"1. The old song 'Rip it up and start again' applies to sardine-seating business models not only for airlines but also theatres. …5. International touring productions will be reimagined…
So far, at least, this isn't as bad as many people had feared. A presidential spokesman, talking about plans to turn the historic Istanbul monument back into a mosque, said that Christian im…
Clive Gillinson: "What would it mean to close Seventh Avenue from 47th to 57th streets to vehicular traffic, creating a pedestrian mall for the arts, anchored by Carnegie Hall to the north a…
A child star who was once dubbed "the Scottish Shirley Temple," she "grew up to become one of the most dynamic jazz artists of her generation, writing lyrics and electrifying audiences with …
Saida Grundy: "While the crafters of anti-racist reading lists are mostly making an earnest effort to educate people, literature and dialogue cannot supplant restorative social policies and …
His name is Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. "Presumably intended as a compliment, this erasure of Boulogne's name not only subjugates him to an arbitrary white standard, but als…
Sarah Kaufman: "The throughline of WOD is: Show us something we've never seen before. As a dance critic, I want to see that, too, whenever I'm in the theater. What new revelation jumps out i…
True to her outspoken nature, Nathalie Bondil, the summarily sacked 13-year director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, is not going quietly. Having gotten a taste of her feistiness and gr…
I reported on her last stand with fellow vocalese icon Jon Hendricks, at the Blue Note in Manhattan for the newspaper City Arts. " Howard Mandel
A 44-year-old "animal rights activist" named Maksim Krivosh, who recently finished a prison term for fraud and weapons charges, ended a 12-hour standoff and released 13 hostages in the city …
"Carriageworks has a clear path towards recovery after creditors voted unopposed on Tuesday for a proposal to rescue the arts company with the support of philanthropists and the New South Wa…
Created jointly by the National Book Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses with $3.5 million from the Mellon Foundation, the Literary…
Excerpts from a recent Zoom conversation among three artistic directors " Kwame Kwei-Armah of London's Young Vic, Julia Wissert of Schauspiel Dortmund in the Ruhr Valley, and Eva Doumbia of …
"The decline of cable isn't a new story, but what has started to take hold is a change in narrative inside the industry. Rather than try to prop up what they all know to be a decaying linear…
A new study, titled "Unpacking the Streaming Experience" and released by Hulu to launch its "Generation Stream" audience research platform, found that consumers watch in four different ways,…
Shirley Graham Du Bois notched up plenty of achievements in her own right beyond the activism she shared with her husband: she was a novelist, playwright, biographer (of Paul Robeson, Booker…
The plan just announced by artistic director Christine Cox is for "a new series launching Sept. 10 celebrating the company's 15th anniversary with world premieres by 15 choreographers. She s…
He began training his training at age 4 and went on to win the World Championship of Hoop Dance three times in each of three age divisions and tour with Cirque du Soleil for three years. " T…
"Kusama's enormous popularity stems not just from the transformative experience of her photogenic art or its digital reach, but from her compelling personal narrative as well [as her] cultur…
"A foreign correspondent who wrote books about terrorism and international intrigue" " he worked at The Washington Post and Newsweek for many years and at his death was world news editor of …
"Social movements like #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo have started important conversations about an industry with entrenched disparities. With that in mind, we asked entertainers" " actors Ali St…
Michael Kimmelman: "With one in four American adults living with disabilities, designing for accessibility and diversity should hardly be considered a chore or just a compliance issue. It's …
Emily Powell: "In some ways, it's hard to say, because our trends have completely evaporated. Before the pandemic, I could have told you, 'Oh, the first sunny day, and this month will look l…
"By midnight [of the first day, July 20], cumulative nationwide gross takings totalled $502,000. … Earlier in the day, state media had reported that the total included more than $150,000 o…
It all played out over the weekend on Julia Bullock's Facebook page, where David Tucker began a spat with a couple of hostile comments about the protesters detained by Federal agents in Port…