His American Place Theater staged important early work by the likes of Sam Shepard, Maria Irene Fornés, Eric Bogosian, and the poet Robert Lowell, but "his greatest hits, it might be said, …
Part of the havoc wrought by the coronavirus is that artists of all kinds now find it increasingly and fearfully hard to pay their bills and stay afloat. To help them, the painter Makoto Fuj…
"The former American Ballet Theatre principal and ballet mistress … will succeed Terrence Orr, who announced last year his intent to retire this summer after 23 years." " Pittsburgh Post-G…
"Though many libraries have sent workers home, with pay, several systems in states like Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado have required at least some staff members to keep coming to work. Th…
"The salaries of those earning $100,000 or more " just under half the company " will be reduced by 10 to 20 percent for five months, starting in May, [a] memo said. The pay of executives in …
The five remaining regular-season concerts are being rescheduled (with some change of program) to August and September, and 2020's Summer at Orchestra Hall (formerly Sommerfest) will be post…
"But, in typical Cannes style, the festival did not close the door entirely. Instead of canceling outright, organizers said they are exploring contingencies to make 'Cannes 2020 real, in a w…
In this week's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I discuss Frank Sinatra's little-remembered career as a part-time orchestral conductor. Here's an excerpt. *  *  * Most p…
George Van Eps plays "The Boy Friend" and "I've Got a Crush on You" on his specially made seven-string electric guitar in a 1987 telecast: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and histo…
Yet one word more: grief boundeth where it falls, Not with the empty hollowness, but weight: I take my leave before I have begun, For sorrow ends not when it seemeth done. William Shakespear…
For his recent collection Common Practice, pianist and composer Ethan Iverson has put together a quartet with bassist Ben Street, drummer Eric McPherson, and trupmeter Tom Harrell at a peak …
In order to divert those of you who, like me, are staying home these days, I've been posting images from what a friend calls "the Teachout Museum." The latest is of a 1990 lithograph by Joan…
Even with so many Beethoven 250th-birthday concerts being cancelled, the world needs to hear pieces of his that haven't already been played a zillion times. This one is solid, perfectly enga…
Showman, yes. Bamboozler, con artist, fantasist and entertainer. Each generation seems to need to revisit accounts of Barnum and mine from him the spirit that is core to America. " New York …
So is Boston's MFA 150. Both institutions are hemorrhaging money: a projected $100Â million at the Met; $12Â million to $14Â million at the MFA by the end of June. Thousands of events,…
The decision, outlined in an April 9 memo from Gov. Ron DeSantis' office, could open the door for other sports to resume in the state. " ESPN
Chances are the current pandemic has them considering whether a creative life is possible " feasible, affordable, open to someone like themselves " at the very moment when that world began c…
The museum chiefs have signed a petition launched by the culture advocacy group Federculture which states that "we have to make Italian culture live, to give it oxygen… the repercussions o…
The 82-year-old, suffering from dementia, was last seen on March 31, walking the grounds of his cliffside oceanfront property near the eastern tip of Long Island. " The New York Times
For a region whose economy was rebuilt on the most hopeful of things " a social economy, based on the gathering of people " the level of cruelty feels almost farcical. Mass MoCA sees around …
"Roughly 5 million people around the world logged on to YouTube to view the half-hour sacred music concert as it was happening. By Monday night the archived performance had 32 million views.…
"I was fearing bad news about a big travel firm this week: perhaps an airline, holiday company or cruise line. But I never expected to hear that the world's leading travel-guide firm is prop…
In order to divert those of you who, like me, are staying home these days, I've been posting images of some of the prints and paintings that hang on the walls of the Manhattan apartment that…
Justin Davidson: "New York has been a scary place for most of the past 400 years. Fire, flood, attack, crime, rebellion, drugs, and disease have shaped it. I find that an oddly reassuring th…
Marina Harss writes about Jessica Lang teaching principles of dance composition to participants " all socially isolating at home " in David Hallberg's ABT Incubator program. " Dance Magazine