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L.A. Phil names Kim Noltemy as president and CEO
Kim Noltemy takes over as president and CEO of the L.A. Phil from Chad Smith, who left for the Boston Symphony Orchestra last fall. She arrives from the Dallas Symphony Assn.
Review: Ralph Fiennes, an older Macbeth, builds sympathy for a killer with soulful weariness
A cinematic presentation of a London production of "Macbeth" starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma has a limited engagement in movie theaters.
Inside the secret poker games opening doors in L.A.'s art scene
Poker-playing artists have let the cigar smoke out and opened up the tables to a more diverse, inclusive and female-friendly pool of players.
Alex Hassilev, last original member of the '60s folk trio the Limeliters, dies at 91
With Glenn Yarbrough and Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev was in one of the most popular bands of the early '60s. 'Through Children's Eyes' made the Limeliters beloved.
Tony nominations reflect a Broadway year in which long shots eclipsed safe bets
'Stereophonic,' 'Merrily We Roll Along,' 'Illinoise,' Alicia Keys' 'Hell's Kitchen,' Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange, Rachel McAdams, Jeremy Strong: This year even known quantities had to stretch.
2024 Tony Awards: 'Stereophonic' and 'Hell's Kitchen' lead nominations
The nominees for Broadway's biggest prize were announced Tuesday, with "Stereophonic" and "Hell's Kitchen" receiving 13 nods each. Here's the full list of 2024 Tony nominations.
Need a little hope? Geffen Playhouse magic show proves hope is more than an illusion
Helder GuimarAPSes and Frank Marshall created the rare COVID-era theater hit with "The Present." They're back with "The Hope Theory," a magic show about the immigrant experience.
Mark Taper Forum to reopen with 'American Idiot,' Larissa FastHorse's 'Fake It Until You Make It'
Robert O'Hara's new "Hamlet," as well as the Broadway tours of "Life of Pi" and "Parade," are among Center Theatre Group's 2024-25 season offerings.
Review: 'Illinoise,' based on Sufjan Stevens' concept album, clears a fresh Broadway path
Choreographer and director Justin Peck brings an athletic grace to a new, category-defying Broadway musical spun from a Sufjan Stevens album. The singing? It's gorgeous
A new play about Jesus comes to the O.C. It could provoke 'intense' reactions
World premiere 'Galilee, 34,' at South Coast Repertory through May 12, turns biblical figures into flawed humans a in a way that some believers may take issue with.
Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger could've given Craig Ellwood teardown 'some honor,' architect's daughter says
Architect Craig Ellwood's daughter told The Times, 'I don't feel bitter' toward Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger for tearing down her father's famed Zimmerman House.
Inside LACMA's plans to share its collection with a new Las Vegas museum: 'I'm a West Coast booster'
Early this year the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced a partnership with the planned Las Vegas Museum of Art. LACMA's Michael Govan and LVMA director Heather Harmon discuss the details of the arrangement.
Commentary: LACMA finally is getting its satellite space. Regrettably, it's in another state
LACMA's collection will be loaned to a new Las Vegas art museum. The deal isn't a jackpot for L.A., which has long been promised its own satellites.
David Mamet slams Hollywood's 'garbage' DEI initiatives. 'It's fascist totalitarianism'
At the L.A. Times Festival of Books, playwright and filmmaker David Mamet blames age, not his conservative politics or inflammatory statements, for his fall from grace.
Review: 'Cabaret' with a kinetic Eddie Redmayne can't redeem a faltering Broadway revival
The Olivier Award-winning revival of "Cabaret," starring a physically precise and theatrically audacious Eddie Redmayne, comes to Broadway but misses his London co-star, Jesse Buckley.
L.A. Times Book Prize winners named in a ceremony filled with support for USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum
Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech.
Opera gets slapped with the 'elitist' label. L.A. proves just how wrong that is
With Verdi's 'La Traviata' and Huang Ruo's 'Book of Mountains and Seas' as well as other projects, L.A. Opera is attempting to cover all operatic bases. Can opera thrive here?
