With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has taken a deeper cut than it has in restaurants and other hard-hit industries.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03AM“The Lehman Trilogy” is a theatrical panorama of the firm’s history and collapse. Lehman descendants and onetime employees have taken a keen interest.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMBruce Norris, the Pulitzer-winning playwright, brings “The Low Road,” a Colonial-era free market spoof inspired by the financial crash, to the Public Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:08PMThe protesters, organized by the Freedom Party, criticized the use of the minstrel tradition and blackface in the show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe Broadway musical “The Scottsboro Boys” uses offensive caricature as it addresses a historic instance of racial injustice.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe new Kander and Ebb musical "The Scottsboro Boys" at the Lyceum Theater is not the first time that the harrowing tale of nine African-American youths falsely convicted of rape in 1931 Ala…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMArtistic directors and playwrights are scheduled to speak.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMTheoni V. Aldredge, the designer of the fabulously feathered transvestites in the original stage version of “La Cage aux Folles” and Little Orphan Annie’s red dress on Broa…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University has created a new professional certificate program in curating performance art, the first of its kind.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMTheoni V. Aldredge, Tony winning costume designer, has died.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM"The Extinction Method" takes the place of "Carl's Sister," a new play by Alfred Uhry ("Driving Miss Daisy") based on the book "Apples and Oranges" by Marie Brenner.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMs. Boggess, currently playing Christine in the West End production of "Love Never Dies," will take on the role of Sharon Graham, the aspiring opera star portrayed by Audra McDonald in the o…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe New York State Council on the Arts is using an online survey to shape its priorities.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:49PMThe three-year contract for film and television production came after the previous contract expired on June 30.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:57PMWhen teenagers in the Broadway audience “Of Mice and Men” have a chance to talk to the production’s stars, some of the questions are actually about the play and its meaning.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:15PMIn his newest play, “Act One,” Tony Shalhoub navigates the mannerisms of three characters and the disorientation of a rotating stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:09PMThe Classic Stage Company will open the 2014-2015 season with a production in October of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Allegro,” directed by the Tony winner John Doyle. &…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:41PMThe program in late June will include new work by José Martinez and classics like “Afternoon of a Faun."
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:27PMAmerican Ballet Theater has begun a partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and regional ballet companies aimed at increasing the number of dancers from minority groups.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:09PMAyad Akhtar’s “The Who and the What” and “Stop Hitting Yourself,” devised by the Rude Mechs, will be staged at the Claire Tow Theater.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:04PMThe playwright Nicky Silver has adjusted Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play “Make Up Your Mind” so it can be staged in Boston.
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