They've been moving into abandoned East German factories along the Spree River. "Although the area's landscape may look post-apocalyptic, with its giant weeds and empty power plants, strange…
The adventures of "super" and "über" are a case study in the inescapability of Nietzsche's philosophy, which has affected everyday discourse and modern political reality like no body of tho…
"I'm stepping away from full-time criticism to pursue more directing, but there's no disentangling the two pursuits for me now. … Critic and director must both articulate a vision and rela…
Due to an unusually large number of Broadway openings this fall, I'm filing two drama columns for The Wall Street Journal this week. In today's paper, I review the Broadway transfer of Slave…
A friend of mine sent me this color photograph the other day, remarking that he suspected it was the only time that Louis Armstrong and George Bernard Shaw appeared in the same painting. It …
From 2009: Much has been written in recent days, most of it silly and some of it ignorant, about the modern art that Barack and Michelle Obama have borrowed to display in the White House….…
"Since we are all naturally prone to hypocrisy, any empty semblance of righteousness is quite enough to satisfy us instead of righteousness itself." John Calvin, Institutes of the Christi…
"Quantifiable measurements give students, teachers and administrators the confidence and assurance of "progress": There is a sense of comfort in advancing from one designated level to the ne…
On the eve of Britain's potential departure from Europe, Gormley is planning a new and dramatic intervention on the beaches of northern France. He wants to erect a group of seven huge sculpt…
"The RSC's move will make it much harder for other arts institutions such as the Royal Opera House, the British Museum and the National Portrait Gallery to keep taking money from oil compani…
The Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning in the Arts and Cultural Heritage (ACH) Program will be a strategic thinker and thought partner for the Program Director.
Goh Ballet Academy is one of Canada's preeminent ballet training institutions, with an enviable international reputation for excellence.
This innovative new program in NYC empowers musicians, composers, actors, directors, and playwrights to advance their established performance practices while acquiring the skills needed to e…
Alex Ross: "The grand-diva façade concealed a restless, exploratory spirit. In later years, Norman became increasingly adventurous in her choice of repertory." The New Yorker
The problem is that the offering all across the country is premised on the wealth of schools or school districts and there is a fundamental, inherent inequity to that reality. Â " Barry's…
A record number of people had registered to be eligible for the sale, which started at 9am on Sunday and was finished in little over 30 minutes. A record 2.4 million people signed up to have…
The revamped panel at the Swedish Academy who will hand out the Nobel Literature prizes Thursday for both 2018 and 2019 would relish arguments about the winners, rather than intrigue about t…
Stymied by the big theater chains, the streamer has booked Broadway's Belasco Theatre for its November 1 opening of Martin Scorsese's epic "The Irishman" for one of several New York theatric…
As part of three-year labor contracts agreed to in the summer of 2018, the Met has the right to present up to 17 Sunday matinees this season and 27 in 2020-21. Any Sunday show will be follow…
Audible may be trying to get away from this case " but publishers are ready to wade right in. "Captions is a feature that scrolls a few words of an AI-generated transcription along with a di…
The child whose "Wow!" captivated the classical music world "is something of a celebrity at Symphony Hall." The Handel and Haydn Society invited the 9-year-old and his grandparents to a rece…
The Maine island where Indiana found a home isn't quite into it. "There are concerns here on the island about just what an Indiana museum might entail. Who would it attract? What sort of peo…
Scorsese says Marvel movies aren't cinema, but are more like theme parks. Jackson (who is, famously, Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe): "That's like saying, 'Bugs Bunny ain't funny…
There's only one big rule: Stop expecting specific books; surrender to the stacks, and enjoy. " Literary Hub
What is a comfort zone, anyway? And how are the claims about Franco and his acting school exemplary of a certain kind of boundary-ignoring harassment that, yes, Harvey Weinstein also engaged…