Arts
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Library of Congress Acquires Neil Simon Papers
As Mark Eden Horowitz, a senior music specialist at the Library of Congress, was digging through the playwright Neil Simon’s…
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Review: Broadway’s First ‘Funny Girl’ Revival Shows Why It Took So Long
It must be a plot. Why else would it have taken nearly 60 years for “Funny Girl,” the hit 1964…
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Review: At City Ballet, Bending the Form’s Rituals and Codes
“I would rather fail at something interesting than do something boring.” That quote, from an interview with Pam Tanowitz in…
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Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall
It’s hard to imagine what New Yorkers are supposed to do with the seeds of an eastern red cedar tree,…
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Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone
By the looks of it, there is little in common between the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor”…
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‘We Own This City’ Review: Baltimore Police Problems, Rewired
Let us stipulate that it is unfair to compare any series to “The Wire,” even if it is about policing,…
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‘Navalny’ Review: Speaking Truth to Power in a Corrupt System
“Navalny” had its premiere at the virtual Sundance Film Festival in January, before Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, started…
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Sonia Boyce Wins Top Prize at Venice Biennale
VENICE — The artist Sonia Boyce won Britain the top prize at the Venice Art Biennale, the world’s longest-running and…
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‘The Bad Guys’ and the Crossroads Its Author Faced
The Australian author and illustrator Aaron Blabey gave himself an ultimatum in 2014. The father of two, then 40 years…
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For Panah Panahi, Being the Son of an Iranian Auteur Wasn’t Entirely Helpful
The Iranian director Panah Panahi is the son of the embattled auteur Jafar Panahi, who since 2010 has been banned…