Arts
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Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters
When Louie Anderson died on Friday, it felt like dozens of moms who I knew and loved all died at…
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‘The Hang’ Review: Taylor Mac Enfolds Us When We Need It Most
In stiletto heels and cascading lilac gown, with flowers for hair and blossoms in his beard, Socrates is dying rather…
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‘The Gilded Age’ Review: Dime-Store ‘Downton’
Julian Fellowes chased his new series, “The Gilded Age,” for a decade. Call it his white whale. Beginning Monday on…
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On ‘S.N.L.,’ Donald Trump Tries His Hand at Wordle
It’s the viral phenomenon that gets picked apart on social media, where you throw out random words and see what…
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How Meat Loaf Made a Cult Favorite: ‘Paradise by the Dashboard Light’
The singer Meat Loaf, who died on Thursday, was a rock ’n’ roll anomaly: a portly force of nature whose…
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Louie Anderson and the Compassion of America’s Eternal Kid
One of the first killer jokes in the stand-up act of Louie Anderson was about the meanness of older brothers.…
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Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Singer and Actor, Dies
Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life rocker whose 1977 debut album, “Bat Out of Hell,” was one of the best-selling albums of…
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Damien Hirst and the Art of the Deal
LONDON — “He’s a talented artist, but this? Really?” said Alan Baldwin, an art collector, looking down recently at a…
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One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two.
When the composer Ricky Ian Gordon saw Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” on Broadway in the early 1970s, it was unlike anything…
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A New Coalition Amplifies Disability Culture in the Music Industry
For the singer, songwriter and producer Lachi, the acronym was everything. She helped start the organization that would become RAMPD…