Tag: 02.08.21
Getting Behind The Real Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom occasionally shades into Saint Tom, thanks to a notably ample collection of friends who remark on his generosity and kindness. He remembers...
Choreographer Annie-B Parson Says The Pandemic Has Made Us All Dancers
"I realized right away with COVID that people were becoming dancers, in that their spatial awareness was growing. We were literally afraid of each...
Robert L. Herbert. Who Changed The Way We Look At Impressionism, Dead At 91
"When Professor Herbert began delving into Impressionism, the field was threatened by a kind of anemic gentility, arid formalism and French literary theory. His...
Texas Theatre Finds Success With Digital Theatre
“We are thinking that we will have a slate of work with both digital and in-person opportunities. Because digital is not going away. We’re...
Long Overdue: Breaking Gender Norms In Ballet
Christopher Rudd’s creation is the first romantic same-sex pas de deux in ABT’s history, and one of the first—if not the first—to celebrate queer...
George Washington Carver Wasn’t Just A Food Scientist, He Was A Gifted Painter
In fact, he was a very promising art student, excelling at plants in particular, but a professor who worried that he couldn't support himself...
Central, Eastern European Governments Take Aim At Museums
Hungary, Poland, and now Slovenia are assembling and executing a “playbook” to shift cultural institutions to the right. Often, the rhetoric around this has...
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière Dead At 89
He wrote the screenplays for a remarkable number of important films: Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Belle de Jour, and That...
Fox News’s Response To Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Lawsuit: Don’t Blame Us, Blame Trump’s Lawyers...
In the network's motion to dismiss the voting company's defamation lawsuit — which alleges that Fox News and three of its hosts knowingly spread...
To Deaccession Or Not, And Why? Museum World’s Long Argument About This Is Now...
Once the AAMD, looking at the financial carnage wrought by COVID, relaxed its strict rule about museums selling their art only in order to...
Governor And Mayor Announce Programs To Revive New York’s Live Performance Industry
And, given the notorious personal relationship between the two men, it's no surprise that their plans are entirely separate. Governor Cuomo's scheme, called NY...
Paris Opera Ballet Publishes Report On Race In Company, And Management Will Act On...
"'There will be no blackface, or yellowface,' Neef told reporters, but works like La Bayadère and The Nutcracker would remain, with possible further...
Robert Spano Appointed Music Director The Fort Worth Symphony
Spano, 59, is best known for his 20 seasons as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a position he’s leaving in June. Since...
Broadway’s Master Hair Maker Packs It In
From “The Elephant Man” to “Chicago,” “Cats” to “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Huntley was the designer behind the wigs and often-elaborate locks that helped define...
Amanda Gorman Has Quickly Become A Superstar Poet
Her inaugural poem made her a superstar. And while her rise may seem swift and meteoric, Sharon Marcus, an English and comparative literature professor...
Reimagining “Live” Performance During COVID: Will Any Of It Stick?
By emptying stages and dancefloors, the pandemic has generated an urgent need to reimagine the live music experience - both for artists and the...
Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, And Nomadland Emerge As Frontrunners
Nomadland took top honors at the London Film Critics Circle on Sunday night. Zhao won for screenwriting, though; Steve McQueen took home Best Director...