Camille Claudel's hand, not her trauma, is at the center of a magnificent Getty Museum show
Sculptor Camille Claudel was more than a tragic figure. Her art influenced her titanic mentor, Auguste Rodin. A smart L.A. exhibition explains how
Broadway makes way for 'Crazy Rich Asians' with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu
Filmmaker Jon M. Chu will find familiar material in his Broadway debut as he directs a musical adaptation of author Kevin Kwan's 'Crazy Rich Asians' trilogy.
Review: 'Monsters of the American Cinema' confronts the horror in grief
Christian St. Croix's 'Monsters of the American Cinema' has its Los Angeles premiere at the Matrix Theatre in a Rogue Machine production directed by John Perrin Flynn.
Why the search for the next Gustavo Dudamel is full of hope a and hazards
Klaus Makela, appointed music director of the Chicago Symphony at the age of 28, has been likened to Gustavo Dudamel. Why orchestras' chasing of youth could have downsides.
Copper thieves strike again, mutilating a 100-year-old monument in MacArthur Park
The newsboy who was part of the Harrison Gray Otis monument gone except for two bronze shoes, one intact and the other mangled.
Review: An August Wilson master class in acting at Pasadena's A Noise Within
Gregg T. Daniel directs a muscular revival of 'King Hedley II," a difficult play done well. Veralyn Jones' performance is extraordinary.
The L.A. island that was home to seven decades of 'lost communities'
Terminal Island may be best known for the Japanese American village tragically uprooted by government order. A new book mines its history as that a but also as resort, artists colony and more.
Review: 'Fat Ham' at the Geffen Playhouse slathers barbecue sauce on 'Hamlet' for delicious comedy
The Broadway production of 'Fat Ham,' James Ijames' Pulitzer Prize-winning riff on 'Hamlet,' has its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in L.A. It's gripping, outrageous fun.
Review: Ed Ruscha show wowed in New York. Why it's even better in L.A.
The LACMA show 'Ed Ruscha / Now Then' is the first comprehensive retrospective in more than 20 years of a quintessential American artist.
A new SoCal show hopes to tap the surprisingly big business of two-actor musicals
'Ride,' at San Diego's Old Globe through April 28, is part of a wave of small-cast musicals whose lower costs can spell high rewards for cash-strapped theater companies.
Review: A dazzling Katerina McCrimmon makes for an authentic Fanny Brice in 'Funny Girl'
The Broadway touring production of Michael Mayer's 2022 revival of "Funny Girl" arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre with a star-making lead performance from Katerina McCrimmon.
There's no escaping Philip Glass and his piano etudes right now
Love him or hate him, Philip Glass is inescapable. His 20 piano etudes have become essential listening, his impact on three generations of artists indelible.
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What Would Joe Stiglitz Do about WTO Subsidies Rules?
In a recent Foreign Policy piece, economist Joe Stiglitz makes several references to WTO rules "forbidding" industrial subsidies: The current moment is a good illustration. It is the product of longstanding beliefs and power relations. Under this system, industrial subsidies...Katherine Tai on Negotiating at the WTO
Here's an exchange between Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in mid-April: Beyer: I, with a number of my colleagues here, visited the WTO a couple of years...Is AD/CVD the Answer to Chinese Non-Market Policies and Practices?
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Brian Deese, the former director of the National Economic Council in the Biden administration, calls for a coordinated use of AD/CVDs as a way to "discourage" China's "anti-market behavior": Responding to Chinaas anti-market behavior...Overcapacity and future discussions in the SCM Committee.
Finbarr Bermingham reported on Wednesday, April 23, 2024, that in the recent SCM Committee meeting, there were asharpa exchanges between the US and China related to Chinese aovercapacitya in key sectors owing to subsidies. China objects to the term aovercapacity,a...Developing country status in the WTO
Buried deep in the EU - Palm Oil report (paras. 7.911-7.915, on page 250!) is a nugget on developing country status in the WTO. Malaysia asserts, in the TBT context, that it is a developing Member. It cites as support...Katherine Tai on WTO Complaints against China
U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai had a couple exchanges at last week's Senate Finance Committee hearing in which she suggested that WTO complaints against China had not been effective, and for that reason the Biden administration had moved away from...Katherine Tai on Trade Policy Pitting Americans against Americans
At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing last week, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said a couple times that she wanted "to stop pitting Americans against Americans" in U.S. trade policy: "Trade should work for all Americans. Our goal...Senator Whitehouse and Ambassador Tai Talk About Getting Rid of ISDS
Here's an exchange between Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai at a Senate Finance Committee hearing today (2:32:00): Whitehouse: The other thing I wanted to talk with you about is the loathsome ISDS process. We are...Subsidies, Overcapacity, and Domestic Demand/Savings
There has been a lot of discussion recently about how Chinese subsidies and other government support has led to industrial overcapacity, which can have a negative impact on the manufacturing sector of other economies. If domestic supply exceeds domestic demand,...Free Trade and Peace Sells ... but Who's Buying?
