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While a student in Moscow in the late '60s, he became passionately interested in William Blake, going on to translate his complete works into Russian and write the first Russian-language bio…
Warner Bros. finally acknowledged reality: The U.S. is simply not ready for big films to return, and the country has lost its position as the most important movie market in the world. " The …
"There is real concern that at a time when the need to insure for [COVID risks] is even greater, venues and organisations will not be able to obtain or afford appropriate coverage. This is n…
If you're somehow not familiar with the name, Bob Ross is probably America's most famous painter. With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions like "happy little trees,…
"In a move expanding the news outlet's presence in Hollywood, The New York Times has named Caitlin Roper executive producer for scripted projects. Roper, who has been a senior editor at The …
A statement released jointly by the musicians and management said, "We recognize the challenges presented to the ISO by the pandemic and unforeseen economic. For those reasons, the 2020-21 i…
Jeremy Reynolds, responding to New York Times chief critic Anthony Tommasini's argument that U.S. orchestras will never become more racially balanced without affirmative action, points out t…
My latest Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column, in which I talk about D.A. Pennebaker's Original Cast Album: Company, is now on line. Here's an excerpt.
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In my latest Wall Street Journal drama column, I review the Irish Repertory Theatre's webcast revival of Conor McPherson's The Weir. Here's an excerpt.
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A new episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for listening …
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The exaggerated scale of the building swamps the art it contains, and the austere décor is so rigidly uniform in its self-conscious simplicity as to make the museum seem even big…
"The approach he adopts may be a form of Impressionism, or even of Abstraction, depending on his age group and education, but it will necessarily be a familiar one. He is interested in playi…
According to the Canadian Independent Venue Coalition, which has launched an online campaign to support Canadian venues, without government support, more than 90 per cent of independent venu…
"I think that's an exciting direction for public art to take, for people to feel a sense of authority and ownership over their shared space and what it should look like. We have a city full …
Golden Thread Productions is seeking a new Executive Artistic Director to follow in the footsteps of Founding Artistic Director Torange Yeghiazarian.
Doug Shipman said he informed the Woodruff in February of his intentions to leave after three years of leading the organization. The Woodruff Arts Center is Atlanta's foundational arts or…
Most writers have novels that never see the light of day. But 13? That's serious dedication. The books were written over a decade while Sanderson was working as a night clerk at a hotel " a …
The bus from the airport to my resort gave me plenty of time to contemplate my life decisions. An air-conditioned trip through a hot zone of the worst disease outbreak in a century will conc…
Many New Orleans artists make at least 50 percent, and some as many as 75 to 100 percent, of their income during festival seasons. "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Essence Music Fe…
His work will appear next summer in his first published collection. Nadim does not write down his poems though. He dictates them. And that's because Nadim doesn't really read and write yet. …
Return on investment (ROI) logic has become a dominant motif of much of philanthropy today. Many contemporary philanthropists perceive themselves as social entrepreneurs, doing well by doing…
Rosenfeld, "through the simple act of creating a line on a street in Chile, mounted an important artistic and political intervention against an oppressive government." " ARTNews
Whoops, not an eight-episode season; a seven-episode season. That standalone can come later, if at all. " BBC
If you're Los Angeles artist Michael Gittes, you paint 1800 small pieces of work, one for each worker, and deliver them to Brooklyn. The artist: "I decided to paint flowers because even thou…
The Broadway star " the only performer to win six Tonys, in all four available categories " says it's her job to create more space for other African American actors, and call for institution…
