Theater

Ariana Grande on stage during the ‘Dangerous Woman Tour’ on February 19, 2017. Under the spotlight, the singer reconnects with that direct relationship with the public, which she will put on hold after September 1, 2026. Credits: Emma (emmarsheehan), CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Why Ariana Grande is stepping back from public life as a stage role falls away and her return stays uncertain

2026-08-05

At the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Gérard Darmon appears in close-up, tinted glasses and silver hair. A luminous portrait of the actor, fifteen years before the Paris cancellation. Credit: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Why Gérard Darmon’s play “Un château de cartes” vanished from the Paris theater schedule before September

2026-07-31

From Barthelasse Island, Avignon brings together Saint-Bénézet Bridge, the Rhône, and the Palace of the Popes. The Festival city appears as a historic backdrop already poised for the stage. Credits: Ecostylia.

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At Avignon, Tiphaine Raffier turns end-of-life choices into charged family theater for a tense 2026 premiere

2026-07-03

On April 2, 2026, Catherine Pégard appeared at an institutional meeting in Japan, a few months before the Culture Ministry’s heatwave sequence. Her image accompanies a practical debate on opening hours, capacity limits, and public decisions. Credits: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

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As heatwaves intensify, France’s museums and festivals rethink summer hours to avoid last-minute cancellations

2026-07-02

The Cour d’honneur of the Palais des Papes already holds the memory of Avignon’s great nights. In 2026, Maldoror adds the promise of a dizzying stage experience. Credit: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5.

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Julien Gosselin brings Maldoror to Avignon with five hours of theater, film and literary darkness onstage

2026-06-30

Leïla Slimani at the Fronteiras do Pensamento series in São Paulo, June 2018. The novelist already appears as a public voice, between literature, cultural policy, and social debate. Credits: Fronteiras do Pensamento / Greg Salibian, via Wikimedia Commons.

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At France’s national theater, Jolly and Slimani signal a Comédie-Française season built for public transition

2026-06-10

Nicole Scherzinger receives congratulations backstage at the 2025 Tony Awards, in a highly institutional prestige archive. The shot illuminates the media setting of a ceremony that, by 2026, has become a cultural and political marker. Credit: The Tony Awards / CC BY 3.0.

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Tony Awards 2026 winners put Schmigadoon !, Liberation and Cats at the center of Broadway’s political turn

2026-06-08

In her light coat, Anne-Lise Polchlopek looks at the camera without artifice. On this calm face reads the promise of an evening where opera is told differently. The Philo-Concert on February 12, 2026 bets on this presence, both learned and accessible — a voice to enter lyric art as one enters a conversation.

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Envolées Lyriques 2026 brings opera to a university hall

2026-02-07

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Portrait: Josiane Balasko and Marilou Berry, Mother and Daughter Onstage

2026-02-04

Society

Imani Smith Death at 26: Suspect Charged With Murder in New Jersey

2025-12-27

The façade of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris ‘public domain image, Wikimedia Commons’.

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Laurent Lafitte as Zaza: tender, political cabaret in Paris

2025-12-08

Sylvie Testud in ‘Un dimanche à la campagne’ (France 2)

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Sylvie Testud joins ‘Un dimanche à la campagne’: candid talk and stage return

2025-11-10