I remain puzzled by some recent statements questioning whether free trade promotes peace. When I read another one in the Boston Review, I thought I was going to have to go through all my old rebuttals again. The article starts...The Role of the WTO in Planetary Sustainability
The Role of the WTO in Planetary Sustainability Steve Charnovitz 6 April 2024 Promoting planetary sustainability is within the legal competence of all multilateral organizations. As a result, no international organization is likely to have an exclusive competence to effectuate...USTR's New Vision for Foreign Trade Barriers
Last week, in the press release for its 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, USTR said that over the years, the identification of trade barriers in this annual report has strayed from the original purpose of the...Digital Trade Fights: The Case of Korea
In recent years, the U.S. has expressed concerns about digital trade regulation in a number of other countries, with the focus tending to be on the the EU due to its large market and active regulatory efforts (although it sounds...Data Flows Obligations and Exceptions in the EU - New Zealand FTA
There's a new FTA digital chapter to analyze, with the EU-New Zealand FTA coming into force soon. Let's take a look at the data flows provisions, with the EU-Japan text in the back of our minds as a comparison. The...New U.S. AD/CVD Regulations Will Take Into Account Weak Property, IP, Human Rights, Labor, Environmental Protections
In a Proposed Rule issued last year, the U.S. Commerce Department said it would take into account "nonexistent, weak, or ineffective property (including intellectual property), human rights, labor, and environmental protections" in various ways as part of its anti-dumping/countervailing duty...Guest Post: EFTA-India TEPA: Breaking New Ground
This is a guest post by Rohan, a PhD student at the Graduate Institute India and the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) signed a comprehensive Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on 10th March, 2024 after a long...Is Section 301 the Right Remedy for Chinese Shipbuilding Subsidies?
In the Section 301 petition recently filed by a group of unions, the petitioners argued that "Section 301 provides an appropriate mechanism for addressing Chinaas policies in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sector." They offer three reasons for this: First,...Katherine Tai on Online Business Models and Digital Regulation
U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai spoke recently at a SeedAI event and had some interesting things to say about both online business models and digital trade regulation. I'll start with a quote that reflects what she has said many times...Did NAFTA Push White Male Social Conservatives to the Republican Party?
This is the abstract of a new paper titled "Local Economic and Political Effects of Trade Deals: Evidence from NAFTA", which argues that many "white, less educated voters left the Democratic Party" due to NAFTA: Why have white, less-educated voters...Guest Post: Back from the WTO MC13 a A brief report and some remarks from four scholars who were in Abu Dhabi
This is a guest post by several people from the Research Chair on New Challenges of Economic Globalization, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada: Carla Gomez, Ph.D. Researcher; Antoine Comont, Ph.D. Researcher; Van Anh Ly, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Research...Let Them Eat Cake? Reflections on the Labor Provisions in the New India-EFTA Agreement
Iave never understood the expression: they want to have their cake and eat it too. Who on this planet wants to hold onto a piece of cake and not eat it?!? I was at a birthday party this weekend, and...Mexico Invokes Public Morals, Exhaustible Natural Resources, Indigenous Peoples Exceptions in GE Corn USMCA Dispute
Mexico's initial written submission in the GE Corn USMCA dispute was recently posted. The English public version is here. There's a lot in there and I'm not going to go through it all in this post. I just thought it...Resolving the Biden Administration's Internal Debate on International Digital Rules, and Reengaging in Negotiations
I've already made these points for the trade policy crowd, but I have now tried to make my pitch on a way forward for the Biden administration on international digital trade rules slightly more accessible (i.e., without so many blockquotes...Katherine Tai on USMCA Dispute Settlement and the USMCA Six Year Review
