- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtITV presenter had the prim authority of a primary school teacher - which is more than can be said for the participants of the leaders' debate, says Andrew Pettie
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.com" Mad Men " returns for its final seven episodes on Sunday night. The first half of Season 7 was a difficult climb back to the top for Don, and a lot happened along the way. There was Bert Cooper's death (and beautiful musical send-off )...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsA listing of cultural events for children, teenagers and families.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Verge - Culture Posts
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsSet in the indeterminate, immediate past, before smartphones became our greatest objects of desire, “5 to 7” takes place in a New York that looks, sounds and feels like a borrowed memory.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NYT > ArtsStephen Daldry’s revival of David Hare’s play, starring Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, plays off the dramatic duality of ex-lovers who are irresistibly drawn to each other.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles TimesTo tell the truth or not? That question proves the splintering wedge for a young couple who find themselves stuck in “A Dog’s House” of their own making.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtCoast Australia was visually impressive but Benji Wilson had a few niggles
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsA listing of discussions, cultural activities, walking tours and more in New York City.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Fubiz™
Adam Savage, animateur de l’émission MythBusters sur la chaine Discovery Channel, est un grand fan du cinéma de Stanley Kubrick. Il a voulu rendre hommage au film « The Shining » et au labyrinthe de l’Hôte... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsMark Rylance stars in this television adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgIn this symbolic year 2015, on the occasion of the one hundredth commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia has dedicated its pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition of la Biennal...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.org“The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi” is the first comprehensive overview of the artist’s work by a U.S. museum in more than 65 years. The exhibition is a selective survey that will trace Kuniyoshi’s career though...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgRenowned American photographer, Eve Sonneman, is celebrated for her singular technique of pairing stills taken seconds apart, and presenting them side-by-side. In 1971, her career launched when she was included in the Young Photographers...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comThe taste of authenticity is slowly being sullied with over-produced and super-saturated flavors. The technological era has opened a portal through the computers and laptops of the average citizen to create sounds that could once only be...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgTheir creations are usually reserved for a few wealthy clients, but European museums are currently allowing the public to admire up close the works of star fashion designers Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen and Karl Lagerfeld. The G...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > TheaterProducers for a musical adaptation of the 1993 film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell announced a 2017 opening date on Broadway.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ArtsBeatIn court papers filed in Manhattan, law enforcement officials say that a New York art dealer had a role in the sale of ancient sculptures that had been stolen from temples in India and Nepal.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comSick of humans? Try cats. Earlier this month, writer and comedian Jim Tews launched Felines of New York , a purrrrfect parody of the international phenomenon "Humans of New York." (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagNam...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > TheaterA critical guide to productions in New York City, including shows in previews.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from artforum.comArtnews
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgTo mark the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, an extensive exhibition on the theme of »Picasso in Contemporary Art« is being held from April 1 to July 12, 2015. As the opening presentation in the Deichtorh...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NYT > ArtsThis medieval-esque potboiler has a simple code of devotion to one’s master, and mostly involves men, honor, vengeance, dramatic fights and the fantasy of the good death.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles Times
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgHollywood screen icon Lauren Bacall's carefully collected personal mementos fetched $3.64 million on the auction block, Bonhams said Wednesday. There were hundreds of items up for grabs at the two-day sale -- including housewares, furnit...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comJean-Michel Basquiat passed at the tender age of 27 years young , yet his body of works -- particularly to be paid special attention at his upcoming exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum titled Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks , isn't just someo...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgDiamonds might be a girl's best friend but colored gemstones have become the hottest jewels on the red carpet and in the auction rooms. Thanks to A-List fans like Angelina Jolie, Beyonce, Naomi Watts, Rosamund Pike and Mila Kunis, rubies...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsIn court papers filed in Manhattan, law enforcement officials say that a New York art dealer had a role in the sale of ancient sculptures that had been stolen from temples in India and Nepal.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgSituations announced that they will become an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation (NPO), from 1 April 2015. This three-year funding agreement is a significant step for an organisation which became independent from the University...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cool Hunting
Named for a popular hiking trail across the Golden Gate Bridge, the new Sunski Dipseas combine classic styling with bold touches. The polarized lenses are super-bright emerald green (and offer certified UVA/B/400 protection), but the sha... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgNancy Margolis Gallery presents a two-person exhibition of Anne Canfield and Hiro Sakaguchi on view April 2 through May 9, 2015. Partners, Anne Canfield and Hiro Sakaguchi live and work in Philadelphia, PA. Anne Canfield paints interior ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cool Hunting
The very talented Georgia Anne Muldrow has a new album—A Thoughtiverse Unmarred—due out 19 May 2015, and from it comes "Ankles." It's a track that's equal parts spacey and soulful, and Muldrow's rich vocals sound entirely effortless over... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles TimesTurns out putting together one French filmmaker, one international grande dame and two young American stars makes for lightning in a bottle. "Clouds of Sils Maria" is an electric combination of self-awareness and emotional exploration to...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgPortuguese cinema legend Manoel de Oliveira, whose film-making career ran from the silent era into the digital age, died on Thursday at the age of 106. The award-winning director made more than 50 films, including features and documentar...
