Art and Culture

The exterior of the Trafalgar Theatre, photo by Joaquin Carfagna / Pexels The UK theatre sector is facing a structural squeeze as escalating production costs offset record-breaking audience attendance and revenue,…
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That’s the allegation in a lawsuit filed by the production company (called Iceberg Ahead LLC) in Virginia against former general manager Carl Flanigan. In March the company won a $4.3 million default judgment against Flanigan, who never…
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S&P Global Ratings already has placed Paramount Skydance‘s credit rating in junk-status territory — indicating that the media conglomerate’s debt securities are considered speculative-grade. But if and when Paramount completes its…
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By Laurence Vittes | From the January/February 2026 issue of StringsWith the enormous, game-changing impact that is already being generated by Gustavo Dudamel’s move to the New York Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä’s to the Chicago…
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British composer and conductor Thomas Adès has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Hallé Orchestra from September 2026, in what appears to be the first long-term conducting title of his career. The appointment…
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A Paris judge has rejected a request to halt the removal of six 19th-century stained-glass windows by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc from Notre-Dame Cathedral, which are to be replaced by government-commissioned contemporary works, dealing a…
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“While piracy has long been an issue for the book business, the rapid rise of unauthorized audiobooks” — typically with vocally flat narration and unrelated visuals — “on YouTube, which publishers and authors believe are eroding sales…
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center actually programmed a gala in honor of luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz — because so many of its members, and other leading string players (including Joshua Bell and Maxim Vengerov), have instruments…
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Organization The Saint Louis Art Museum is a world-renowned fine arts institution located in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to collecting, presenting, and preserving works of art of the highest quality across time and…
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“Death Becomes Her,” a campy musical based on the 1992 cult favorite film, is closing after less than two years on Broadway. After 650 performances over a 20-month run, “Death Becomes Her” will conclude on June 28. The…
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