Interest in virtual reality has waned after its original investment and excitement; people just aren't that into it. "But for Hollywood directors and digital effects experts, VR holds more p…
Consider the BBC Proms: "The Proms run for eight weeks, with two or three concerts a day, but you'll have to listen carefully for music composed by anyone other than a white male " in total …
Poet Gale Marie Thompson: "I think it's the job of a writer (or poet!) to come up against the ineffable, time and time again. We compulsively work to make meaning out of something that can n…
Yam, who was in the city of Zhongshan, was attacked during an appearance by a man who rushed him and slashed the actor's stomach and hand. Yam had surgery for what his management team says a…
Sure, people use the word "epicurean," but do they know what the pursuit of happiness really means, or where it came from? In our age of deep anxiety about politics and the planet itself, it…
But the 16-year-old says she wants to focus on what she's passionate about " and she wants ballet to change, "to be a welcoming place for everyone and step away from traditions that can be h…
In some locations, local councils " whose library budgets have been slashed for years by the conservative government " are paying for security guards instead of library staff. "'It's a folly…
Before running the NEA and, briefly, the Metropolitan Opera, Southern was the first executive director of the Theatre Development Fund. Though Broadway producers resisted the discount TKTS b…
Zora Neale Hurston, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead " all influenced by their mentor, Franz Boas " changed the way we think about human relationships. "The anthropologists had a revolutiona…
It's the first time a Bard on the Beach production has been set in India " and that's a boon for Sarena Parmar, the woman playing Helena, who grew up one of very, very few kids of color in K…
Camilleri picked up the Sicilian-Italian mystery series mantle almost by accident: At 69, he thought he was a "sloppy" writer who would be served by trying to write mysteries. To put it mild…
Should a theatre prof be responsible for taking her students to a play that has scenes with violence and rape? And perhaps more to the point, does theatrical responsibility extend to warning…
There's a very strict pecking order for art asks, of course. It's kind of a big job, especially with a new government. "This week, the climate and humidity-controlled store room in the bowel…
Bossa nova had a golden age, ushered in by its creator, João Gilberto " and "the reign of bossa nova " as it was originally intended " was brief. It was an engagement with and a rejoinder…
Blockbusters as recent as Suicide Squad and Pets 2 had 18 months to two-year marketing campaigns, but now? People don't want to wait that long, and they actually get annoyed. Now, four to fi…
The short answer: Money. Longer answer, well, still money: "The reason for the sudden glut is not only that documentary makers have been inspired by the surprise success of documentaries suc…
At multi-day music fests, just like at Disneyworld, cashless wristbands prepare the way for 'gamifying' listeners' experiences. And sure, it's for pop music now, but could this also be the f…
It's a longstanding thing " consider the ways that Clytemnestra became "an archetypal domestic murder plot" after the play premiered in 458 BCE. "Killing Eve is just the latest example of…
Maria Kachetkova is classically trained, and danced with American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet before striking out on her own " and learning some new techniques. "I thought it wou…
Writers and agencies are locked in a battle over who should reap the benefits from packaging fees " "the longstanding industry practice of talent agencies taking fees for putting together a …
There are two ways to do become a stonecarver in France " travel around to different work sites, apprenticing, or get a degree (the latter is less "mythic" and somewhat more friendly to wome…
USians, unlike Europeans and many others around the world, historically do not like dubbed movies. But Netflix wants to change that with newly dubbed movies and high-quality actors. Will it …
Some samples: "2. So clearly this is a town for cats, created by cats"hence the Milk Bar. But what kind of milk are they drinking? 3. Cow milk? Do cows exist in this world? How would cats, w…
Well, there's this: "Mueller report read-a-thons have become acts of civil disobedience, a way for artists to register their discontent by leveraging their most valuable currency: celebrity.…
The government of Germany is now " yes, many years after the 1945 looting of art in Munich " making some attempts to recover the stolen and re-stolen art. "It is belatedly reporting the 1945…