Rarely has the power of "influence" been felt so acutely in an industry in which a media blitz usually involves not much more than a handful of speaking events at local bookstores. For the k…
"Mexican muralism taught her the importance of expressing a political and social consciousness, but she softened the militancy that was common in the post-revolutionary era. In allegorical p…
"The International Sweethearts broke attendance records at places such as Washington DC's Howard Theatre, Harlem's Apollo Theater, Cincinnati's Cotton Club and the Riviera in St Louis. They …
Sorkin, playwright of the Broadway adaptation: "I absolutely wanted Atticus to be a traditional protagonist, so he needed to change and have a flaw … It turned out that Harper Lee had [alr…
Alexis Soloski: "These post-curtain moments have less to do with telling the story and more with telling the audience how to feel about the story they have just seen and what they should tel…
"Among the findings inside the tombs were evidence of gold-lined floors, a golden seal ring and a gold pendant with the image of the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor. The amulet suggests that…
A new facsimile publication of J.M. Barrie's handwritten first version "demonstrates how Barrie toned down Peter Pan's character to suit audiences in 1911, after having second thoughts about…
With funding from the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, the News is hiring Tim Diovanni on a one-year, renewable basis. Tim will work with veteran Scott Cantrell, a former News staffer an…
"The House approved a $1.4-trillion spending package on Tuesday that includes a $7.25-million increase for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This increase is the largest for the NEA…
Conservators working on the five lower central panels discovered that the Van Eyck brothers' original work had been painted over as early as the mid-16th century; removal of those additions …
In today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I recall the career of Boris Karloff, who was as fine a stage actor as he was a movie star. Here's an excerpt. *  *  * Chuck …
"Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark." William James, "Robert Gould Shaw: Oration upon the Unveiling of the Shaw Monument"
Mrs. T, who is a very private person (that's why I refer to her as "Mrs. T" in this space) and thus has been reluctant to be entirely frank about her illness in public, decided last night th…
"Everything about Celebration telegraphed cozy familiarity. Brochures depicted a quasi-fantastical realm of home-cooked meals, traditional family values, and G-rated movies. The civic buildi…
About 1 million Netflix subscribers made the switch last month, following the Nov. 12 Disney+ launch, according to survey results released Wednesday by brokerage Cowen & Co. The firm est…
The Director of Marketing and Communications will drive earned revenue through ticket sales, devise strategies to maximize public participation, and build brand awareness for Long Wharf Th…
Bring your love of dance, theatre, music, or opera to leadership roles in national and international performing arts organizations through NYU Steinhardt's MA in Performing Arts Administrati…
Virtual reality and augmented reality (AR)"which overlays digital elements on the real world rather than creating a fully immersive alternative"are "unbelievably promising" for the future of…
Collectively, the dealers hope, Komunuma's mix of programs will make it a destination, especially as the greater Paris region seeks to shore up activity in the capital's suburbs. They forese…
In a Letter to the Editor published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander confirms that funding was rescinded in direct response to the set…
With Playing in the Dark, Morrison changed the rules of the game, effectively recasting what we see when we look back to figures like Woolf and to writers of the present and future like Cols…
"Since 2011, from late October to January, Hallmark has broadcast Christmas movies nearly twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. … During this year's holiday season, the programming, …
In the decades since "Merry Christmas," she has created her own evolving brand of hip-hop pop. And she has leaned"or, better, reclined"into the role of playful diva. " The New Yorker
Laura Cappelle: "When this newspaper came up with the idea of sending an unsuspecting foreigner to a series of pantos, I wondered how different it could really be from family-friendly entert…
"[He was] a fervent supporter of experimental choreographers as a dance critic for The New York Times and the author of critical biographies of George Balanchine and Martha Graham … [as we…