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Theater critics Jacquinn Sinclair and Ed Siegel selected their favorite theater productions from the year, including David Byrnes "American Utopia," "Ma Raineys Black Bottom" on Netflix, "Mala" from the Huntington Theatre Company and "Hamilton," which is available to stream on Disney+. (Courtesy) Theater gave up what many consider its essence in 2020 — the communality of gathering together to experience the benediction of artistic expression along with the challenge of confronting our inner d...

LLANDUDNO lifeboat will be celebrating Christmas with an alternative on line carol concert. Since moving to the new boathouse on Llandudno Beach in 2017, each Christmas has been marked with a carol concert for crew, families, friends, and the local community. In the autumn, Alun Pari Huws, Deputy Launching Authority realised that the pandemic was more than likely to thwart similar plans for this year. He said: “I sought support to pursue a plan for an alternative online carol concert, p...

Art teaches empathy: no wonder cancel culture coincided with the year the arts stopped State-subsidised organisations have been more concerned with pandering to the Twitter mob than safeguarding the arts this year 17 December 2020 • 6:00am Clockwise from top left: JK Rowling vilified; Les Misérables staged concert; the National Gallery’s Artemesia show; dancers perform in face masks This year has been like no other and few areas have felt this as acutely as the arts. All the certainties, a...

Are you a book lover? Read on We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Are you a book lover? Read on Save Normal text size Advertisement This week we launched our first edition of The Booklist, our weekly newsletter about books, reading and writing. What a time to start - at the end of a tumultuous year that has brought us fire, floods and a pandemic. If youre inclined to look on the bright side - I am - one of the best things about it has been t...

Kat B as Uncle Vincent the Cat in Dick Whittington. Photograph: Manuel Vazquez/The Guardian Kat B as Uncle Vincent the Cat in Dick Whittington. Photograph: Manuel Vazquez/The Guardian After a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings Sat 12 Dec 2020 05.00 EST Remember your first ever Christmas show – its sparkle and magic, its tinsel and thrall? I watched my first pantomime...

Are you a book lover? Read on We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Are you a book lover? Read on Save Normal text size Advertisement This week we launched our first edition of The Booklist, our weekly newsletter about books, reading and writing. What a time to start - at the end of a tumultuous year that has brought us fire, floods and a pandemic. If youre inclined to look on the bright side - I am - one of the best things about it has been t...

The 50 best cultural events of 2020 From film and TV to opera and art, The Telegraphs critics look back at the highlights of the year The leading lights of the last 12 months Its been the most difficult year for the arts in memory, with countless events cancelled and many performers left out of work. And yet, in the face of these setbacks, there have still been reasons to be cheerful: gripping TV dramas, blockbuster art exhibitions and brilliant new albums. Radio brought millions of locked-dow...

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38-page special edition. its hitting newsstands now. >> a replacement ref replaced before the kickoff. side judge brian stropolo booted for openly being a saints fan. he posted pictures of himself in saints gearal gating. monday morning quarterback this one. one. "newsroom" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. thank you so much for being with us. im carol costello. we begin this hour with muslim outrage and new flare-ups of anti-american violence. one...