"Making waves is what Hunan Broadcasting System does best. … That is striking for an outfit run by the government of a province that is better known as China's largest producer of rice and…
Anthony Tommasini: "Elements of dismaying ageism run through the chronic bemoaning over the graying of classical and opera audiences, something that bothered me even before I entered this ol…
The vote tally was 181 to 22. "While organizers said there were many reasons behind the union drive, complaints against two Art Museum supervisors provided the movement with energy. Organize…
Martin Di Caro, an award-winning transportation correspondent at Washington's public radio news station from 2012 to 2017, was outrageous enough in hitting on junior employees at WAMU, local…
Showing a courage and candor that's been in short supply among museum officials navigating the choppy waters of racial tensions, political unrest and economic difficulty, Salvador Salort-Pon…
The Lyon Académie de Musique officially went bust on New Year's Day 1693, but it was back in business two years later. "How did Académie musicians transform hardship into productive creati…
"From her house in Amsterdam, she has taken to creating dance films, all three to five minutes in length, with performers around the world. Dancers from Tulsa Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Dutch N…
"To find out, we chose one reality dating show that debuted every year from 2000 through 2020 " shows that were particularly popular, controversial, influential or taught us something unexpe…
"Hundreds of New Yorkers submitted proposals earlier this year to design eight-by-five-foot flags. This past Saturday, the 192 winning designs were unfurled on the [flagpoles] surrounding th…
"With their ability to elevate a dancer both literally and metaphorically to a superhuman realm, [they] are the ultimate symbol of a ballerina's ethereality and hard work. … The shoes carr…
Looking at non-representational art tends to induce what's called "psychological distance." As one of the lead researchers put it, "This means that art has an effect on our general cognitive…
"[His] carefully cultivated image " a vigorous martial artist, his commitment to bushido, the code of the samurai and his fixation with masculinity, beauty and glory " has remained more nota…
"Radish, which has offices in Seoul and New York, says it has seen significant revenue growth since its 2016 launch, and that it has produced more than 6,500 episodes across 30 original seri…
That's what Actors' Equity president Kate Shindle said (via video call) to the cast of the Berkshire Theater Group's Godspell, the first live-with-audience musical Equity has approved since …
"Dozens of pantomimes across the land have been cancelled or postponed due to uncertainty about easing lockdown restrictions for theatres. … Though it is only August, pantos take months to…
"[He] was among that select breed of scholar who moves easily between academic and public spheres. His criticism found its way into classroom syllabuses and general-interest magazines. And m…
Peter Marks: "Some people warn that you enter the bilious environs of social media at your peril. But I say, power up your device and be Zen about whatever transpires. Because you just might…
Far from his native Kurdish village, escaped from Iran's Revolutionary Guard, now released from the Australian internment camp in Papua New Guinea where he wrote his award-winning No Friend …
"The damage rocked an already fragile Beirut to its core and wreaked havoc on the city's renowned art scene. Major art galleries, including Marfa Gallery, located close to Beirut's Port, and…
"With the fringe cancelled this summer, Edinburgh hopefuls are eyeing 2021 " but will it be back next year? And if so, what will it look like and what size will it be? Artists and fringe lea…
"For the first time in its 73-year history, the Edinburgh Fringe will not take place as an official live event in 2020. But this has not deterred companies and venues from developing creativ…
David Mandel: "At the end of the day, this is why we ended the show. … Sometimes I have the horrible thought of if we had filmed a show last fall that was supposed to be on right now, and …
"Six years after shuttering his popular dance troupe …, its eponymous founder is relaunching the company as a conduit for digital dance films, with a project called FLTPK. … He sees his …
What remains powerful, writes Naomi Fry, is "the movie's suggestion that no struggle can take place alone. Norma Rae is heroic, but she comes into her own, as a woman, because she is fightin…
"Superblue, as [the venture] is called, will open a series of experiential art centers (EACs for short) that won't sell precious objects, as conventional galleries do. They'll present art ex…