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BalletMet In Columbus, Ohio Appoints New Artistic Director
Remi Wörtmeyer, an Australian-born choreographer and visual artist and a former principal of the Dutch National Ballet, succeeds Edwaard Liang, now artistic director of...
Folger Shakespeare Library Reopens In “A Building Transformed”: Philip Kennicott
"By opening itself more forthrightly to a wider audience, the library is doing something that Henry Clay Folger could probably never have imagined would...
Abruptly-Shuttered University Of The Arts Doesn’t Have The Cash For Legally-Required Severance Pay
"(The school), which shut down suddenly earlier this month, does not appear to have enough money to pay its employees the minimum it owes...
Museum Of Fine Arts Boston Director Announces Retirement
"Matthew Teitelbaum, … who stewarded the institution through a tumultuous era of social upheaval and change, announced his retirement Thursday evening at a meeting...
France’s Far-Right Party Pledges To Privatize Public TV And Radio
"Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally intends to privatise public television and radio if it wins an absolute majority in the French parliament in...
Turns Out She Kind of Likes Being Dame Tracey Emin
"'Dame Tracey' has a ring about it. It's really cool. I don't think there's ever been one before." She might not have become Dame...
Has Writing Only In Italian Really Made Jhumpa Lahiri Free?
"Lahiri’s urge to escape English has many origins, but in part stems from her rebellion against contemporary publishing’s subsidiary plan for nonwhite authors, which...
When Director Eduardo Vilaro Brought Queer Elements Into Ballet Hispánico’s Work, He Got Real...
"'I get hate mail. ‘How dare you use the Ave Maria with a drag queen in it?’ It’s music. It’s sacred for you, but...
How Did We End Up With Two Broadway-Bound “Great Gatsby” Musicals At Once?
The pull-out-all-the-stops production now on Broadway is pulling in $1 million a week despite lukewarm reviews. The version at ART in Cambridge, initially billed...
Since Shari Redstone Killed The Merger, What’s Next, With Whom, For Debt-Laden Paramount Global?
"Now, the future of the company that owns Paramount Pictures, CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV and Paramount+ is once again in question — with many of...
Inside The Last-Minute Collapse Of The Paramount-Skydance Merger
"(Shari) Redstone’s ability to make a unilateral decision to call off the talks is a testament to her unusual power, even with her empire’s...
California Schools Have $1 Billion In New Money For Arts Education. How Are They...
While there are concerns that some districts are illegally using the new money to pay for existing teachers, schools around the state are adding...
L.A. Unified School District Accused Of Violating Law On Prop 28 Arts Education Funding
"In a 10-page analysis …, (former schools superintendent Austin) Beutner's coalition — which includes the labor representatives of most district employees — documented alleged...
Greensboro Symphony In North Carolina Appoints Music Director
A 34-year-old Singaporean-Australian who is currently music director of the Wyoming Symphony and resident conductor of the Colorado Symphony (jobs he will retain), Christopher...
Ian McKellen Is Out Of Commission For His Remaining Shows As Falstaff
"Sir Ian McKellen will not be returning to his starring role for the final three West End performances of Player Kings, after falling from...
Stonehenge (Stonehenge!) Is Latest Target Of Climate-Protesting Art Vandals
Two members of Just Stop Oil sprayed orange paint (which they say is made of cornstarch and will rinse off) on the ancient monument...
The Ballet Star And The Sports Psychologist
Yasmine Naghdi, a principal at London's Royal Ballet, was cast as the lead in Swan Lake (complete with the 32 fouettés) for a performance...
What’s Opera’s Superpower As An Art Form? Not Big Emotions, Says Gregory Spears
"Sometimes we associate the word 'operatic' with big, extreme feelings. But I think mixed emotions — ambivalence — are what opera does best. It...
The Hidden Heroines Of The Harlem Renaissance: Black Librarians
"Today, figures like Schomburg and … W.E.B. Du Bois are hailed as the founders of the 20th-century Black intellectual tradition. But increasingly, scholars are...
The Dance Equivalents Of Great Short Stories
"Audiences love big, stage-filling choreography with dramatic music and luscious dancing. But every once in a while, a short, spare dance packs a punch....
France Gets Its First Museum Of Cheese (What Took So Long?)
The Musée du Fromage, opening this weekend on Île Saint-Louis in central Paris, will feature demonstrations of how several different varieties (out of hundreds...
“The Allen Ginsberg Of Japan” Has Died At 93
Kazuko Shiraishi shot to fame when she was just 20 with her “Tamago no Furu Machi” (“The Town that Rains Eggs”). A pioneer of...
How The Friedman Sisters Found The Great Musical Hiding Inside Sondheim’s Most Notorious Flop
Maria is a successful actor/singer/director in Britain, and Sonia is arguably London's leading producer. They've occasionally worked together before, but Merrily We Roll Along...
ISIS Made And Posted Fake CNN And Al Jazeera News Videos
Earlier this year, ISIS's media arm created two YouTube channels, with corresponding Facebook and Twitter/X accounts, branded as Al Jazeera and CNN and matching...
Netflix Is Going To Open Not-Quite-Theme-Parks In The US
The first of these "experiential entertainment venues" will open next year at the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia and the Galleria in Dallas....