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"One of the big things that we're trying to do this season," Chief Executive Chad Smith said, "is really advance this idea that Gustavo has been initiating for so long, which is to shift the…
"In his autobiography, Taylor said he had asked Balanchine if there was any way it should be performed. His reply: 'Is like fly in glass of milk, yes?'" City Ballet soloist Jovani Furlan lea…
"We do not hire people who are not Christian,"Â Thomas Burns, Belmont's provost, clarified in a response to questions at a town hall on Wednesday. "So the ones who are not Christian will n…
Some non-binary actors, and audience members, are asking the Oscars, Emmys, and other awards to eliminate separate actor and actress categories " and they're pointing to one set of awards th…
On Sunday, full-page ads appeared in both the New York and Los Angeles Times with the slogan "saveLACMA FROM TANKING." " Hyperallergic
Hands began his career as a co-founder of the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, and, after his well-regarded 13 years as RSC artistic director, spent 18 years in Wales at the helm of Clywd Thea…
The idea of this Black History Month initiative was to take 12 children's and young-adult classic titles " among them Frankenstein, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers, and Romeo and Julie…
"An initial batch of nearly three dozen pieces from the 2018-19 season are now available for listening on the orchestra's website " a number that will grow over time. … The number of perfo…
This is something I wrote in 1991:
Memory is the key to a small town. A stranger driving through Smalltown, U.S.A., would see nothing but schools, stores, and houses. Some are handsome, othe…
"The applause of a single human being is of great consequence."
Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, Life of Johnson
Continue reading Almanac: Dr. Johnson on encouragement at About La…
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The Director of Sponsorship and Corporate Partnerships will lead a refocus on the corporate sector, generating a list of new high-level prospects, creating engagement strategies and active…
Daniel Radcliffe's sense of physical theatre is magnificent, but, finally, the evening belongs to Alan Cumming. " Paul Levy
"[His] distinctive cleft chin, raspy voice and highly charged dramatic energy whose starring roles in Spartacus, Lust For Life, Champion, Ace in the Hole and Paths of Glory helped him become…
"The BBC needs more than simply defending in its current state, as if any criticism will render it only more helpless in the face of a hostile government. If the BBC is to survive the mid-te…
"Seriously. To honor black people, they decided to showcase a selection of white-centered literary tomes. But, instead of acknowledging that the books were written by white people who wrote …
He was what many people call a human encyclopedia"not in the American sense, a blank vault of facts, but in the French Enlightenment one: a critical repository of significant knowledge. His …
Just 9 of the most 100 most-read news articles from 2019 were considered brand safe by keywords blacklists, per the study. Often many words are blocked in fear of one meaning, but then are m…
THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE (TFANA) in Brooklyn, NY invites qualified candidates to submit applications to become its next General Manager. The General Manager is a trusted confidant and peer…
"For most of their history, these companies scoffed at traditional media. Can't measure it, can't convert viewers into customers, not enough real-time data. Yet here are the 21st century's m…
"There isn't even a word for us, really. Quiz players? Trivia fanatics? I prefer quizzers. But when I use that to describe myself to a civilian " to a non-quizzer " the inevitable inquiry fo…
In the year 2020 when there are SO MANY movies and, with Netflix and Amazon entering the Oscar conversation, no excuse not to watch them, people should feel more invested in these awards tha…
In a statement to supporters obtained by the Observer, the opera said Beth Hansen's role was cut "as a result of a harsh economic climate for the arts and a possible reduction in fiscal year…
If expanding our base to new communities is necessary, we need an appropriate metaphor for the process. I think I've finally stumbled upon something workable. " Doug Borwick
Said the NSO's executive director, "The combination of warnings from the State Department and the CDC, and our flights were canceled; there was no way to get there and no way to get home." T…