Performing arts articles
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Great Performances
Friday, May 10 at 9 From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (“Slave Play”) in the title role and Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia (“Hadestown”).
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Never underestimate the power of art
Despite this, we cannot take Edinburgh’s status as one of the world’s cultural capitals for granted – and the depressing news that the iconic Summerhall arts centre has been put on the open market signals just that. Without the cultural infrastructure to support our creative businesses and artists to succeed, we risk the managed decline of Edinburgh’s cultural scene. It’s a warning being replayed year on year from the Edinburgh festivals organisers. Look after it or lose it. Of course, I’m...
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Making motherhood into high art
Most women assume that balancing motherhood and a professional career is a modern challenge, but that’s not quite right.Meditations on this theme reach back to classical antiquity. Some prominent women, such as Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi brothers), are recorded as virtuous exemplars. Others, such as Livia (wife of the Emperor Augustus) are remembered for scheming and treachery on behalf of their children. The French portraitist Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1755-1842), took this to a new...