- First solo museum exhibition in the Chicago area for Nnenna Okore on view at the Elmhurst Art MuseumFriday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgElmhurst Art Museum is showing On the Brink: New Work by Nnenna Okore, the first solo museum exhibition in the Chicago area for this internationally celebrated sculptor. Nnenna Okore makes striking, abstract wall hangings and installatio...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comWokka-wokka-wokka-wokka. I'm taking a break from the amazing Pac-Man Google Maps take-over to bring you what's buzzing in the art world. Read up and own the cocktail party this weekend! Here are our favorite stories of the week: Might yo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles Times[Spoiler alert: The below post discusses several plot points in the film “Furious 7,” particularly with regard to the arc of Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner character.]
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles TimesAt an afternoon rehearsal in downtown Los Angeles, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne was on his knees making noise. Bearded and bushy-haired, Coyne lifted a device that crackled with static while partner Steven Drodz stood at a keyboard ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles Times— "Mad Men" may be the story of 1960s advertising genius Don Draper, but it is also a series defined and distinguished by its women.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ARTnewsThe Smithsonian’s Museum of American History announced that it will increase its jazz programming with a $2.5 million dollar endowment from the LeRoy Nieman Foundation. Part of the endowment will be used to make up a program of jaz...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Open Culture
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-63cTYJDCA Christopher Hitchens was there, railing against religion and war criminals one minute, and the next, it seems, he was gone, a victim to esophageal cancer in 2011. In the 2010 video above, Hitchens ta... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsThis documentary about Martin A. Armstrong, accused of running a Ponzi scheme, intercuts the tale of his unraveling with his discussions of his financial models.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles TimesSony Pictures Entertainment is losing a respected executive as Michael De Luca leaves his post as president of production at Columbia Pictures for a producing gig at Universal.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIt only takes 10 seconds to crush a man's ambitions, but basically a full year to get new episodes of "House of Cards." As tweeted by the official "House of Cards" Twitter account, the show will return for a fourth season in 2016 I will ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Open Culture
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFJLZSZWTqg Last year we featured All of Bach, a site that, in the fullness of time, will allow you to watch the Netherlands Bach Society perform each and every one of Bach’s compositions, completely for free. B... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbor in Caesarea National Park. The group of divers from the diving club in the harbor found the lost treasure. According to...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsA modern-day noir starring Columbus Short and Wilmer Valderrama focuses on how the tensions of immigration and gentrification have shaped the Lower East Side.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from culture360.asef.org
An international open call for the LIVE WORKS Performance Act Award. Nine selected projects will be offered a creative residency period at Centrale Fies in Northern Italy in July... Read More The post LIVE WORKS Performance ... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT - Los Angeles TimesTalent powerhouse Creative Artists Agency is rolling out the artillery in the escalating battle with United Talent Agency over star clients and agents.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ArtsA participant in the Occupy Wall Street movement offers guided walks of Lower Manhattan to describe what happened in 2011, and why.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The StageRed Rattler says sorry AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY The board of Sydney’s Red Rattler Theatre has issued an apology for refusing to allow a Jewish
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzMCC Theater gathered a stageful of popular stars for its annual Miscast benefit on March 30, which allows Broadway's best and brightest to perform songs that are completely inappropriate for them. In these two exclusive clips, some o...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Antique TraderCommonly thought to be made only of wood, steel and brass, corkscrews have a classically elegant side as well, often one of gold and silver, which is resonating with today’s collectors. Read More + The post Online auction specializes...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzWho can forget the image of Aaron Tveit rocking a pilot uniform with a sexy line-up of stewardesses in periwinkle in the 2011 Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can ? Here's a refresher: brightcove.createExperiences(); We're...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comRita Wilson has briefly departed the company on medical leave.
