Performing Arts
Eisteddfod Culture
“Hey, let’s put on a show!” Call me old-fashioned but nothing fills my heart with more theatrical gusto than Sir…
NEA – Redux or Renew?
President Bush wants Dana Gioia at the helm of the NEA for another term. Will this be good for America’s…
Access All Arias
Making the opera relevant to a larger audience, a new audience, is a practice happening around the states. Far from…
Look Out He’s Behind You: It’s Pantomime Season
More than any other country, Britain has a long and colourful pantomime history and Christmas pantos – amateur, professional, and…
Inspired to inspire
This Wednesday the fourth annual Inspired Art Fair kicks off in London. The largest London annual art fair showcasing international…
CBGB’s is now a memory
The Bowery block that was its home is now grayer, bleaker, and a lot quieter. And as it regularly does,…
Taxing Times
“A Court of Appeal ruling that the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO), a registered charity, does not qualify to treat admission…
Still SING-ing
With its 60th anniversary just around the bend, the high school musical theatre competition SING! can look back on an…
Not just for the sake of art
Art is playing an increasing role in creating, maintaining and restoring the emotional health of everyone from artists to homeless…
AmArts: Everybody's doing it
For those who believe in art for art's sake does burgeoning interest in amateur and community arts mark a return…