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After The Storming Of The Capitol, Classical Music Feels More Vulnerable Than Ever
Of course, this feeling (and the lack of funding, and alarm about orchestras' survival) started long before the pandemic, and long before the assault...
Robert Cohan, 95, Who Exported Contemporary Dance From The US To The UK
Cohan founded an outpost of Martha Graham's school in London in 1966, and, a couple of years later, The Place. That venture (including the...
After 30 Years, London Review Of Books Editor Steps Down
Mary-Kay Wilmers was one of LRB's co-founders in 1979, and after co-editing it since 1988 became sole editor in 1992. Two women will take...
When Broadway Returns, Ticketing May Be Different
Why did Jujamcyn switch from Ticketmaster to SeatGeek (more commonly a sports ticket app in the U.S.)? For one thing, SeatGeek is very commonly...
When Writers Of Color Have To Save Themselves
Brian Lin: "At the start of the pandemic, I emailed friends, colleagues, and mentors, all POC, to ask two questions about their literary lives....
After Inheriting A Massive Khmer Art Collection, A Daughter Returns It To Cambodia
When Nawapan Kriangsak inherited the priceless art collection of her father, scholar and collector Douglas Latchford, she already had a plan in motion to...
The Greek Language Is Deluged With English Right Now
The word for pandemic is absolutely Greek, but nearly everything else the Greeks discuss about COVID-19 is English - and a leading linguist is...
SOPHIE, Innovative Music Producer, Electronica Musician, And Trans Icon, 34
She died in what her team said was a "terrible accident" in Athens while celebrating the full moon. "SOPHIE was a trailblazer in almost...
Colorado Symphony Can Breathe Easy For A Few More Months
A $2 million donation means that musicians and staff have salaries and health care through June, despite the fact that there's no revenue coming...
Sharon Kay Penman, Historical Novelist Of England And Wales, 75
Penman's best-selling, lengthy books about medieval England and Wales were stuffed with research - and drama. But "such was her commitment to the factual...
Time To Bring Back Leonard Bernstein’s Musical?
Mark Swed thinks so: Bernstein "devoted four years to the musical. He wrote more music for it than for any other theater work. The...
Duke Bootee, Who Changed The Course Of Hip-Hop, 69
Writer, studio musician at Sugar Hill Records, and singer, Bootee couldn't take the upbeat party aims of early hip-hop. So he wrote "The Message"...
Apple Also Blames Facebook For Undermining Democracy
And now there's a tug of war about the future of the internet - and the future of any kind of privacy. - Wired
An Appraisal, And An Appreciation, Of Cicely Tyson
Wesley Morris: "Alas, she would not be playing the most daring, out-there characters. And let’s face it: the great parts were always headed to...
The Dramatic Importance Of Club Dance To City Life
That's merely one thing that's missing right now, of course, but it is missing, and Dublin isn't going to let people forget the joys...
Beaming Music To Potential Extraterrestrial Life
The SETI Institute is ready to take music to Mars, or wherever. While it's a listening project, it's also now a beaming project. A...
The Forgotten Black British Writers That A Booker-Winner Wants To Bring Back
Bernadine Evaristo, author of 2019's Booker prizewinning Girl, Woman, Other, is launching, or relaunching, a series of Black British novels that didn't quite make...
Tonys Voting Has A Plan, But The Awards Date Is A Mystery
The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing: "One, the much-delayed awards will be scheduled 'in coordination with the reopening of Broadway.' And two,...
Looking For Movies About Wall Street For, Well, Reasons?
You won't find them on the usual streaming suspects. - The Verge
Corky Lee, Photographer Of Asian America, Dies Of Covid At 73
Lee, the son of immigrants from China, "was determined both to restore the contributions of Asian-Americans to the historical record and to document their...
Leslie Odom Jr Almost Passed On Playing Sam Cooke
Those who have seen One Night in Miami will appreciate that the actor, singer, and star of Hamilton made a different choice, especially with...
The Most Valuable Award In British Poetry Goes To Bhanu Kapil
Poet Lavinia Greenlaw, who chaired the committee for the T.S. Eliot prize, said of Kapil's How to Wash a Heart, "This is a unique...
Judi Dench Is A Bit Bored In Lockdown
Someone hire her, quickly. "Lockdown, I fear, is not the life Dench was born to. She used to practically eat and drink on the...
Bob Avian, Broadway Choreographer, 83
Avian co-choreographed A Chorus Line with Michael Bennett, and choreographed Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard. He "directed a 2006 revival of A Chorus Line...
The Lonely Struggle Of The Street Artists Of Paris
The artists of the Place du Tetre are feeling squeezed out by restaurants, and then there's the emptiness. One of the artists: "It’s a...