"The novelist is to be a guest on Mary Beard's BBC Two arts show Front Row Late, hosted in lockdown from the study in Beard's house. Atwood's contribution is what Beard calls a 'very surpris…
The ruling, which could make a difference for websites that use material originally posted on social media such as Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, sidesteps what has been called "the server…
"[The VSO's president and board chair] said Wednesday the orchestra now expects to meet the goal of maintaining employment for musicians and staff to the end of the 2019-20 season in June." …
Responding to "troubling reports" of some theaters' plans, the union's executive director said, "Any employer who wants to begin theatrical productions needs to have a comprehensive plan in …
On a hilltop miles away from the city I love, I've decided to look at Paul Taylor & Company " An Artist and his Work, a 1968 film directed by Ted Steeg. 1968! My choice was partly person…
Using aspects of phrasing, rhythm and tonal quality adapted from the great Lester Young, Konitz in the 1940s developed into one of the most distinctive saxophonists in jazz. " Doug Ramsey
To help artists who, because of the coronavirus havoc, are finding it ever harder to stay afloat, the painter Makoto Fujimura and his International Arts Movement have launched the Hilary Tea…
"What is a choreographer without a stage but a sad clown of God at a time like this? So Morris has retooled himself as a filmmaker. … There is a certain hallucinatory, Fellini-esque qualit…
The manufacturer of Humvees, AM General, sued the game developer, alleging that the appearance of the trucks in Call of Duty "deceived [players] into believing that AM General licenses the g…
However difficult things may be once the coronavirus is under control, they likely won't be as bad as in Germany just after World War II. Cologne Cathedral had been hit 14 times by Allied bo…
"Theatre finance departments have been in an all-hands-on-deck mode as they gather payroll reports and compile the information needed for [CARES Act aid] applications. It's been a round-the-…
"The exact scope and nature of Germany's contribution will be determined in the coming months on the basis of studies on the ground, [a] statement said, adding that three glass workshops at …
His American Place Theater staged important early work by the likes of Sam Shepard, Maria Irene Fornés, Eric Bogosian, and the poet Robert Lowell, but "his greatest hits, it might be said, …
In an extensive Q&A, Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin talks about how the dancers, singers and instrumentalists are and aren't continuing to get paid, how everyone is trying to sta…
"The former American Ballet Theatre principal and ballet mistress … will succeed Terrence Orr, who announced last year his intent to retire this summer after 23 years." " Pittsburgh Post-G…
"Though many libraries have sent workers home, with pay, several systems in states like Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado have required at least some staff members to keep coming to work. Th…
The five remaining regular-season concerts are being rescheduled (with some change of program) to August and September, and 2020's Summer at Orchestra Hall (formerly Sommerfest) will be post…
"The salaries of those earning $100,000 or more " just under half the company " will be reduced by 10 to 20 percent for five months, starting in May, [a] memo said. The pay of executives in …
"But, in typical Cannes style, the festival did not close the door entirely. Instead of canceling outright, organizers said they are exploring contingencies to make 'Cannes 2020 real, in a w…
In order to divert those of you who, like me, are staying home these days, I've been posting images from what a friend calls "the Teachout Museum." The latest is of a 1990 lithograph by Joan…
For his recent collection Common Practice, pianist and composer Ethan Iverson has put together a quartet with bassist Ben Street, drummer Eric McPherson, and trupmeter Tom Harrell at a peak …
Even with so many Beethoven 250th-birthday concerts being cancelled, the world needs to hear pieces of his that haven't already been played a zillion times. This one is solid, perfectly enga…
The 82-year-old, suffering from dementia, was last seen on March 31, walking the grounds of his cliffside oceanfront property near the eastern tip of Long Island. " The New York Times
"Roughly 5 million people around the world logged on to YouTube to view the half-hour sacred music concert as it was happening. By Monday night the archived performance had 32 million views.…
Marina Harss writes about Jessica Lang teaching principles of dance composition to participants " all socially isolating at home " in David Hallberg's ABT Incubator program. " Dance Magazine