The immense force of Western institutions " capitalism, democracy, Christianity " stamped itself on other parts of the globe, creating independent democratic nations committed to freedom, en…
Hungary, Poland, and now Slovenia are assembling and executing a "playbook" to shift cultural institutions to the right. Often, the rhetoric around this has blended fears of anti-communism w…
It started with a standing ovation. "At this point, allegedly, the gentleman swatted Academy award-winning Kidman with his program, prompting Urban to accuse the man of assaulting his wife. …
Awards don't help us quantify these qualities, but for a composer who burst onto the operatic scene so spectacularly with X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the New York City Opera in 198…
"The mobs that descended on Washington, D.C., last month have intellectual roots in many places, going back to the bloody beginnings of this country. But they also have roots in specific are…
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Rereading "Hamlet" after the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, I was struck by how fears of insurrection permeate the play. Every age sees itself in Shakespeare's tragedy, but little d…
Spano, 59, is best known for his 20 seasons as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a position he's leaving in June. Since 2011 he has also been music director of the prestigiou…
"The inner voice, which is also an inward-turning voice, tends to linger over negative content. What's more, it can call our attention to processes that run more smoothly in the dark, decons…
Thus far, only a few local music venues have signaled their interest in reopening under present conditions. In a statement on its website, the Washington Nightlife Music Association " a coal…
Their embrace of internet sales appears to have paid off, allowing them to meet surging demand spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement and the holiday shopping season, cementing the loyal…
The attorney general does not comment on ongoing audits, but Hyperallergic has acquired documents raising questions about board member self-interest and misuse of tax-exempt bonds that nonpr…
In a city that devours restaurants the way diners down hamburgers, Mr. Allen founded and ran not just one successful New York restaurant but two: Joe Allen and Orso, next to each other on We…
Used to hiring artists who work as independent contractors in exchange for program or project fees, it's been tough for these small nonprofit arts groups in particular to adapt to AB5, the l…
"Would I go see a play and sit in a playhouse with 150 people? If the 150 people were tested, and they were all negative, yes, I would do that," Cuomo said during a press briefing. "I think …
If hygiene theater were actual theater, it would exist in the genre of catastrophic improv. Hundreds of millions of people are ad-libbing their way through a crisis in the absence of a clear…
Jean-Daniel Bouchard said although his twin passions may seem like something of a contradiction " farming can be gruelling physical labour and involves plenty of financial mathem…
From "The Elephant Man" to "Chicago," "Cats" to "Thoroughly Modern Millie," Huntley was the designer behind the wigs and often-elaborate locks that helped define the lasting visual impressio…
By emptying stages and dancefloors, the pandemic has generated an urgent need to reimagine the live music experience " both for artists and the audience stuck at home. So, how is Covid resha…
Her inaugural poem made her a superstar. And while her rise may seem swift and meteoric, Sharon Marcus, an English and comparative literature professor at Columbia University, says we're ove…
His epiphany was this: One of the most finite resources in the world is human attention. To describe its scarcity, he latched onto what was then an obscure term, coined by a psychologist, He…
"There's this idea that because we're removing the names we're somehow removing the stories in what we're learning, and that in fact is not the case. It's really just sharing in our schools …
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once described play as '[b]ecoming and dissolution, building and destruction without moral implication, in eternal innocence' " as an act to be found 'in …