Everyone's concentration is shot right now, and for some, it's just too hard to focus long enough, either physically or mentally, to read a novel. But "there's something about reading a shor…
"It's a mad idea." Indeed: 50 writers and 50 actors have a virtual mandate. "For Abbey dramaturg Louise Stephens, who works with writers on developing scripts for stage, 100 artists was 'suc…
A Facebook group started in Moscow now has tens of thousands of members worldwide, making art of the mundanities of lockdown. "They have been posting their work at a clip of more than 1,000 …
"We can only welcome a massive return of heritage cinema to France Télévisions in this very special period. Let us hope that this frantic desire continues in post-confinement," they wri…
Basically, the National Theatre has better camerawork than most theatres trying to do broadcasts " and that creates intimacy, the kind of intimacy you might otherwise find only at a life per…
And then write essays about them. On the other hand: "The other night I tried Wings of Desire. That really didn't go well. You could see the kids' minds were blown by the concept of angel…
She had her retirement dress and her finale plan. She'd stretched and was ready for rehearsal for the performance on March 13. "Suddenly, the carefully choreographed end to Kuykendall's 22-y…
That is the question. The Booker delayed its prize not because it couldn't have a virtual ceremony, but because book distribution is in a bit of a crisis right now. "According to a statement…
The Handel and Haydn Society has been around, performing Baroque concerts on period instruments, since 1815. And now it's time to diversify their programming " and acknowledge the diversity …
At issue in the SAG-AFTRA talks with the studios is everything from scheduling to residuals, and certainly health insurance as members deal with loss of jobs to the coronavirus shutdown. " L…
Paris without tourists looks and feels different " and is a reminder of other traumatic times. "In this stage-set Paris, the monuments still brilliantly illuminated, it is easy to imagine an…
Though the troupe has cut back on performances, it's still going (Japan has encouraged people to stay home, but hasn't shut down places like theatres " at the time of writing this post): "Ge…
Richard Nelson introduced the Apples in 2010, and then wrote a whole cycle around them in the early 2000s. He moved on to other families for a while. But "for many who met them at the Public…
Wall, longtime professor at Rutgers, changed the world of literature. She "championed racial diversity both in the curriculum and the classroom. She encouraged more black students to major i…
Julie Kent, who played Kathleen: "I do remember talking to Nicholas [Hytner, the film's director] at the audition about why he wanted to do this movie. . … He said he loved the art form, a…
That's right: Families that quarantine together are starting to dance together (and record the dancing as well). " CBC
In the protests that followed the death of Freddie Gray, who was in police custody, some artists (of all types) found inspiration and a platform for a country suddenly interested in Baltimor…
Logical, right? (Maybe? Who actually knows?) The New York Public Library's CEO says that "libraries once they reopen may impose a quarantine period on books that lasts as long as scientists …
ICA Watershed in East Boston is closed, of course " but then the staff of the ICA learned that East Boston had one of the area's highest rates of Covid-19 infection and that the people of th…
In another Hollywood blow, the studio laid off about 50 of its remaining staff " and made those cuts permanent. "We are reconfiguring certain divisions of the studio to allow MGM to operate …
The chairwoman of Sotheby's fine art division says, "In effect, we've been in the live theater business. Now we're segueing into what is more like live streaming. The truth is, that revoluti…
And everything else about our location, as well; you can download huge files of randomized info about the entire US, if you'd like. "If you're wondering whether data from your phone is inclu…
There's just nothing left, really. "The temporary halt to playing live removes the one dependable way musicians can make money. Royalties from music being played in pubs, clubs and sho…
Now is truly a time when the world could use an update to the beloved C.S. Lewis series. But only 75 copies of the sequel, written by a Narnia lover and scholar, exist. "It may never be conv…
The writers scrambled to end the last episode on a cliffhangar from footage they'd already shot. This is a first: "Neither military dictatorship nor the Rio Olympics halted production of Bra…