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Review: In ‘Snow in Midsummer,’ It’s Not Just the Forecast That’s Amiss
In the Chinese town of New Harmony, a three-year drought has ravaged the landscape. The lake has evaporated. Ash falls…
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‘Which Way to the Stage’ Review: Theater Buddies, With Claws Out
If you have ever fantasized about casting your favorite musical or ranked the actresses who have played Mrs. Lovett, chances…
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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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Harper Lee Estate Told to Pay $2.5 Million in Dispute Over ‘Mockingbird’ Plays
An arbitrator has ordered the estate of the writer Harper Lee to pay more than $2.5 million in damages and…
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Sports
What to Know About C.T.E. in Football
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., has affected boxers since the 1920s, according to the C.T.E. Center at Boston University, but…
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Review: Stephen Petronio Looks to the NYC of His Past for Inspiration
When the pandemic hit, the choreographer Stephen Petronio found himself grappling with the confines of space, especially when creating over…
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Review: This Revival of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Misses Its Mark
The one reliably blood-chilling moment in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s “Assassins” comes courtesy of a killer who is, at…
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World
Walking an Adventure Playground
The view from the eastern shore of Slovenia’s Lake Bohinj on a recent afternoon was the picture of Alpine summer…
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Young Women Set the Tone for a Paris Theater Season
PARIS — In March last year, Pauline Bayle’s “Lost Illusions” closed after just two performances, the day before France’s first…
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Oedipus Takes to the Stages in Berlin
BERLIN — “The city reeks with death in her streets,” the chorus laments in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” Thebes is in…
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