Arts
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Carol Burnett Leading Campaign to Rename Theater for Hal Prince
Carol Burnett doesn’t own a Broadway theater. But she does have a long résumé, a lot of friends and fans,…
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For the Love (and the Hate) of the Horror Remake
The 2015 Austrian psychological horror film, “Goodnight Mommy,” is an eerie little gem. I went into the recent remake with…
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Review: From His Letters, the Dark Side of a Man of Letters
Midway through the Scottish actor Alan Cumming’s one-man dance-theater show about the Scottish poet Robert Burns, a piece of paper…
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Warner Music Finds a New Chief at a Former Frenemy: YouTube
The record company behind Dua Lipa, Lizzo and Led Zeppelin has a new boss, and he comes from YouTube. Warner…
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Tyler Mitchell: From Glossy Magazines to a Mega Gallery
The chromatic, crystalline elements in Tyler Mitchell’s new photographs — a tire swing, a white-picket fence, a bouquet of balloons…
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A Welcome Gust of Weird, and Adventures in Shadow Puppetry
Some theaters dim the lights momentarily to signal that the performance is about to begin. Others sound a delicate three-note…
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The Theater at War
LONDON — On a recent trip to this city I went to war. Not literally; I’m no soldier. But in…
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‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes
One of the most impressive debuts in film history, François Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” created a sensation at the 1959…
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What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago
In an untitled, three-page short story, Ernest Hemingway casts F. Scott Fitzgerald as a scrappy boxer who leaves the ring…
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In ‘Joyce’s Women,’ 2 Great Irish Writers Square Up
DUBLIN — Toward the end of “Joyce’s Women,” the Irish writer EdnaO’Brien’s ninth work for the stage, handwritten letters rain…