In Poland and other countries ruled by nationalist governments, far-right political parties are increasingly attempting to twist history to fit into their own narratives. And they're going a…
"Alas, few of us were fortunate enough to witness this production. Friday night, the Ballet announced that all further performances of this "Midsummer" run have been canceled because city of…
"[He] appeared in the children's chorus for the 1926 American premiere of Puccini's uncompleted Turandot, conducted his own ending to the work some nine decades later, and in between had one…
Tate"a network of four museums including Tate Modern, which ranked as Britain's top tourist attraction, with 5.9 million visitors in 2018"announced it would cut its carbon footprint by at le…
Jeremy Gerard: "I'm all for producers and the sometimes preposterous lengths they will go to in order to promote and protect their shows. That's their job. But I've often wondered why we, th…
Postponing the massive festival series until October is a huge endeavor involving hundreds of artists and their representatives, as well as hundreds of contractors and vendors and tens of th…
"Four security guards employed at Dresden's Royal Palace are under investigation over their alleged involvement in a huge theft of 18th-century jewellery, according to German prosecutors. In…
"On Monday, the group announced that after careful consideration of news reports and advice from health experts, it has decided not embark next week on a tour slated to include concerts in A…
Devastated by having to call off this year's event due to the coronavirus epidemic " as it turns out, cancellation due to infectious disease is not covered by the festival's insurance polici…
"The dancing is already at a very high standard, the repertoire is solid and the audience base is dedicated. But I want to add certain things to the repertoire that haven't yet been seen in …
In filing for Chapter 11, the museum is "seeking relief from what museum officials characterize as a crushing debt burden [of more than $30 million] incurred by construction of its home on I…
"For much of his career, Mr. Crowley was overshadowed by gay playwrights such as Larry Kramer … and Tony Kushner. … But his 1968 examination of gay identity, repression and self-loathing…
"'Out of an abundance of caution, the New World Symphony felt it was prudent for Cristian Măcelaru not to conduct the concert [Saturday] night after learning of his recent travels to Japa…
The work, a photograph of a figure in a rock, had disappeared, "loaned out to curator Rebecca Ballenger for a traveling exhibition from 1983 to 1984, but allegedly not returned. A Georgia ma…
"How do you explain Hideo Kojima to someone who has never picked up a PlayStation controller? His admirers have often compared him to filmmakers: Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, George Lucas…
In a vivid example of the ad hoc and highly inconsistent way arts organizations are dealing with the spread of the potentially deadly coronavirus, the Seattle Symphony is operating as usual …
From 2004: Prior to the release in 1988 of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, I no longer watched animated cartoons save on the rare occasions when I found myself in a hotel room on a Saturday morn…
"I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like I am convinced it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.…
I am certain Beethoven was a funny guy. The evidence, the jokes are all over the music. " Bruce Brubaker
Mrs. T's doctors told me a few minutes ago that she is continuing to make excellent progress recovering from last weekend's double-lung transplant surgery. She has been fully sedated since t…
North American audiences are not staying away from theaters amid virus concerns, according to the weekend's box office numbers. Disney and Pixar's "Onward" topped the charts as expected and …
Widely hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, Mr. von Sydow became an elder pop culture star in his later years, appearing in a "Star Wars" movie in 2015 as well as in the six…
The aphorism is that if America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold; if Ultra and SXSW cause a domino effect, and music festivals in the UK and Europe are shut down, the economic i…
In the mid 1960s, researchers found that murmurating birds, particularly starlings, interact"not always, but often"with six or seven of their closest neighbors, who interact with six or seve…
Recent advances in computational methods and data science push us into rethinking science and engineering. Computers increasingly become principal actors in leveraging data to formulate ques…