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Sunset Boulevard, Heading To Broadway, Just Swept The Oliviers In London
The revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber show won seven Oliviers, matching the totals won by Hamilton, Matilda, and Cabaret. - The Telegraph (UK)...
The Writers Make Their Picks
For last year’s awards, that is - and The Holdovers also finally earned some recognition. - Vulture
Scottish Artists Fear They’re Falling Into A Cultural Black Hole
That’s because Scottish filmmakers, writers, and artists are feeling vulnerable "following the closure of a film project, a book festival and an art magazine...
Forget The Awards Shows, Forget The Auteurs
Netflix wants to appeal to, well, everyone. (Perhaps everyone except those who often enjoy auteur-created movies?) - The New York Times
Civil War And Displacement – Through The Eyes Of A Poet
Emi Mahmoud has been trying to bring Sudan to life for non-Sudanese people for years. But now, the poet’s urgency has increased due to...
Suzan-Lori Parks Hasn’t Stopped Fearlessly Reimagining The United States
“Her plays, inventive provocations whose sometimes scathing visions of race and gender can unsettle audiences, have something to tell us about the troublesome relationship...
Ukrainian Artists Make Fun Of Refugee Stereotypes At The Venice Biennale
But then, the work is also affecting. “The line between a certain irony, and the suspension of disbelief, turns out to be extremely fine."...
The Towering Vessel Sculpture At Hudson Yards Will Reopen, With More Mesh Intended To...
"Peter DeSalvo Jr., the father of the first person to die by suicide , faulted the developer for not heeding warnings from experts or...
The Publishing World Is Drowning In Books
"What a remarkable change it would be if corporations would allow their employees to do the best job they can with each book that...
The Physics Of Running On Top Of A Moving Train
Basically, “Just because you see something done in a movie, that doesn't mean you should try it yourself.” But let’s talk physics, including “fake...
Hollywood Writers End Their Rollercoaster Of A Year With Very Late Awards Show
Don’t the Writers Guild Awards usually happen before the Oscars? Sure, but not every year includes a monthslong historic strike. - Variety
The Most Scathing Diss Track Of 2024 Is About Detroit Architecture
"Last week, the city of Detroit installed a budget-looking sign on I-94 that spells out its name in mint-green lettering reminiscent of chewing-gum packaging....
Disastrous Decisions In The UK As Birmingham Council Slashes All Arts Funding
Birmingham is a bellwether for the UK. Nothing “could be more emblematic of the way that Britain currently devalues life: when we only focus...
Quiet On Set Reveals The Devastation Of American Childhoods
The abuse child actors dealt with destroyed their childhoods and families - and people watching it are grappling with their childhood memories as well....
You Can Reenact Lincoln’s Assassination In Many Theatres, But Not The One Where It...
“You know, at Ford’s we have an obligation. We have an obligation to the facts. We have an obligation to truth, we have an...
The Actor Who Wanted More Role Offers Than Sex Worker Or Recent Immigrant
Jing Lusi says that just after she graduated with a law degree, her "early days of auditions were tough. There were limited roles...
Barbie Unleashed A Veritable Avalanche
And that avalanche is made up of toy movies, with Margot Robbie at the head of at least one of them - a movie...
The Library Storm In Alabama Is Probably Coming For Your Librarians As Well
"Believe me, when they get the LGBTQ books out of there, then it'll be the books on the Civil War because white people are...
Artist Faith Ringgold, Who Wove Black History Into Quilts And Books, Has Died At...
“For more than a half-century, Ms. Ringgold explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media, among them...
Clara Bow’s Film Premieres, 101 Years After It Was Made And Lost
"Film-maker Gary Huggins inadvertently snapped up a slice of lost silent film history at an auction in a car park in Omaha, Nebraska, that...
Eleanor Coppola, Who Made The Documentary About Her Husband’s Apocalypse Now, Has Died At...
Eleanor was "a writer and film director who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola's iconic films, including the infamously...
Please Stop Calling The Whitney Biennial ‘Safe,’ People
“It’s usually art-world people and critics, who tend to say it every two years, as if the museum has ever intentionally sought controversy or...
Why, And To Where, Did The Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert Bus Disappear?
“For years, no one has known where the bus used in Stephan Elliott’s film went. Not long after the 38-day shoot finished in 1993,...
The Long-Hidden Sexual Assault Scandal At The New York Phil
Even now, "some employees, particularly female employees, continue to feel unsafe. A current member of the orchestra told me about an incident this past...
How Longtime Fans Feel About Sex And The City On Netflix
Look … even superfans know that “the test of time is a hard one to pass, and the show’s record is far from perfect....