- Photo Call: John Tartaglia, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Karen Ziemba and Patrick Page at The 100 Musicals iThursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe York Theatre Company presented a starry evening celebrating its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series, which has presented 100 musicals to date, March 30. Titled The 100 Musicals in Mufti Concert Celebration, the performance was held in...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe cast of the current Public Theater hit Hamilton will honor original cast members of A Chorus Line April 16, the 40th anniversary of the latter show's opening at the Public.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzNo one knows who Betty is, but her recipe for chocolate cake is a winner for beltress Julia Murney and Kirsten Wyatt.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsPatricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola, who starred in the recent acclaimed revival of The Elephant Man, were honored April 1 with portraits to adorn the famed walls of Sardi's.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comThe acclaimed drama, which played a sold-out run last summer in the West End, opens tonight.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsNine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune will get to take home another on June 7. The dancer/director/choreographer was named recipient of a Lifetime Achievement honor.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe way conversation works in the age of Twitter, it's hard to figure out where to pause and put a controversy in perspective once it's underway.
- Cheyenne Jackson and John McDaniel Join Lineup for Starry Broadway on the High Seas Caribbean CruiseThursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsAdditional talent has been announced for Playbill Travel's sixth Broadway on the High Seas experience: a lavish winter getaway program aboard the privately chartered Silver Wind, sailing idyllic Caribbean ports St. Barts, St. Lucia,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureThe geniuses at Crayola always crank out crazy crayon names, from "Mac & Cheese" to "Inchworm." Can you deduce real crayon names from ones we made up?
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsA video clip has been released from the Los Angeles premiere of the re-imagined, environmental and immersive production of Carrie, which is currently playing through April 5 at Southern California's La Mirada Theatre for the Perf...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The StageCredit: Sue Bunch For updates, please contact us and we will pass on your information
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe New York Theatre Workshop has announced the world premiere of Lazarus by music legend David Bowie and Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh (Once). The Off-Broadway production is inspired by Walter Tevis' best-selling 19...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Stage1. Serious fun While summer school can be a lot of fun, the best ones offer more than just summer entertainment. They
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comNashville songwriter Peter Edwards lends a score to the historical musical.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzFran Kranz will star opposite the previously reported Al Pacino in China Doll. Directed by Pam MacKinnon and penned by David Mamet, the production will begin performances on October 20 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre and officiall...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : News"Shameless" star Emmy Rossum, who was seen in the film version of "The Phantom of the Opera," was a recent guest on "The Late Late Show with James Corden."
