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The Theater of Congress’s Iran War Votes
The war powers resolution taken up by the Senate this past week — along with the angst over it — is part of a show. Source link
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Norcia’s Civico Theater Reopens After Restoration by Cucinelli Family
SUPPORTING HERITAGE: Brunello Cucinelli continues to champion art and history. The Teatro Civico in the town of Norcia, severely damaged…
Culture
‘Schmigadoon!’ Broadway Review: TV Series Adaptation Delivers a Fizzy and Delightful Love Letter to Musical Theater
It’s tempting to argue on principle that “Schmigadoon!” is everything that’s wrong with Broadway: a double-baked potato of familiar IP…
Culture
John Lithgow on the Controversial Authors Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your…
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A Poetic, Stone-Hued Wedding of Quiet Luxury at Petra Theater
The color palette was inspired by the raw beauty of Petra Theater itself — soft neutrals, natural stone, warm ivory, and touches of…
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Philippine Theater Star Lhorvie Nuevo-Tadioan Lands Title Role in Sonny Calvento’s ‘Mother Maybe’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Philippine theater actor Lhorvie Nuevo-Tadioan has secured the title role in director Sonny Calvento‘s “Mother Maybe,” joining previously…
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Best of CES 2026: Gaming Laptops, 4K TVs, AI Wearables, Home Theater Gear and Other New Tech to Look Forward to This Year
Some of the biggest — and newest — tech companies from around the world come to Las Vegas every January for the Consumer Electronics Show…
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The Movie Theater Comeback That Wasn’t: Why 2025 Was Such a Dud for Struggling Cinemas
Some comeback! The past 12 months were supposed to turn things around for struggling cinemas. But instead of heralding a dramatic return…
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Theater Owners Worry Netflix Buying Warner Bros. Will Cripple Their Business: ‘Hopefully the Deal Gets Killed’
Movie theater operators are reeling after Netflix, long viewed as public enemy No. 1, announced that it has a deal in place to buy Warner…
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Farhan Akhtar’s ‘120 Bahadur’ Makes History With India Defense Theater Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Farhan Akhtar‘s war epic “120 Bahadur” is set to make exhibition history as the first film to release across India’s defense theater…
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‘Kokuho’ Team on Bringing Kabuki Theater to a Younger Generation: ‘It’s a Movie About Art, Two Actors and the Life of Actors’
As part of Variety’s Screening Series, “Kokuho” production designer Yohei Taneda and producer Chieko Murata joined Variety’s…
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Inside Eli Roth’s Bloody Brave Plan to Revive Hollywood: Go Directly to Theater Owners With Movies That Scare the S— Out of Him
Eli Roth has spent decades in the entertainment industry, but he’s still chasing the high of telling his schoolyard friends about the wild…
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Crisis Deepens for U.K. Entertainment Freelancers as 44% Earn Below Living Wage
U.K. entertainment freelancers are facing an unprecedented crisis, with nearly half earning below the legal minimum wage, according to the…
Culture
Steven Spielberg Debuts Nail-Biting Action Footage From New Film at Emotional Universal Theater Dedication
Steven Spielberg is never going to retire. The legendary filmmaker promised this on Thursday night in Los Angeles, speaking at an intimate…
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A Second-Generation San Francisco Theater Owner Is Ready to Retire. Can He Find a Buyer to Keep Independent Cinemas Alive in the City?
Frank Lee has spent nearly his entire life running movie theaters. At 70, after a long career as an independent theater operator in San…
Culture
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 Cast on Naomi Campbell, ‘Theater Queens’ and Giving Drag Makeovers to Their Fathers: ‘My Dad Is a Straight Latino Man’
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” executive producer Randy Barbato, co-executive producer/judge Michelle Visage, and choreographer/judge Jamal Sims…
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Amber Iman Brings ‘Goddess’ Alive on the Public Theater Stage
The week after the opening of “Goddess” at the Public Theater, the musical’s lead Amber Iman was busy as ever. A cofounder of Black Women…
Culture
Maria Grazia Chiuri on Her Restored Theater and Rome’s Special Locations
ROME – Rome has famously been described as a stage, given its fascinating and storied backdrops for events, its history of open-air…
Business
‘Étoile’ Star Gideon Glick Launches LGBTQ+ Not-for-Profit Theater Initiative Blue Roses Project With Jonathan Groff Joining Board of Directors (EXCLUSIVE)
“Étoile” star Gideon Glick and producer-director James Will McBride are launching the Blue Roses Project, a not-for-profit theater…
Culture
Rian Johnson Says ‘I Don’t’ Agree With Netflix CEO Over Movie Theater Model Being ‘Outdated’: I Want ‘Knives Out 3’ in ‘Many Theaters For as Long as Possible’
Rian Johnson recently told Business Insider while promoting “Poker Face” Season 2 that he wants the the next “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up…
Culture
Supporters Rally to Save the Cinerama Dome as Future of Hollywood Theater Complex Remains Uncertain
Ben Steinberg has been on a mission to get his favorite theaters, Hollywood’s ArcLight Cinemas and the historic Cinerama Dome, to reopen.…
Culture
Bill Hader Got Fired From His Movie Theater Job for Spoiling ‘Titanic’ to the Sorority Girls Who Made Fun of Him and Called Him Charles Manson: ‘Leo Dies!’
Long before Bill Hader was a “Saturday Night Live” icon and a “Barry” Emmy winner, he worked at a movie theater selling tickets. It didn’t…
Culture
How Korea’s Largest Theater Chain Lost a Fortune in America
It’s been a tough few years for the theater business, and it’s been particularly brutal in San Francisco. Since the pandemic began, the…
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Willem Dafoe on His First Venice Biennale Theater Program, With Whirling Dervishes and a Homage to Avant-Garde Icon Richard Foreman (That He Will Perform Himself)
“Theatre is Body – Body is Poetry” is the title chosen by Willem Dafoe for his first edition as artistic director of the Venice Biennale‘s…