Arts
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Sean Combs’s Hip-Hop Career Through the Years
The music mogul, who was accused of sexual abuse by a former romantic partner, fueled the commercial success of rap over a 30-year career dotted by allegations of violence.
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Big Apple Circus Review: A Show That Bends Over Backward for You
The extraordinary within the everyday: A holiday season rite returns with aerialists, trapeze acts, funny clowns (really!) and cotton candy too.
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Orlando Museum’s Ex-Leader Countersues, Insisting ‘Basquiats’ Are Real
The Orlando Museum of Art previously accused its former director, Aaron De Groft, of using the institution to try to legitimize fake works for personal profit.
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Resignations Roil Documenta Show as War in Gaza Polarizes Art World
The entire team in charge of selecting the leading avant-garde exhibition’s next curator has now resigned, putting the future of the 2027 edition in question.
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Cassie’s Suit Against Sean Combs May Cast Her Career in a New Light
The R&B singer was poised for a big breakout after her 2006 hit song “Me & U.” But her second album never arrived.
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Qui Nguyen Was Done Writing Plays. His Family Pulled Him Back In.
With “Poor Yella Rednecks,” the writer continues to tell his Vietnamese American family’s immigrant story. Maybe one day his parents will even see the shows.
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Review: A ‘Jungle Book’ With the Climate Crisis on Its Mind
The choreographer and director Akram Khan’s reimagining of Kipling’s fable updates the message but leaves out the fun.
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Review: ‘Florencia’ Brings Spanish Back to the Met Opera
Starring Ailyn Pérez, Daniel Catán’s heavily perfumed “Florencia en el Amazonas,” from 1996, is the company’s first work by a Latin American composer.
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With Her Dad, Ben Vereen, by Her Side, Karon Davis Turns to Dance
The focus of her art is on realities that Black dancers face in the world of ballet. First she sculpted real dancers; then she brought in a familiar expert to help bring them to life.
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Tammy Faye Bakker Is Broadway Bound. As a Musical.
A show about the televangelist, with songs by Elton John and Jake Shears, had a run in London last year and plans to open in New York next season.