Andrew Alexander, who helped launch the careers of dozens of prominent performers since he purchased Second City's Toronto outpost in 1974 and the Chicago flagship in 1985, issued an apology…
Domingo Hindoyan will succeed Vasily Petrenko on the podium of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in September 2021. A former assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper in Berlin, Hindoya…
Guidelines, issued on Monday by the state's Dept. of Public Health and currently under review by the governor's office, require spacing between seats, masks required of all customers when en…
Gov. Greg Abbott's Phase III reopening guidelines covering "performance halls," effective June 10, allow audiences up to 50% of capacity at indoor venues; there's no such limit for outdoor s…
From 2010: I find it hard to grasp that one of the founding members of a performing ensemble that has long been so much a part of my aesthetic life is no longer with us. The good news"if you…
"'I always think one needs a drink at this time,' he said, as they approached his front door. "'A drink?' said Marian in a surprised tone, and Aylwin realized that they were so much younger …
In the last week, protesters all over the country have come to see their barely walkable cities the way New Yorkers always have seen theirs, as a matrix of public space that must be fluid, f…
Younger, digitally minded collectors are predictably more receptive to online purchases, albeit at relatively low price levels. By contrast, more experienced collectors, conscious of possibl…
Last week's small beginnings showed a way forward, demonstrating what an crucial role the BBC can and must play to aid a potential recovery of classical music before it is safe for venues to…
Questions about what sort of future human beings might create tend to be limited by the horizon of the management strategies of market capitalism. This version of the future isn't about radi…
"The power of the narrative that comes out of Hollywood " that not only travels to this country but travels globally; that creates a worldview, a mental model of black people and black commu…
The future of daily life on Hollywood sets will not be the same when movies and TV productions start up again. Entertainment studios and labor unions this week agreed to a detailed set of pr…
Despite the unexpected anticlimax, Mr. Thomas's time in San Francisco should not go unmarked as it comes to a close. From the beginning, it has been a remarkable musical marriage. Mr. Thomas…
After work on the Golden Gate Bridge's sidewalks to bolster their wind resistance, nearby residents of San Francisco are complaining that the 1.7 mile-long structure makes a creepy droning n…
In the late 1950s, Northern joined the Metropolitan Opera symphony, "where, he later recalled, as the only African-American member he was often subjected to racist abuse " reminiscent of wha…
Economic support already wasn't great before the pandemic in Oregon, ranked 39th in the country for its support of the arts. "The subscription model, which has been the life-blood of so many…
In a sign that the lockdown really is loosening up, and perhaps that art can't be stopped, "anyone wandering along a quiet street in central Seville at 8:30pm on Saturday would have witnesse…
Theatre workers who design and build productions are perfect for this moment, some of them say. "'For anyone who has arts training, they are taught early on how to collaborate with people. A…
Not that authors didn't know; or rather, not that authors of color, especially Black authors, didn't know " but the numbers are stark. The hashtag #PublishingPaidMe, started by author L.L. M…
New lidar technology revealed the formerly hidden, at least from the ground, site. The "lidar survey found 21 other monumental platforms, clustered in groups around the region. But Aguada Fe…
There's no clarity about it. One responder from Los Angeles: "Without a vaccine or a cure, to attend a performance would not be a rational choice. The issue is not the statistical prob…
Quarantined during a cholera epidemic 190 years ago, the poet excelled. "Pushkin, who would never be allowed to travel outside Russia and was now stranded in the countryside amid 'rain, snow…
Why do people tend to think crime has increased or stayed at a high level? Well, perhaps it's the many cop shows on TV. And those series have some issues. "Of the 26 series from the 2017-18 …
How should food writing work? "On the one hand, it should communicate the demands of craft, expressing the physical skill of cookery with words on a page; on the other, food writing should c…
But many murals " like one to Eric Garner, who gasped out, "I can't breathe" before he suffocated as an NYPD officer held him in a chokehold in 2014 " get painted over or destroyed. "When th…