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Reporting to the President & CEO (CEO), the Chief Development Officer (CDO) is a member of the Senior Executive team and will work closely with the Board Chair, Chair of the Development …
He was the only executive to creatively run CBS, ABC and NBC. Silverman's knack for identifying hit shows in the making and programming them into memorable primetime nights led Time magazine…
The pledge raises the total commitments to $640 million. The $50 million from Keck is the second-largest private pledge to the project, after a $150 million pledge from entertainment mogul D…
Often, gangs of far-right nationalists will do it instead " burning books, protesting outside venues, bursting into buildings to disrupt an exhibition or performance, or even (in one instanc…
"The National Asian American Theater Company is starting a partnership with regional theaters across the country, aiming to foster inclusion of more Asian-American theater artists, technicia…
The technology to transmit color television signals was first developed in the 1920s, and all three of the major U.S. networks had switched to color in the 1960s. But in the mid-1970s, nearl…
Ben Lawrence suggests that a large swath of the arts establishment is more interested in lecturing and criticizing than it is giving people affecting experiences they enjoy. " The Telegraph …
A specialist in operatic villains, he only began performing in his 30s and developed a major-house career in his 40s. Even so, he had a six-decade career, switching as he aged from major to …
The museum is highly dependent on the tourist market. A huge 85% of its visitors are from abroad, many of whom come during the summer season. In the Netherlands, Van Gogh is widely regarded …
"Movies and TV can't capture what's special about Amy. She's not an actress, exactly, or a comedian, but more like someone who speaks in tongues. As opposed to myself, and just about everyon…
Artists looking to establish themselves often get requests to perform or otherwise lend their creative skills to conferences, private parties, businesses and assorted projects for the promis…
"The Super Bowl isn't just a game. It's the halftime show; it's the ads; it's the chips and guac. It is sport but also music, dance, costumes, TV production and stage design " a pop culture …
"When officials with the Shanghai Oriental Art Center informed BSO that they were canceling the concert and other events because of the outbreak, BSO followed up with their presenting partne…
"Independent investigators are examining claims that he behaved inappropriately with Royal Ballet School students and encouraged them to send him naked photographs. … The inquiry has not c…
"The sculptures are each approximately 20 inches tall and are worth between $21,000 and $52,000. They were apparently snatched by at least two thieves in a smash-and-grab operation that was …
At WBGO in Newark, NJ, accusations that a largely white and elitist station leadership had lost touch with, and stopped paying respect to, the largely nonwhite people of its city led to ranc…
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review the Broadway premiere of Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons. Here's an excerpt.
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Old-fashioned stage comedy is in short supply…
Martyn Green sings "My Name Is John Wellington Wells," a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer. This performance was originally telecast as part of an episode of Omnibus…
"Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things."
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
Continue reading Almanac: Douglas Adams o…
One of the nice things about collecting art is that you needn't leave home to look at it. I had to miss a major exhibition of Hans Hofmann, whose work I love passionately. Fortunately, Mrs. …
The scientists set out to quantify the creativity of 19 of the most prominent composers of recent centuries, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven…
The cultural sections of election manifestos always make for interesting reading. Wonderful-sounding aspirations rarely have detail. Proposals are mostly aspirational rather than costed. Thi…
Currently, skilled workers from outside the EU need to have a job offer with a salary of at least £30,000 to work in the UK. EU citizens are not bound by such restrictions and do not need…
"American Dirt"won't have much political impact, because Americans who have the capacity to be outraged about children in cages on the border already are; it's arriving too late and isn't co…
A consumerist vision of reading . . . presented as a form of anti-elitism" is emanating from the centers of publishing and media power, and that it is embodied by some of these trends. But I…