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comMike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is coming to a theater near you.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureA new movie tells the true story of Maria Altmann, who fought her way to the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Austrian government to return a painting of her aunt.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsJavier Muñoz, who understudies lead actor Lin-Manuel Miranda in his Off-Broadway musical Hamilton, may be stepping in weekly at The Public Theater.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureIt's the end of an era: After nearly a century, the Streit's matzo factory is leaving Manhattan's Lower East Side. This Passover will be its last there. Streit's plans to move to a new factory.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureVoyage of the Basilisk is the latest book in Marie Brennan's Memoirs of Lady Trent series; critic Genevieve Valentine says if you love dragons like Lady Trent does, now's the time to get acquainted.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzThe 2015-16 season is now set for the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lineup, in addition to the previously announced world premiere of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’ Waitress musical directed by Dian...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzThere’s only one thing that’s just as good as seeing a Broadway show: Flopping down on the couch with a glass of wine and watching Game of Thrones on demand. Or Sex in the City . Or Girls . Or True Detective . Or&n...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsGodspell actor George Salazar and Spring Awakening actress Remy Zaken headline the latest ten-minute musical for the Take A Ten podcast, entitled The Summer of '63.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzAs the wise prophet Taylor Swift once said, “It’s a love story, baby, just say yes.” Doctor Zhivago onstage lovers Tam Mutu and Kelli Barrett are plopping down on the Broadway.com couch for an appropriately epic round o...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Is Emmy Rossum Eyeing Broadway? The Internet has decided (supposedly) that Emmy Rossum would be the perfect headliner for the upcoming Pretty Woman musical stage adaptation...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The StageTheatre Royal Nottingham is to mark its 150th anniversary with a series of special events, including a Ken Dodd show and the
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzBroadway.com has confirmed that Glenne Headly has temporarily replaced Rita Wilson as Brenda in Fish in the Dark on Broadway. A spokesperson for the production said that Wilson was on brief medical leave and expected to return to th...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsA London production of Jerry's Girls, the 1985 Broadway revue that celebrates the work of composer Jerry Herman that was seen at the St. James Studio in March, is to transfer to London's Jermyn Street Theatre, beginning performan...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comThe organization will celebrate its landmark musical, which hits the big four-oh on April 16.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comA.R. Gurney's drama is to be directed by Jim Simpson for Signature Theatre.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureWhy are Doc Holliday and Dr. Martens a paradox? Because they're a "pair of 'Docs.'" Every answer is a word that begins with the letters p-a-r-a, followed by the word that two clues have in common.
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Society of London Theatre - NewsJudi Dench, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Angela Lansbury will be among the star-studded line-up of theatrical talent handing out London theatre’s most coveted prizes at the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TheaterMania.comThe accolade will be presented at the 2015 Tony Awards ceremony.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsClarke Peters and Broadway-bound Cynthia Erivo have joined the line-up for the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying that will be staged in a concert production May 19 at London's Royal Festival Hall.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsEver wonder what it's like backstage at a Broadway show? Jarrod Spector, who originated the role of Barry Mann in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, will take over Playbill's official Twitter and Instagram accounts to give follo...
- Carolyn McCormick, Kristine Nielsen & More Set for A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer Off-BroadwayThursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzThe cast is now set for the Signature Theatre production of A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer . Carolyn McCormick and Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen will star as Grace and Anna Trumbull, respectively, alongside Pico Alexander as ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzGroundhog Day is coming to Broadway! Groundhog Day is coming to Broadway! Groundhog Day is coming to Broadway! According to The New York Times , the previously reported stage adaptation of the 1993 film by the creative team behind Matild...
- Photo Call: Meet the Cast of The Spoils, Featuring Jesse Eisenberg and Stars of “Big Bang Theory” anThursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsThe New Group's world premiere of Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils will begin previews May 5 prior to an official opening June 2 at The Pershing Square Signature Center.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Auction Central News
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Society of London Theatre - NewsNo one yet knows who will win one of the coveted accolades at this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard, but after meeting 2015’s lucky nominees we’ve dished out our own set of slightly unconventional awards.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzThough the latest revival of The Elephant Man , starring Bradley Cooper, ended its limited engagement in February, the show's stars have not been forgotten, especially by Sardi's. The Theatre District institution honor...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsSerial killer Patrick Batemen will likely bow on Broadway in spring 2016, when American Psycho, the new musical by Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, will make its Main Stem bow.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Playbill.com : NewsDates are now firm for Al Pacino's return to Broadway in China Doll, the new play that Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet wrote for him.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureGo the distance for this final round, where all the answers contain some form of measurement. For example, the nickname for London's Metropolitan Police Service is "Scotland Yard."
