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Did The Man Who Wrote The English Libretto For Les Miserables Ever See His...
Herbert Kretzmer's letters to Cameron Mackintosh would indicate he did not. “I must emphasise that Les Miserables is not a show translated or re-written, but...
In Austin, Ten Artists Get A Small But Pleasant Surprise
The Frick Arts Foundation “was formed a year ago to ‘offer emotional encouragement to artists at the most difficult beginning stage of their careers,’ according to...
Ashleigh Brilliant, Who Made A Living In Seventeen Words, Has Died At
“While Mr. Brilliant never truly stopped — he kept writing lines that he emailed to friends — among the official 10,000 are these: … No. 826:...
Are Punk Rockers Sowing Seeds Of Revolution In, Of All Things, The Musician Memoir...
“It’s been nearly 50 years since punk first set out to smash the vanity and artifice of rock-and-roll. … What a beautiful thrill to...
The Dearly Beloved, Long Missed Reading Rainbow Returns
Can Mychal Threets, “America’s favorite librarian,” make the show work again? - HuffPost
The Pigment Shop In Manhattan That Is A Paradise For Painters And Conservators Alike...
Yes, you can blame tariffs, a disaster for the artists who say Kremer was so, so much more than a pigment shop. - Hyperallergic
How Gen-AI Is Trying To Brute Force Its Way Into Hollywood
“A lot of gen AI supporters see it as a tool that’s ‘democratizing’ art by lowering traditional barriers to entry like ‘learning how to...
But Wait A Second, Is Kneecap Banned From Canada Or Not?
Oops, the MP who’s the parliamentary secretary for combating crime forgot to give a heads up about his statement that Kneecap were banned to...
Playing The Violin Takes A Huge Toll On The Body
How huge? “About 60 per cent of professional violinists and violists experience some form of playing-related musculoskeletal disorder (known as ‘PRMDs’) that prevents them...
As A Campaign For Portland’s Parks Kicks Off, Arts Supporters Worry About A Backlash...
The levy includes funding to maintain three arts centers, which offer dance, art, and music classes - and in one case, valuable studio space...
Entering The Multiple Worlds Of This Year’s Turner Prize Nominees
If you live in Bradford, Britain’s City of Culture for 2025, it will be especially easy - including a “floating fantasy kingdom” where you...
It’s Time For Cultural Snobbery To Make A Comeback
“What if cultural snobbery, so effectively cast off over the past decade, wasn’t a waste of time? What if it did actually uphold certain...
Rocky Horror Is Turning Fifty, But It Still Brings So-Called Misfits Together
“It’s nearly impossible to imagine anyone successfully producing such a comprehensively transgressive and resolutely silly movie today. It’s even more unlikely to imagine any...
Which Horse Will Netflix Ride To The Oscars, And Other Important Awards-Watch Considerations
“The air is getting chilly, the leaves are starting to turn, and Oscar geeks are analyzing the buzz out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto...
Marc Maron, Other Comedians Rebuke Those Who Are Part Of Saudi Arabia’s So-Called Comedy...
The fest is “a state-sponsored event in Saudi Arabia that Human Rights Watch said was designed to deflect attention from the country’s ‘brutal repression...
How Nexstar And Sinclair Lost Their Game Of Chicken
“Sinclair and Nexstar may be potent media players, but they would have run into serious problems if they had preempted Kimmel’s show for an...
You Thought The Emmys Were Over?
Heck no. Meet the International Emmys, where - no surprise - Netflix leads all contenders in number of nominations. - Variety
Why It’s Good For Smaller Touring Acts In The UK To Perform In Clubs
The truth is that only performing in larger cities like Glasgow, Manchester, London, and Cardiff risks losing your audience over time. - The Guardian...
There’s No Such Thing As A Free TV
Telly’s 10-inch wide “smart display” runs “while you watch shows, movies, YouTube videos, and play video games. Even when you turn off the TV...
Playwright Carys D Coburn On The Family Secrets That Blow Everything Apart
“Can we be real to one another and be family? … One of the things the play is charting is how often the answer...
Rebuilding Cultural Identity, Through Film And Words, In Zimbabwe
Tstisi Dangarembga, novelist and filmmaker: “We are never completely free; we have moments of freedom. Freedom is a desire. Achieving it requires us to...
Robert Barnett, Master Of The High-Profile, High-Money Book Deal, Has Died At 79
“Barnett wielded enormous influence in the market for political memoirs and helped to usher in the era of megadeals. He got eye-popping advances for...
A New Virginia Woolf Book Is Coming Out, Merely 84 Years After Her Death
Hurray for research! “The archivist led her into a reading room and handed her a cream-coloured box. She lifted the lid, hands shaking, and...
Some Science Fiction Writers Want To Return To An Earlier Era
How about this one, from 1929? “In Out of the Void, Stone didn’t imagine the future so much as she imagined a different present. Imagine, she asked...
Ballet Helped This Olympics Star Win Her First World Championship
Valerie Allman: "I grew up dancing. That was my first love and I never expected that there would be such a parallel between dance...
