Arts
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Musicians Flee Afghanistan, Fearing Taliban Rule
More than 100 young artists, teachers and their relatives affiliated with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, a celebrated school…
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In ‘Alma’s Way,’ a Young Latina Thinks for Herself, Like Her Creator
Although Sonia Manzano has won 15 Emmys for television writing and numerous accolades for her decades playing Maria on “Sesame…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Returns With a New President Biden
It’s a new season at “Saturday Night Live,” which means new cast members — and, surprisingly, a new performer playing…
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Their Film Is One of the Weirdest Prizewinners of the Year. Deal With It.
It’s when Alexia’s breasts start leaking motor oil that there’s no mistaking the father of her baby was the tricked-out…
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A Dance Show on a Cruise Ship? It’s Not What You Think.
On a late-summer night, three choreographers greeted friends at the New York opening of their latest show, exchanging hugs and…
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He Speaks Theater’s Language (and Many Others, Too)
LISBON — Theater knows no language barriers for the Portuguese actor and director Tiago Rodrigues. At the Brooklyn Academy of…
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Enescu, an Underplayed Composer, Is Still a Star in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania has a long record of defying the catastrophes history has served up, so it certainly would…
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Telling Stories of Black Life Rescued Him
ROXBURY, Conn. — Ron Norsworthy, a visual artist and designer, could slot easily into popular culture’s ideal of the hero:…
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Carnegie Hall Counts Down to Its Reopening
The pianos have been tuned. The crimson carpets have been cleaned. The crystal chandeliers have been dusted. After nearly 19…
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Tirzah’s Genre-Less Pop Embraces the Beauty of Uncertainty
Some pop artists amplify familiar, universal feelings: the gentle moments spent in love, the torturous pain of heartbreak. But others…