The theater chain's CEO, Adam Aron, had previously said that the company's plan to reopen locations would not require patrons to wear masks as they "did not want to be drawn into political c…
Following an internal dispute gone public that has led to nearly two-thirds of the organization's directors resigning (but the one whose incendiary comments were at the heart of the problem …
It is understandable to wonder what the additional risks are for wind musicians, above the nonzero background risk of COVID-19 spread. How might we mitigate these risks for ourselves, our co…
The improv company, which was co-founded in 1981 by Charna Halpern and the late Del Close and numbers Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Adam McKay among its alumni, has been closed to the public si…
Choral music has unique diversity issues that are more subtle than those in the instrumental world. Because of my work as a publisher and composer, I am particularly interested in the repres…
"Effective July 6, administrative salaries will be cut between 2.5% and 12.5%. Calling the moves 'a very difficult decision,' president and CEO Kim Noltemy will take a 25% pay cut. Sixteen s…
"There is every obstacle to creating art, and yet art is being created and art is being shared. It's being done by both professionals and amateurs, by people in their homes in ways that you …
Klaus Mäkelä, a 24-year-old Finnish cellist and conductor who is already at the helm of the Oslo Philharmonic, starts in his Paris position in the fall of 2022. He succeeds Daniel Harding,…
"Angela Gulbenkian, who married into one of Europe's most prominent art families and allegedly leveraged their name to conduct fraudulent art deals, has been arrested in Portugal. The jet-se…
The artist's Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring (1884) was taken by a robber from the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam on March 30. Now a "proof of life" photo showing the painting betwe…
"If already not performing, … 50% of U.K. clients are planning a return to the stage in January 2021. Only 25% expect to be performing pantos in December 2020. In contrast, 63% of U.S. cli…
It's a difficult decision to make: as Joffrey CEO Greg Cameron said, "The loss of The Nutcracker alone " more than half of the Joffrey's annual earned revenue " compounds a financial crisis …
The company announced plans for a season with the overall title "Leap of Faith," acknowledging that everything depends on the state of the COVID epidemic and what San Francisco authorities w…
Less than a week after management negotiated the first contract with newly-unionized employees, WBUR leaders announced a reorganization, which they said was made necessary by the COVID-relat…
"Coming on the heels of similar announcements from the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic, the decisions make clear that there will be few, if any, large-scale performances bef…
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review a webcast version of Lincoln Center Theater's 2014 production of James Lapine's Act One. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * James Lap…
My latest Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column is about Lennox Berkeley, an English composer whose music is all but unknown in this country and deserves much wider recognition. Here's an e…
A new episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for listening …
Nat King Cole appears as the mystery guest on What's My Line?John Daly is the host and the panelists are Steve Allen, Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen. This episode was…
"But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence. The least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of." Lord Byron, letter…
Asking where this is all going to end is a very effective means of whipping up panic. But slippery slope arguments are themselves slippery and need to be treated with caution. They force us …
They corrected authors' copy as well as proofs. They identified and mended typographical and other errors, to the best of their ability. They divided texts into sections and drew up aids to …
"At the start of the second world war, Vera Lynn … was an up-and-coming dance band singer. By 1945" " thanks to her hits "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover" " "this working-…
"Although psychologists have long recognized the benefits of art therapy, … few American museums have devoted resources toward creating programs. But the demands of a grief-stricken public…
"Woodstock 50 organizers are suing their former financial partner Dentsu Group and several of its affiliates, accusing the company of 'destruction of the festival' and 'sabotage.' … The [e…