At a Brookings event yesterday, Josh Meltzer of Brookings had some interesting exchanges with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on USMCA dispute settlement and the USMCA six year review. Here's the one on dispute settlement: Meltzer: What I'd like to...Conversations at WTO Ministerial Side Events: Subsidy Races and Trade Remedies
As part of the WTO Ministerial Conference last week, there were some side events going on. I was watching one called "Business Forum at MC13" and came across some interesting discussion of subsidy races and trade remedies. The question that...The Role of WTO Case Law in a USMCA RRLM Proceeding
Here is an interesting exchange from last week's hearing in the USMCA San MartAn mine labor dispute about the role of WTO case law in interpreting the USMCA provisions at issue: Panelist: Mexico raised the question that the United States...WTO Adverse Effects Complaints vs. Domestic CVD Cases
Subsidies have been in the news a lot recently, as China's subsidies continue to cause concerns, and the Biden administration and others are now increasing their own use of subsidies. In trade policy, the reaction to foreign subsidies tends to...The Role of Past Determinations in U.S. DOC Proceedings
In the U.S. - Ripe Olives from Spain, Article 21.5 panel report circulated last week, I was struck by the discussion of the role of previous Commerce Department determinations in deciding future cases, and the obvious parallels to how the...Keyword Selected: Korea
What Would Joe Stiglitz Do about WTO Subsidies Rules?
In a recent Foreign Policy piece, economist Joe Stiglitz makes several references to WTO rules "forbidding" industrial subsidies: The current moment is a good illustration. It is the product of longstanding beliefs and power relations. Under this system, industrial subsidies...Katherine Tai on Negotiating at the WTO
Here's an exchange between Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in mid-April: Beyer: I, with a number of my colleagues here, visited the WTO a couple of years...Is AD/CVD the Answer to Chinese Non-Market Policies and Practices?
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Brian Deese, the former director of the National Economic Council in the Biden administration, calls for a coordinated use of AD/CVDs as a way to "discourage" China's "anti-market behavior": Responding to Chinaas anti-market behavior...Overcapacity and future discussions in the SCM Committee.
Finbarr Bermingham reported on Wednesday, April 23, 2024, that in the recent SCM Committee meeting, there were asharpa exchanges between the US and China related to Chinese aovercapacitya in key sectors owing to subsidies. China objects to the term aovercapacity,a...Developing country status in the WTO
Buried deep in the EU - Palm Oil report (paras. 7.911-7.915, on page 250!) is a nugget on developing country status in the WTO. Malaysia asserts, in the TBT context, that it is a developing Member. It cites as support...Katherine Tai on WTO Complaints against China
U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai had a couple exchanges at last week's Senate Finance Committee hearing in which she suggested that WTO complaints against China had not been effective, and for that reason the Biden administration had moved away from...Katherine Tai on Trade Policy Pitting Americans against Americans
At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing last week, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said a couple times that she wanted "to stop pitting Americans against Americans" in U.S. trade policy: "Trade should work for all Americans. Our goal...Senator Whitehouse and Ambassador Tai Talk About Getting Rid of ISDS
Here's an exchange between Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai at a Senate Finance Committee hearing today (2:32:00): Whitehouse: The other thing I wanted to talk with you about is the loathsome ISDS process. We are...Subsidies, Overcapacity, and Domestic Demand/Savings
There has been a lot of discussion recently about how Chinese subsidies and other government support has led to industrial overcapacity, which can have a negative impact on the manufacturing sector of other economies. If domestic supply exceeds domestic demand,...Free Trade and Peace Sells ... but Who's Buying?
