Arts
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Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days
What became known as opera originated in Florence, Italy, during late-16th-century equivalents of college dorm bull sessions. At the time,…
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Review: Dancing Bodies That Contain Multitudes
Can choreographers — or anyone, really — ever make something entirely new? Entirely their own? With her series “I Am…
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‘Rust’ Crew Member Sues Gun Handlers, Producers and Alec Baldwin
A crew member for “Rust” filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the movie’s producers, Alec Baldwin and several other members…
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Jon Hopkins’s Psychedelic Journey to a New Way of Creating Music
When Jon Hopkins was bullied as a London teenager, he found two complementary coping mechanisms: weed and ambient music. A…
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Cherry Lane Theater Is Back on the Market After Sale Falls Through
A contract was signed, both the buyer and seller authorized a sale announcement, but the deal — involving the Cherry…
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The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood
In 1929, just as moving pictures were learning to talk, a vivacious teenager named Nina Mae McKinney helped make them…
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‘Chicago’ Pops the Cork on 25 Years of Razzle Dazzle
When “Chicago” had its debut in 1975 no one expected it to become the longest-running American musical in Broadway history.…
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‘A Safe and Happy Place.’ Readers Share What Abba’s Music Means to Them
From left, Leena Hamad, Bobae Johnson, Paul Tamburro and Nishita Sinha dressed as Abba for Halloween in 2019.“I firmly believe…
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Chamber Music Society’s Leaders on Balancing Old and New
Inside the offices of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center hangs an old letter from an alarmed listener. “The…
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‘Dickinson’ Uses the Civil War to Explore Modern Divisions
“Dickinson,” the trippy, playful and deeply passionate Apple TV+ series about the poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), has always been…