An Interview with Dr. Haley Mellin
This past weekend, the Whitney Museum of American Art staged “A Century of Displacement: Climate & Mass Migration,” a series of talks by Dr. Haley Mellin, Dr. Benjamin Strauss, Amali …
ART & CULTURE
“And Just Like That” the sex is back in the city, midlife edition
“It’s a lot like what people used to say about dating in Alaska: the odds are good, but the goods are odd. Except erase the first part.” This is how …
‘Ghost town’: Haunted Mansion premiere goes ahead cast-less amid actors’ strike
T he world premiere for Disney’s star-studded film Haunted Mansion became the first major Hollywood event to go ahead without its actors including Danny DeVito and Jamie Lee Curtis due …
Concert etiquette: why are people behaving badly?
A recent spate of bad behaviour at concerts and shows has led to questions about audience etiquette and why it seems to be changing. Several artists have been forced to deal …
A French Festival Focuses (Timidly) on English
As soon as the Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues took over at the Avignon Festival, France’s biggest theater event, he announced a symbolic move: Under his direction, there would be a …
‘Carnelian’ by Lex Brown: A Musical Existential Roller Coaster
Imminent annihilation plausibly threatening contemporary life as we know it, isn’t usually a subject for popular genres like musical theater — at least it hasn’t been since the Cold War. …
Joyce Season to Include Kyle Marshall and Hope Boykin Debuts
Debuts by the choreographers Kyle Marshall and Hope Boykin, as well as a series of dance works set to the composer Philip Glass’s piano études, will come to the Joyce …
‘Final Cut’ Review: A Feeble Rise of the Living Dead
If you’re going to remake a film whose footprint is still fresh, you better make it your own if not significantly better. The French zom-com “Final Cut” does neither — …
How to Sell Your Old Comics
And yes, the old Overstreet Comics Guide is still around and in print, but getting pricing information on their online platform, Overstreet Access, costs $3 a month or more. You’ll …
Center for Puppetry Arts announces programming for 2023-24 season
The Center for Puppetry Arts has recently announced the upcoming programming for its 2023-2024 season. For its new season, the museum will be hosting several onstage performances, museum exhibitions, education …