Arts
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In ‘The Duke,’ Jim Broadbent Puts an Eccentric at the Center
LONDON — In Room 45 of the National Gallery here, Jim Broadbent surveyed Francisco de Goya’s portrait of the Duke…
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Risking Boos, the Met Opera Puts Present-Day America Onstage
Simon Stone paused during a recent rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera, looked up at the stage, and surveyed his new…
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The Playwright Making a Farce of the Patriarchy
Three days before the first preview performance of her first Broadway production, the playwright Selina Fillinger perched in the middle…
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‘We Own This City’ Brings George Pelecanos Back to Baltimore
Over the past two years of lockdowns and social distancing, the crime novelist George Pelecanos had plenty to keep him…
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‘Barry’ Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Because HBO’s Emmy-winning drama “Barry” has been on a pandemic-related hiatus for three full years, even the show’s devoted fans…
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Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor
Welcome to Broadway’s fleurs-du-mal moment, a rare blossoming of funny plays on deeply unfunny subjects. At Circle in the Square,…
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How Arcade Fire Found a Way Back
There are a few indicators that Win Butler, the singer and guitarist who fronts the rock band Arcade Fire, might…
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In This ‘Billy the Kid,’ the Wounds Are Those You Cannot See
Billy the Kid, the 19th-century gunfighter memorialized through more than 140 years of pop culture, carries with him countless myths…
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‘Great Comet’ Producer Hasn’t Paid Royalties, Composer Says
The creator of “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” says the show’s producer has refused to fully compensate…
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The Multifaceted Mingus
Charles Mingus was everything all at once: jazz, folk, dance, theater, label owner, brave Black man. In an era where…