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The nonprofit sector started out as a vehicle for voluntary civic engagement. Nonprofit organizations are organized to advance the public, rather than private, good. But as the sector grew a…
"As you reached your row, you were told to turn off your phone or put it on silent and insert it to a glove-like pouch. You keep your phone but you cannot turn it back on without unlocking t…
Washington starred in the play on Broadway. So why take it to Netflix, of all places? Washington: "Not everybody has $200 to go and see a play on Broadway. … The economic diversity of our …
Autumn is "Oscar season for books" in France, and that's not a super feeling for the authors. "For all the finger food that will be gobbled up and all the champagne flutes that will be downe…
The fakes made their way to Prince Charles' charity HQ in a manner befitting any art forgery, from a group of Agatha Christie characters. The work was part of a 10 year loan from 37 year-old…
"I won't say women are discriminated against as much as not given the same pathways as men. mostly because there is a male dominance in terms of personnel in the business. It's been generati…
What is intriguing is that the collapse of East Germany was, in many ways, a piece of theatre. The Alexanderplatz demonstration, one of the largest in GDR history, had been planned by actors…
An anonymous e-mail, titled "The Threat of Burgess Clark," described what it said were the experiences of 17 former students who made a range of allegations against Clark, including three wh…
Barry Schwabsky: "To my eye, the dependence on the academic method (now perhaps even unconscious, in any case not definitively marked) remains just as inhibiting a factor for contemporary pa…
This may be the last bow for the idea of fall TV. "The more that streaming becomes the default way people watch, the less that the concepts of time on which TV has operated " seasons, schedu…
Stephen Beagley was a leading classical ballet dancer in the 1970s and 1980s in Britain, and starred in CATS as well. He's been jailed for 10 years for molesting girls ages 9-13. " BBC
Tarantina was known on New York stages before he got involved in movies and TV shows including The Gilmore Girls and, more recently, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. " The New York Times
Vincent van Goat, of course. " Hyperallergic
Says one 79-year-old dancer, "While I am dancing, I am very focused. I listen to the music and the lyrics. I also think about my movement: How can I dance beautifully? I actually forget that…
Children aren't reading for their brand, and they've got something adults often don't: Time. Also, "children's books are where we first encounter myriad aspects of life. Such intense periods…
It's not because she likes the publicity or the effort to stay balanced with her hands zip-tied behind her back. It's the planet. "She hopes to inspire others to flood the streets and compel…
Both students and alums want a public apology, an independent investigation " and change. "Their allegations include claims of physical intimidation and inappropriate remarks about students'…
So says Andrew Marantz, the author of a new book on the topic. "We casually make the analogy between the internet and the public square, or the internet and a town hall, but it's not really …
Well, after the librarians remodeled the library and encouraged teachers at the Melbourne school to bring their entire classes " not just kids in detention " to the space, the school's test …
Rhys, who starred opposite American actor Keri Russell in The Americans " and eventually became her partner in life as well " asked her who Rogers was. Rhys: "And then she launched into a tw…
At the announcement of the settlement, theatre administration and survivors stood side by side. "The moment brought a close to a decadeslong ordeal and underscored the pain of those whose ch…
Student mental health, teacher favoritism, inequities in class makeup and in casting … it's all stressful for the young actors of Canada (and there are ways that some of these things could…
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
A digitally restored version of the kinescope of the original live TV version of Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight," broadcast by CBS on October 11, 1956, as an episode of Playhous…
"Don't ever think you've succeeded. Always try to do better"otherwise, drop dead." Arturo Toscanini (in rehearsal with La Scala's orchestra, 1946)
