International Ballet and Choreography Competition in Beijing
The opening ceremony for the third Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition takes place at the Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) on 10 July, 2015.Hosted by the...
View ArticleRobbie Williams is "Doing it for the Kids" at July 15 Bonhams Charity Auction
More than 150 lots of pop star Robbie Williams’ personal artifacts and memorabilia will be auctioned July 15 by Bonhams in London, led by a cream two-piece suit worn by Williams in the music video for...
View ArticleAmerica Gets Dick Diver, Finally
Dick Diver — named after a character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's “Tender Is The Night,” so quit giggling — are one of Australia's most exciting pop exports. This week, the Melbourne-based quartet...
View ArticleMisty Copeland Adds Another Title: Miss Turnstyles
“Omigod, that’s Misty Copeland!”Walking the Red Carpet to the Tony Awards on June 7, Misty Copeland attracted almost as much attention as Broadway veterans Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster and pop...
View Article5 Films to See in New York This Week: "Tangerine,""Fresh Dressed," and More
“Tangerine,” Film Society of Lincoln Center, opens July 10Sean Baker’s zigzagging Los Angeles street odyssey arrives with a ton of hype surrounding it following its premiere at the Sundance Film...
View ArticleQ&A: Mary Louise Wilson Gets the Last Laugh
In 1989, Mary Louise Wilson, after nearly four decades in the theater, found herself being robbed of stage time in the minor role of “First Witch” in a Public Theater production of “Macbeth.” The...
View ArticleThe Old and New at Japan Cuts 2015
Japan Cuts, whose ninth edition begins at the Japan Society in New York on July 9, promises to showcase “the A to Z of new film made in and around Japan.” But the highlights of this year’s festival are...
View ArticleThe Hockey Stars of Coorg
Around April every year, Coorg’s famous tea-plantation fields turn into a hockey ground to host the Kodava Hockey Festival. It is considered the world’s largest hockey tournament that’s played fondly,...
View ArticleThe Kids Are Alright: “The Decline of Western Civilization” Trilogy
In the introduction to “Teenage Wasteland,” the former Village Voice writer Donna Gaines’s study of 1980s suburban youth, she poses a few simple questions that initiated her project: “I wanted to...
View ArticleMuzaffarnagar Eventually: Delhi Filmmaker Tries To Tell The Real Story
Muzaffarngar, otherwise known for its brass sculptures and artisans, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, has never quite recovered from the emotional scars of the violence that broke out...
View ArticlePerforming Arts Weekend Picks in NYC: July 10-12
The weekend has arrived. Are you looking for something to do with your friends? Is your family in town? Maybe you’re just bored and need to get out of your apartment? Let ARTINFO help you out. Below...
View ArticlePatti LuPone and the Changing Broadway Audience
At a recent performance of “Shows for Days” at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, a woman in the second row was texting on her cellphone. At one point in the second act, Patti LuPone, who stars as a...
View ArticleOpen Wounds: Joshua Oppenheimer on “The Look of Silence”
In 2001, when filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer first went to Indonesia, he knew nothing of the country and its political history. He arrived by invitation of the International Union of Food and...
View Article“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”: Top 5 Plays Inspired by Books
JK Rowling is collaborating with award-winning playwright Jack Thorne and Tony award-winning director John Tiffany to create a new stage play titled “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” which will open...
View Article“Death Note”: the 5 Most Critically Acclaimed Productions Starring Hong Kwang-ho
The musical “Death Note,” based on the popular manga comics of the same name, has opened for its first-ever licensed production and the star of the show is world-class Korean actor Hong Kwang-ho.“The...
View Article5 Films to See This Week in New York: "Nothing Lasts Forever,""Cold Turkey,"...
“Nothing Lasts Forever,” Anthology Film Archives, July 16, 19The former “Saturday Night Live” writer Tom Schiller’s rare and hilarious genre-pastiche, which has only screened for audiences a handful of...
View ArticleRoger Rees in Memoriam: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The general public knew Roger Rees best for his television roles as Robin Colcord in “Cheers” and Lord John Marbury in “The West Wing.” But the Welsh-born actor, who died on July 10 at the age of 71,...
View ArticleQ&A: Takashi Murakami On His Debut Film, “Jellyfish Eyes”
In “Jellyfish Eyes,” the first film from artist Takashi Murakami that arrived in theaters earlier this week, the children in a Japanese town develop special relationships with small, animated...
View ArticleAmy Schumer Loses Her Voice in “Trainwreck”
The reason why “Trainwreck” is ultimately disappointing is less because of what the movie is and more because of what it could, or should, have been. Written by and starring comedian Amy Schumer and...
View ArticleDylan McDermott to Star in Tennessee Williams’s “Dirtiest” Play
This fall, Emmy-nominee Dylan McDermott (“The Practice”) will star in New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre production of “Baby Doll,” based on the 1956 movie that caused the writer Tennessee Williams to be...
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