The composer will become the only living person to have a theatre dedicated in their honour in both the West End and on Broadway, which is already home to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. – The Stage
Tag: 07.05.19
3000-Year-Old Bust Of King Tut Sells At Auction For $6 Million Despite Claims It Was Stolen
“We think it left Egypt after 1970 because in that time other artifacts were stolen from Karnak Temple,” former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass told AFP. – The Daily Beast
Did The Catholic Church Hide Art That Depicted Women In Liturgical Roles?
A new scholarly paper focusses on early Christian artwork that, it argues, depicts women as priests and even bishops. “These images are especially important because of our limited evidence for early Christian liturgy. Examining the three earliest surviving images of Christians worshipping at the altar (two from the fifth century and one from the early sixth century), Kateusz notes that all three artifacts show women by the altar in seemingly official roles.” – The Daily Beast
As Popular Cities Get Choked With Tourists, They Wonder: How Many Is Too Many?
From now until the end of the summer season, Vancouver will be at 95 percent tourism capacity, according to Gwendal Castellan, manager of Sustainable Destination Development at Tourism Vancouver. That is presenting him and his colleagues with a once-unthinkable challenge: Do they just stop promoting the city? – CityLab
Why Are New Sports Arenas Installing Art?
The answer has very little to do with game days and much more to do with wringing money out of the spaces in the off season. Art suggests high-end. And a high-end vibe, these stadiums hope, will help them lure clients to rent out the venues for birthday parties, graduations, weddings, concerts, and corporate events. – Artnet
When Higher Education Becomes A Partisan Political Issue (Nothing Good)
What happens when the fate of local colleges is not up to the public decision but to a single politician? In Alaska at least, it has meant the decimation of the state’s higher-education budget. – The Atlantic
Theatre And Religion – It’s About What Resonates (And Why)
“Whether the religious creeds of our childhoods helped or harmed us, whether we retain or reject them as adults, “something inside of us” is what those teachings remain: a language we’ll always speak, because it was one of the first that we learned. Echoed in a playwright’s work, it’s instantly, almost instinctively, recognizable.” – The New York Times
And You Think You Have A Bad Job – The Life Of Moderating Online Content
“The policies that were in place almost parodied themselves. They were so specific on the one hand and totally missing the forest for the trees on the other that you really had to embed yourself into the logic of the particular platform, and of course every platform has its own set of policies that it makes up.” – The New Yorker
Dance Manchester Closes After 27 Years
It was the region’s dance support organization. A spokesperson for Dance Manchester said that as an “old school” company, the organisation was too reliant on public funding to remain “fit for purpose. We know now in the sector that you need more than that.” – Arts Professional