[ad_1] Michael Imperioli was onstage last week when a performance of “An Enemy of the People,” in which he stars, was interrupted by protesters. “I wasn’t sure if the director kind of planted them there,” he told me not long afterward. The play was written by Henrik Ibsen nearly a hundred and fifty years ago,… Continue reading Michael Imperioli Knows Art Can’t Save Us
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Can Quinta Brunson save broadcast TV? Does she want to?
[ad_1] Quinta Brunson’s ABC series, “Abbott Elementary,” occupies a rare position this Emmy’s season. It’s the only broadcast show to have earned a nomination, along with many of its cast members. (Rosaline Shahnavaz) When the Quinta Brunson-created “Abbott Elementary” first premiered late in 2021 on ABC, no one could have predicted the strange position it… Continue reading Can Quinta Brunson save broadcast TV? Does she want to?
The Race to Save the World’s DNA
[ad_1] Four years ago, a few hundred miles off the coast of West Africa, a crane lifted a bulbous yellow submarine from the research vessel Poseidon and lowered it into the Atlantic. Inside the sub, Karen Osborn, a zoologist at the Smithsonian Institution who was swaddled in warm clothes, tried to ward off nausea. During… Continue reading The Race to Save the World’s DNA
Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music
[ad_1] The case against the music-streaming industry is as damning as ever. The leading services pay pittances to artists—usually, less than one cent per play. In a textbook demonstration of monopoly economics, megastars magnify their wealth while everyone else struggles to break even. Streaming technology is environmentally destructive, resulting in the release of up to… Continue reading Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music