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Ralph Fiennes To Direct His First Opera — And He’s Starting At The Top
The three-time Oscar nominee will direct Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera. (He played the title role in a 1999 film adaptation of...
Leadership At Ballet Companies Worldwide Is Overwhelmingly Male: Analysis
Out of 213 classically-based companies examined, only 30% of artistic directors are women and 70% are men. Women comprise 32.3% of artistic directors at...
John Oliver Sued For Defamation By Health Insurance Executive
“Filed last week in New York federal court, the complaint from Dr. Brian Morley, the ex-medical director of health insurance corporation AmeriHealth Caritas, …...
Texas Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Fine Museums Which Display “Obscene Material”
Following the attempted prosecution of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth for child pornography over an exhibition of Sally Mann’s photography, a state...
Shaw Festival Gets $35 Million From Ontario To Rebuild Crumbling Theatre
The festival, located where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario on the US-Canada border, had planned to close the century-old Royal George Theatre permanently....
Opera Philadelphia Will Do Another $11-Ticket Season (And That’s Not The Only Way It’s...
For 2025-26, the company will again offer all seats at $11 each (or higher if the buyer chooses). There are twice as many performances...
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Is In A Very Difficult Position
“(He) has served as a museum director, educator and historian — positions in which he has demonstrated a skill for diplomacy. But perhaps no...
Now It’s Official: The Grand Avenue Cultural District In Downtown L.A.
“The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create (the district) to boost the visibility of the arts scene in a corridor...
Despite Court Ruling, Radio Free Europe Has No Money And Is Furloughing Staff
Pursuant to a judge’s order, the US Agency for Global Media said last week it has rescinded its decision to terminate funding for Radio...
April Fool’s Day Ads Used To Be Fun, And Folks Loved Them. Not Anymore....
“When we were less assaulted by news on a daily basis — and, crucially, when we had no access to social media — April...
America’s First Professional Dance Therapist
For three decades, starting in 1942, “Marian Chace helped shell-shocked soldiers, sexual abuse victims, and the mentally ill use movement to communicate their feelings....
Do Studios’ First Amendment Rights Cover Hiring And Firing Actors?
The question is central to two wrongful dismissal lawsuits now before courts: those of Gina Carano, fired by Disney from The Mandalorian for social...
Director of Smithsonian’s African-American Museum Is On Previously Undisclosed Leave
Kevin Young, who succeeded founding director Lonnie Bunch (now secretary of the entire Smithsonian) in 2021, has been on personal leave for an “undetermined...
City Of San Francisco Withdraws $500K Grant To African-American Shakespeare Co.
“The city (government) has pulled $500,000 of Dream Keeper Initiative funding previously awarded to African-American Shakespeare Company with ‘no explanation,’ according to its founder. Executive...
Organization Behind NaNoWriMo Closes Down
“The nonprofit behind National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, has announced that it is shuttering. The closure follows a period of turbulence which included...
One Of Toronto’s Top Concert Halls To Get Major Renovation
Work on the 998-seat George Weston Recital Hall will begin in the summer of 2026; the project will include upgraded seating, refreshed paintwork, and...
The Gérard Depardieu Trial As Both Tragedy And Farce
“The tragedy came from the women’s testimony — a set decorator who spoke of how Depardieu trapped her between his legs and groped her,...
Sudan’s National Museum Ransacked And Looted By Paramilitaries
“Videos of (the) museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid...
Trump Administration’s DOGE Comes At NEH
“On Tuesday morning, managers told staff members that DOGE had recommended reductions in staff of as much as 70 to 80 percent (of approximately...
Actor Val Kilmer Dead From Pneumonia At 65
“(He) experienced the ups and downs of fame more dramatically than most. His break came in 1984’s spy spoof Top Secret! … (and) his...
The Pair Of Episodes That Marked A Turning Point For “This American Life”
Revisiting the long-running series’s biggest misstep: the January 6, 2012, episode, “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” and its sequel, “Retraction,” which aired two...
Pianist András Schiff On Cancelling All His U.S. Engagements
“What has been lost is a sense of decency. It’s a new system of values or rather of a lack of values. We no...
Gigil, Videoke, Alamak: The Latest Additions To The OED
The most recent crop of words added to the Oxford English Dictionary is notable for terms from Southeast Asia: from the Philippines, gigil (that...
The Unpredictable Power Balance Between Othello And Iago, And How Actors Have Pulled It...
“Othello is Shakespeare’s only major work in which the hero and antihero are given equal weight. … As the Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom summed...
BBC To Cut Spending On Content By Almost $200 Million
A plummet in international co-productions is one major factor that led to an expected surplus for the past year becoming a £33 million ($42.5...
