 55.4% of...
The Palace Of Versailles Restored An Opulent Fountain Using 17th-Century Techniques
“The gold leaf had washed off the 350-year-old statues, leaving a behind dull, ruddy scene. Algae had spread across the 13 statues, leaving marks...
