Friday, September 27, 2019
Los Angeles already had one dance festival, but Lythgoe, producer of So You Think You Can Dance, knew that if he hadn't heard of it, it wasn't getting enough publicity. So he and Allen creat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]The actual theatre didn't physically collapse, though: the company that operated the venue in York for the past two summers, with a second replica at Blenheim Palace near Oxford this past su…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]"Researchers … found that the orchestra and Cleveland Institute of Music, where many orchestra members teach, together contributed $172.1 million to the regional economy. … Activities at…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:33PM[SHARE]A few months after public concerns arose about their delay, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnualt has signed a formal agreement with the Fondation Notre-Dame for the €200 million he pledged toward …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:33PM[SHARE]A Philadelphia Orphans' Court judge ruled that the sale " The Bride, the nonprofit that owns the center, had sold it for $4.5 million to a developer who planned to build condos on the site "…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:33PM[SHARE]"Throughout its four-season run, the Jill Soloway series defined an entire [new] genre of TV comedy and opened new avenues for TV storytelling" " crossing boundaries of mood, narrative style…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:33PM[SHARE]"Over the years, Murphy has teased fans with talk of a comeback, but this time, inspired by [his new movie, Dolemite Is My Name], he appears to mean it. He signed a deal with Netflix to put …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:33PM[SHARE]Writer Sammy Sussman reports on allegations of inappropriate comments and touching, aimed at both male and female graduate students, by a composition professor at UT-Austin's Butler School o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Why? Because the RSC accepts sponsorship money from BP, which funds the company's program offering £5 tickets to young adults. Says an open letter just sent to the theatre, "If we, as you…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]"The popular misconception that price is the chief barrier to access to the arts has taken hold in the sector, while in reality, price is only one of a complex set of factors affecting engag…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]"A new arts district opens next weekend in the Swiss city of Lausanne, on the site of the city's former train sheds. After a decade of planning and development, Plateforme 10 includes the re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AM[SHARE]This show turned out to be more timely than the NYBG could have known when it began to organize what it billed as its "largest botanical exhibition ever." " Lee Rosenbaum
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18AM[SHARE]It's been a busy month at Tula's, a jazz fixture in the US Pacific Northwest for more than two decades, as most of the top jazz musicians in Seattle are playing their last gigs at the club a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 26, 2019
Choreographer Lin Hwai-min, who founded the company in Taiwan in 1973 and led it to acclaim abroad and superstar status at home, is stepping down as artistic director at the end of this year…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM[SHARE]"Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are nestled in one another's arms, sweat glistening on their muscled chests. They kiss softly and tenderly. It's the middle of the night in a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM[SHARE]"Dorsen has an answer, or many answers, depending on how you break down her thoughts on the intersection of computer technology and theater. … Her inspiration came while reading a 1950 ess…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM[SHARE]"What was the crowning achievement of Stanley M. Freehling, the extraordinary philanthropist, fund-raiser and all-around arts agitator for the State of Illinois? Was it the saving of the Goo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM[SHARE]De Luz, who retired from NYCB last spring, has just begun a five-year term as artistic director at Spain's national company, which came to international renown under the leadership of choreo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM[SHARE]"The 12-month residency will mentor three writers each year, during which time they will create new work for the outdoor Globe Theatre and the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, as well work…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PM[SHARE]Twelve years after he left the (now-defunct) liberal radio network Air America, just under two years since he resigned from the Senate over disputed #MeToo allegations, and two months after …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12AM[SHARE]Paul Meecham is stepping down, effective next week. "During his three years with the [organization], Meecham worked to expand the Utah Symphony's reach across the state, … spearheading 'th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12AM[SHARE]"The artist's return to Belgrade after nearly a half-century has been an event. … On Saturday, the day the show opened, her face was on the front page of nearly every national newspaper in…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12AM[SHARE]"Hundreds of interlocking panels " black, white and Coca-Cola red all over " made up Josef Albers's Manhattan, a mural in which geometry and meticulous precision met modernist vivacity. It w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AM[SHARE]The Open Youth Orchestra of Ireland "is preparing for its inaugural performance, which will showcase adaptive instruments, virtual reality music and revolutionary 'conductology'. (includes v…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AM[SHARE]Ever on the frontier of experimentation, the adventurous tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger is aided by the complexity of Steve Lampert's composition Zigsaw. " Doug Ramsey
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2019
"Arthur Koestler's classic story of Stalinist purges has hitherto been known through an incomplete translation by his girlfriend " until a student found the original in an archive." " The Gu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]Li Cunxin, who defected from China in 1981, danced with the Houston and Australian Ballets, retired from the stage in 1999, and became a Melbourne stockbroker. Then, in 2012, came a call fro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]Eva Yaa Asantewaa "wasn't looking for a curatorial position when she got a call from Gina Gibney, the artistic director and founder of Gibney, a performing arts and social justice organizati…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]The producers of Jeremy O. Harris's daring drama set aside all 804 seats on Sept. 18 for Black theatregoers, and they marketed the event almost entirely through direct outreach. Harris was t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PM[SHARE]As part of the grand opening of its big new store in central London, Samsung put up a three-story, 30-foot stage and presented a rock concert on it. Why? "Research … found 94% of smartphon…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AM[SHARE]"[He] championed the work of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, wrote a provocative study of suicide and explored his own risky pastimes in [bestselling] books about rock climbing and professional…
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