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 …
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…
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
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
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…
Vincent van Goat, of course. " Hyperallergic
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…
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…
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 …
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'…
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…
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 …
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…
That was October 22, and the train was in southeast London. The soloist from the Royal Phil eventually received a private message on Twitter from someone who said he recognized (from a secur…
The place that Dubliners call the House of the Dead (really, the House of "The Dead," of course) has been sold. "Last week city authorities announced a plan to turn the House of the Dead int…
The Nomura Award is in its inaugural year, and it gives $1 million to a living artist. Salcedo won "for her body of work produced over the last 25 years, which has focused on the human co…
He wasn't president for long (31 days, actually), but during that time, he sported his (then famous) sword from the (then famous) Battle of Tippecanoe. In 1979, it was stolen from the Connec…
The Nutcracker, which is the source of much funding for ballet companies across the Western world and especially in the U.S., is a huge tradition " and one that, increasingly, audiences are …
The only time you'll see an actor with a disability in a Hollywood movie is when the actor isn't disabled, and the movie is the kind of thing that disability activists call "inspo porn." (Th…
The tradition, which has been focused in Japan but spread out from there via the internet (of course), gets people wearing "costumes" like "just got out of bed and grabbed the first thing I …
Themes of surveillance, sexuality, gender inequality, and evading censors are certainly, sadly relevant in 2019. East German artists knew all about all of that, and "their subversive and oft…
Malevich lived and worked in Belorus " and "for 25 years [this painting] has been on display in the city of Hrodna, near the Polish border, with the label:Â Malevich?" But does Belorus fin…
What does Deborah Rutter really want to do with the expanded, busier, more national " perhaps " Kennedy Center? "The New York Times
Are all of those mindfulness apps easing our stress? Ha. Getting us more addicted to technology, more like. " Fast Company