I remain puzzled by some recent statements questioning whether free trade promotes peace. When I read another one in the Boston Review, I thought I was going to have to go through all my old rebuttals again. The article starts...The Role of the WTO in Planetary Sustainability
The Role of the WTO in Planetary Sustainability Steve Charnovitz 6 April 2024 Promoting planetary sustainability is within the legal competence of all multilateral organizations. As a result, no international organization is likely to have an exclusive competence to effectuate...USTR's New Vision for Foreign Trade Barriers
Last week, in the press release for its 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, USTR said that over the years, the identification of trade barriers in this annual report has strayed from the original purpose of the...Digital Trade Fights: The Case of Korea
In recent years, the U.S. has expressed concerns about digital trade regulation in a number of other countries, with the focus tending to be on the the EU due to its large market and active regulatory efforts (although it sounds...Data Flows Obligations and Exceptions in the EU - New Zealand FTA
There's a new FTA digital chapter to analyze, with the EU-New Zealand FTA coming into force soon. Let's take a look at the data flows provisions, with the EU-Japan text in the back of our minds as a comparison. The...New U.S. AD/CVD Regulations Will Take Into Account Weak Property, IP, Human Rights, Labor, Environmental Protections
In a Proposed Rule issued last year, the U.S. Commerce Department said it would take into account "nonexistent, weak, or ineffective property (including intellectual property), human rights, labor, and environmental protections" in various ways as part of its anti-dumping/countervailing duty...Guest Post: EFTA-India TEPA: Breaking New Ground
This is a guest post by Rohan, a PhD student at the Graduate Institute India and the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) signed a comprehensive Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on 10th March, 2024 after a long...Is Section 301 the Right Remedy for Chinese Shipbuilding Subsidies?
In the Section 301 petition recently filed by a group of unions, the petitioners argued that "Section 301 provides an appropriate mechanism for addressing Chinaas policies in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sector." They offer three reasons for this: First,...Katherine Tai on Online Business Models and Digital Regulation
U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai spoke recently at a SeedAI event and had some interesting things to say about both online business models and digital trade regulation. I'll start with a quote that reflects what she has said many times...Did NAFTA Push White Male Social Conservatives to the Republican Party?
This is the abstract of a new paper titled "Local Economic and Political Effects of Trade Deals: Evidence from NAFTA", which argues that many "white, less educated voters left the Democratic Party" due to NAFTA: Why have white, less-educated voters...Guest Post: Back from the WTO MC13 a A brief report and some remarks from four scholars who were in Abu Dhabi
This is a guest post by several people from the Research Chair on New Challenges of Economic Globalization, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada: Carla Gomez, Ph.D. Researcher; Antoine Comont, Ph.D. Researcher; Van Anh Ly, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Research...Let Them Eat Cake? Reflections on the Labor Provisions in the New India-EFTA Agreement
Iave never understood the expression: they want to have their cake and eat it too. Who on this planet wants to hold onto a piece of cake and not eat it?!? I was at a birthday party this weekend, and...Mexico Invokes Public Morals, Exhaustible Natural Resources, Indigenous Peoples Exceptions in GE Corn USMCA Dispute
Mexico's initial written submission in the GE Corn USMCA dispute was recently posted. The English public version is here. There's a lot in there and I'm not going to go through it all in this post. I just thought it...Resolving the Biden Administration's Internal Debate on International Digital Rules, and Reengaging in Negotiations
I've already made these points for the trade policy crowd, but I have now tried to make my pitch on a way forward for the Biden administration on international digital trade rules slightly more accessible (i.e., without so many blockquotes...Katherine Tai on USMCA Dispute Settlement and the USMCA Six Year Review
At a Brookings event yesterday, Josh Meltzer of Brookings had some interesting exchanges with U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai on USMCA dispute settlement and the USMCA six year review. Here's the one on dispute settlement: Meltzer: What I'd like to...Conversations at WTO Ministerial Side Events: Subsidy Races and Trade Remedies
As part of the WTO Ministerial Conference last week, there were some side events going on. I was watching one called "Business Forum at MC13" and came across some interesting discussion of subsidy races and trade remedies. The question that...The Role of WTO Case Law in a USMCA RRLM Proceeding
Here is an interesting exchange from last week's hearing in the USMCA San MartAn mine labor dispute about the role of WTO case law in interpreting the USMCA provisions at issue: Panelist: Mexico raised the question that the United States...WTO Adverse Effects Complaints vs. Domestic CVD Cases
Subsidies have been in the news a lot recently, as China's subsidies continue to cause concerns, and the Biden administration and others are now increasing their own use of subsidies. In trade policy, the reaction to foreign subsidies tends to...Page took 4 seconds to load.
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