The words that everyone knows are just the chorus. There are verses about a baseball-mad woman named Katie Casey who went to the stadium, sat in the front row, loudly cheered the players and…
It wasn't quite like being in a recital hall, but it did give me a chance to enter another romantic world in real time with a real person on the other end of the phone line. " NPR
"Among students of dance, the recital is much more than just a performance. It's the culmination of a year's work and a social event: … When the pandemic hit, some studios made swift decis…
It is strange that "cancel culture" has become a project of the left, which spent the 20th century fighting against capricious firings of "troublesome" employees. A lack of due process does …
Stimulus packages for the arts and culture range from the £1.57bn package announced by the UK this week to smaller packages in countries such as Zimbabwe, Estonia and Costa Rica. " The Gu…
A quarter of freelance theatre workers have been unable to access emergency income of any kind and a third are considering leaving the industry, according to a survey of more than 8,000 part…
The Romantic poet William Wordsworth wrote of 'the sensation of sublimity' as 'a comprehensive awe'. Psychologists refer to the sublime as an awe-like aesthetic emotion. Without the positive…
"As a general insurrection erupts against America's foundational inequities, and a British national identity propped up by fantasies of empire finally splinters, it isn't enough to lament th…
Asked about reports that ATG had attempted to acquire the theatre, a statement sent to The Stage from the Old Vic said ATG " which owns 32 venues in the UK " "did approach the Old Vic some w…
"For more than 200 episodes, Mr. Imahara, lovingly referred to as the 'geek' of the show's build team" " he had been an engineer at Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm " "wowed audien…
"As the pandemic continues to ravage large parts of the world, it is becoming clear that such events may not take place as planned, and on Tuesday, Frieze London and Frieze Masters informed …
"As coronavirus numbers continue to rise in most U.S. states, the willingness of theatre patrons to return to their old theatregoing habits has plummeted, two tracking surveys show. … The …
Among the major data points: "Ninety-five percent of organizations canceled programs, 88% modified delivery of their programs, and as of May 8th, 11% were not providing products or services …
"The statue, eight metres high and built in the 5th century BC, was one of nearly 40 that adorned the ancient building, considered the largest Doric temple ever built, even if it was never c…
The September festival happens in a small, relatively isolated town, and management had planned a new reservation system, distanced seating, more outdoor venues; they'd even sourced a big su…
From blending tap steps and rhythms with Puerto Rican and other Latin music to reviving the memory of great female tappers of the past to founding a rehearsal and performance space in the So…
The idea was met with skepticism from numerous architects, conservationists, and academics, and polls showed that the majority of Parisians favored restoring Viollet-le-Duc's design. (The…
"Royal S. Copeland, the powerful health commissioner of New York City when the [1918] Spanish flu crept in, looked askance at pandemic responses elsewhere … [and] was philosophically disin…
Publishers have long relied on conservative imprints to churn out money-making bestsellers, but in the Trump era, fissures have emerged between those imprints, right-wing stars, and congl…
There aren't many readings at bookstores these days, so what are authors doing instead? Live-streamed appearances for which attendees buy the book to get a ticket and a #ParkAndRead drive-in…
Skeptics see ErdoÄŸan's decree as a last-ditch call to his nationalist base for support as his political star wanes among Turkey's youth. Even before his disastrous Covid-19 response threa…
Mikyung Sung and Jaemin Shin play Hindemith's Double Bass Sonata: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and F…
"How come in former lifetimes everybody's somebody famous?" Ron Shelton, screenplay for Bull Durham Continue reading Almanac: Ron Shelton on reincarnation and human vanity at About Last N…
"The West End is full of wonderful historic theatres, but they're now completely outmoded. People are four inches taller than when they were built, so the seats are too small, the sight line…
I'm again risking the wrath of the thought-police by coming to the defense of another consummate museum curator who has had the misfortune of wandering into the cancel-culture crosshairs. " …