LuPone, along with two others, "led MCC across four decades, producing shows that ended up on Broadway like Frozen, Reasons to Be Pretty, Hand to God, School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play and Wit." He also earned a Tony nomination for his performance in A Chorus Line.- Variety
If research is publicly funded, the results need to be available for free as soon as it's published (by 2025), says a new White House rule - and it must be machine-readable, and that must be consistent across all federal agencies. Some academic journals are unhappy. - The Verge
The Exit Theatre — the stalwart Tenderloin venue with three small theaters and a cafe, home of the San Francisco Fringe Festival — is closing its Eddy Street doors by the end of 2022. - San Francisco Chronicle
The trove of blue-chip works spanning 500 years collected by Paul Allen by artists such as Jasper Johns and Paul Cézanne, will go under the hammer in New York later this year; all of the sale proceeds will go towards philanthropic causes in line with Allen’s wishes who died in 2018. - The Art Newspaper
Originally constructed as a church, the Turkish government converted the structure to a mosque in 2020 in a highly controversial decision. In the years since, the Byzantine-era cathedral has seen increased damage and vandalism. - ARTnews
Findings from the research conducted across Yahoo’s digital properties showed that 53% of all ad formats studied met viewability standards, but achieved less than 1 second of active attention. The study shows that viewability and attention are not the same. - MediaPost
Instead of four film categories that each feature five nominees for best lead actor or actress and best supporting actor or actress, two film acting categories with eight nominees each will celebrate best "performance in a leading role” or “performance in a supporting role." - MSN
Composer Henech Kon, who went on to success writing scores to Yiddish films such as The Dybbuk, premiered his Bas Sheve (Bathsheba) in Warsaw in 1924. It was thought lost until a score turned up at Yale in 2017 — with 16 pages at the opera's climax missing. - Forward
From now on, what we think as a planet is what our children get as a planet. However crucial policy and diplomacy may be, global agency ultimately requires that billions of micro-choices made every day by billions of human beings be (at least slightly) biased in favor of altruistic action. - Nautilus
Says one, "You can get away with most things if you're smart and funny. If you (aren't), then you're just an asshole on stage. That's when you get these lazy comics who are, like: 'Oh, too far for you?' If you had sharper writing, you could make it work." - The Guardian
Many librarians, rightly so, are incredibly fearful for their personal safety, for their family’s safety, for their job security. They don’t feel at liberty to speak out. - Christian Science Monitor
Born in 1872 in St. Petersburg and possibly descended from African servants at the Tsar's court, Maria Skorsiuk was directly recommended by her teacher to Marius Petipa. She danced in the corps and took bit parts for ten years before her career was cut short by tuberculosis. - Pointe Magazine
Literature’s history is a history of mistakes, errors, misapprehensions, simple typos. It’s the shadow narrative of expression—how we fail because of sloppiness, or ignorance, or simple tiredness. Blessed are the copyeditors, for theirs is a war of eternal attrition. - The Millions
