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Michael Jackson’s Accusers Would Like To See Those Sealed Records, Please
Jackson's production company "believes Robson and Safechuck’s actual target is a series of nude photographs of Jackson included in the records,” or so they...
Visa Costs For International Artists In The U.S. Have Risen Astronomically, And With Devastating...
One musician says, "Every time I go over there, I'm losing money. … We’re never making money, it's not a possibility. I'm lucky enough...
Astrid Roemer Is Making Sure You Know Darn Well Where Suriname Is
Newly translated, her books are winning attention. Says writer Raoul de Jong, "There was a whole system in place to keep voices like hers...
Notes From The Guy Who Lifted A Rodin
"Chilean politicians have been plundering for years. So I thought: why not explore theft almost as if it were an artistic intervention, and see what...
Rachel McAdams Is Ready For The Next Step: Broadway
"In Hollywood, taking a step back can mean audience amnesia and producer disinterest — but McAdams braved it before, at the height of her...
Why Are Canadian Festivals Struggling So Hard?
“Festival organizers say they are still recouping losses from COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns while they contend with inflation. ... 'The sponsors and the grants are...
An Oral History Of Playing Mrs. Lovett, One Of Theatre’s Bloodiest Roles
Lea Salonga, on the song “The Worst Pies in London": "There are a whole lot of built-in reversals and crazy shifts. And I don’t...
The Gang That Targeted The United States’ Small Museums
They stole Yogi Berra’s World Series rings. “‘These kinds of artifacts tell people the story of who we are, and they connect us to...
The Many Reasons Not To Date A Reader
There are the bleedover emotions. There’s the tendency at a party to hide in a corner with an e-reader app open, looking like readers...
An Independent News Site Was Critical Of Facebook, And Then Its Links Were Blocked
After an outcry, Facebook apologized for blocking links to the independent Kansas Reflector - then expanded the crackdown to other news sites. A spokesperson...
Japanese American Women Made Art During Internment – And They’re Finally Getting Recognition
"During these dark times, many people turned to art, and the Topaz Art School was born, where hundreds took classes in still-life and architectural drawing within...
As Illinoise Opens On Broadway, Choreographer Justin Peck Plans To Conquer Hollywood As Well
"Peck, who has created almost 40 works for NYCB and other ballet companies around the world, is ambitious to bring modern dance to bigger,...
Why Are We So Obsessed With Beloved TV Shows Sticking Their Landings?
There is no “final score” for a series. "The modern fixation on endings is partly a creation of the TV business itself. For most...
Writers Must Be Able To Perform Magic
Myriam J.A. Chancy: "When history is a nightmare, all one can do is circumvent it, write another version, a fiction. This is what literature...
Margaret Tynes, Who Soared In Verdi And Strauss, Has Died At 104
Tynes, as a Black woman, found little work in the United States, but "with her incendiary, full-throated voice, in roles like Aida and Salomé,...
Cloud Atlas, At Twenty, Is A Tattoo-Worthy Novel
The complexity and melancholy of Cloud Atlas have inspired "cosplay, reader art, fan fiction and scholarship … in great quantity. It is a response that...
It’s Not Easy, But It’s Possible, To Be Both Critic And Creator
Linda Holmes is not just any critic, but host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and an alum of the revered sarcastic review site...
The Marlborough Gallery Is Closing After Nearly 80 Years
“Perhaps the real story here is how Marlborough managed to last nearly eight decades when so many galleries have only a decade in the...
How Richard Serra’s Work Will Outlive Humanity
“1300 B.C.E. Copper and tin smelters around the eastern Mediterranean encounter a shortage of materials and begin experimenting with some other ores, eventually producing...
Percival Everett Wants To Hear The Jeers
The author of Erasure, adapted as American Fiction and nominated for several Oscars, and the new James, says a bad review "might be fun?...
If No One Will Read Your Academic Work, Perhaps You Need To Hire A...
Her climate change studies were getting a professor down. So she turned to the University of South Florida's school of music. "Composition professor Paul Reller worked...
The Big Business Of Two-Actor Musicals
"Musicals with such small casts are potentially big business, in part because it can be easier to recoup their streamlined production costs compared with...
What Happened To Berlin?
The city was a beacon of artistic freedom. Then came October 7. Now, "a climate of fear and recrimination has put Berlin’s status as...
West End Production Of Romeo And Juliet Sees Barrage Of Racist Abuse Toward Its...
The theatre company said, "We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing...
Cole Brings Plenty, Actor In Yellowstone Spinoff 1923, Is Found Dead In Kansas
Days before the actor’s body was found, Lawrence, Kansas, police said they had probable cause to arrest Brings Plenty “in response to allegations of...