Reassuring: "The theaters are pushing hard the argument that moviegoing is safe more broadly, or at least as safe as going to a restaurant, flying on an airplane or worshiping in a church." …
So here we have a movie, Cuties, that "has been praised for questioning how society and social media pressure young children into acting in sexually explicit ways." Best way to advertise it,…
It wasn't easy to film Love in the Time of Corona. But it was doable, with a lot of care " and a lot of house-cleaning for the actors whose homes hosted the shoots. Some of the details: "Fil…
Shutdown theatre cool idea number 458: "A postcard slips through the letterbox and lands lightly. While rural touring can't take place, Nottingham-based company New Perspectives have c…
Assuming that it ever ends " with a vaccine or some kind of terribly expensive, in human life terms, herd immunity " Covid-19 may leave a theatrical legacy that's hard to shake, at least for…
Horror movies sure seem to think so. A lot of them seem to exhibit "this idea that if you have enough free time, you're going to just start rounding people up and killing them." " Wired
And then there are the outdoor performances, with masks: "When a performer speaks a lot onstage, … masks become damp and stick to the skin, so each cast member goes through four or five of…
Unless you already live in Venice, in which case, sorry, you'll have to read something other than Invisible Cities. " The Economist
The Hollywood Bowl couldn't have audiences " but the musicians could be there, distanced, and the orchestra took advantage of its city's geographical advantages. The concerts were only "poss…
The first concert since lockdown is definitely special (not that it's weird to be masked and distant anymore; it's simply exciting to be there). "It's been difficult but clarifying to see ho…
In the UK, for instance, with social distance requirements in full force as they should be, "only around 100 of the country's 900 small music venues would be able to operate." And it's not a…
The current crisis raises the question of what exactly a museum is. Is it a collection of objects, or the staff that bring those objects to life and makes them accessible to the public? 'We …
Those who bore easily are more likely to be depressed and anxious, have a tendency to be aggressive, and perceive life as less meaningful. Yet, psychology uncovered also a much brighter side…
"At the height of its popularity in the late 1980s, circulation reached 1.2 million copies per week. Headlines like 'Bigfoot Kept Lumberjack as Love Slave' ruled its covers. A team of dedica…
Here in New Orleans, for example, where I am a relative newcomer, my friends who are longtime residents and who survived Hurricane Katrina greet the word "resilience" with a fiery disdain. T…
One of the key facets of Jonas Barish's argument is that, throughout history and across cultures, theatrical activity has almost always been met by vociferous opposition. From ancient Greece…
"It's this process that we have spent decades, centuries developing in theatre of how much time it takes to make the thing. In my experience, the process will expand to fill as much time as …
Art Basel organizers plan to present two new online viewing room initiatives in September and October, which they describe as "freestanding, thematic editions." Unlike previous iterations of…
"With the virus still on a rampage, many of the age-old, hands-on ways of training musicians, dancers and actors have had to be tossed out the window or, at the very least, drastically resha…
"By day Dr. Bernard was an English professor at Long Island University, a job he took in 1959 and held for more than 40 years. By night he was a central figure in the experimental theater mo…
Leave it to the ingenious Dutch. With both the Rotterdam Ahoy conference and exhibition center and the city's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen closed due to the pandemic, the two institutions g…
The National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, New York, explained in a lengthy Twitter thread Tuesday why it objected to Trump's pardon for Anthony, who was arrested and ch…
"What they tell you they raise to help dance professionals and what they actually spend to help dance professionals is vastly different," former executive director Kesha Pate wrote. When she…
"It's easy to pin the current squabbles on the coronavirus. Look more closely, and you'll see evidence of deeper frustrations at play that marketers and media outlets have known about for ye…
"Almost every aspect of classical music, as it is currently, cultivates a toxic and racist culture. That doesn't mean that every participant in classical music is racist, obviously. The spec…