ArtsBeat: A Drama of Art Attribution to Play Out at the Metropolitan Museum
Staged readings are scheduled for June 20 and 27.
Staged readings are scheduled for June 20 and 27.
The art and the business of acting are often at odds; in order to get work, or even agent representation, one must learn to "sell oneself"—that is, represent oneself as a business.
The American Repertory Theater under Diane Paulus has become known primarily for two things: its emphasis on theater shot through with music and its determination to tear down the boundaries…
NORTHAMPTON — Robert Hughes once compared being an art critic to “being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don’t have any control over the action going on upstairs.̵…
The American Repertory Theater A.R.T., under the artistic direction of Diane Paulus, is pleased to announce the productions that will be part of the A.R.T.'s 201112 Season.
Here’s an interesting idea — kids’ cabaret, or more specifically, kids from the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs being trained in the art of cabaret. That’s the goa…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ben Stiller is getting some of the biggest names in contemporary art to help Haitian children affected by last year's earthquake....
Over the course of my 30-year editorship of Back Stage, I interviewed many people who wanted to write theatre reviews for us. The writers that I did eventually choose all had THE qualities t…
Sebastian Smee, art critic of The Boston Globe, yesterday was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.
Polaroid photography has always been seen as a technological marvel (the camera as its own darkroom!). It’s not often thought of as an artistic marvel. The point of “Instant Conn…
It’s a surprising thing to come across on the Harvard campus. Nine big piles, maybe 14 feet square and 8 feet high, that look like forts children might make. The walls are made of kid-…
GOLDEN: DUTCH AND FLEMISH MASTERWORKS FROM THE ROSE-MARIE AND EIJK VAN OTTERLOO COLLECTION Nearly 70 paintings by the leading names in Dutch (and Flemish) 17th-century painting in the full r…
Once again, I'm climbing out on a limb and panning--kind of, sort of--what I suspect is going to be the...
Wonderland, Broadway’s new musical that reinvents “Alice in Wonderland” for the 21st century, is set to open at the Marquis Theatre April 17. In preparation of opening nigh…
On the screen, a man with a sharp knife taped to his face chops an apple on a moving turntable. It’s an odd and twisted moment. So is another, of the same guy, burying a record player …
The painted low-relief wood constructions of Yanick Lapuh explore the boundaries between painting and sculpture, illusion and reality.
What does it mean, this big, bold painting hanging right in the middle of Art? You can try to read between the lines for some hidden message, but you'll draw a blank. The painting has no lin…
"El cakeito-El cuarto nivel" (2011) by Jamex & ...
A state Land Court judge has ruled against residents suing the city of Cambridge and Lesley University over plans to relocate the Art Institute of Boston to the site of a historic church in …
BROADWAY BARES XXI MASTERPIECE will be held on Sunday, June 19 with two performances only - at 930 pm amp Midnight - at Roseland Ballroom, 239 West 52nd Street in New York. A benefit for Bro…
From April 28, 2011 through May 28, 2011, the Melbourne Theatre Company will present the Australian premiere of the 2010 Pulitzer-Prize winning Broadway hit, Next To Normal. The production, …
Christine Toy Johnson spends a good chunk of her time on the inclusion of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in theater—among them performers with disabilities.
BROADWAY BARES XXI MASTERPIECE will be held on Sunday, June 19 with two performances only - at 930 pm amp Midnight - at Roseland Ballroom, 239 West 52nd Street in New York. A benefit for Bro…
... observations and interpretations ... The exhibition includes 57 works of art by 40 artists, small oil paintings and works on paper. Works are divided into three groups: quiet rooms with …
SPILL FESTIVAL 2011 Diana Damian talks to Rajni Shah about her live art musical extravaganza Glorious, performed at the Barbican in collaboration with Guildhall School of Music and Drama stu…