Arts
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A Revival of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ Seeks a New Generation of Followers
In staging the storied rock opera in Chicago, its creators argue that the show’s exploration of celebrity worship and childhood trauma is more relevant than ever.
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Review: Delayed by the Pandemic, Pilobolus Celebrates Its 50th
The company wraps up its delayed anniversary tour with a selection of vintage dances and premieres in a three-week season at the Joyce Theater.
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In ‘The Lesson,’ It’s a Bad Writer Who Steals
Richard E. Grant and Daryl McCormack star as writers with similar source material in a feature tracing the limits of literary authorship.
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Review: To Revisit a Sexual Assault, She Drugs Herself Onstage
In an ethically murky show at the Avignon Festival, the Brazilian performer Carolina Bianchi opens up about how she was drugged and abused, then knocks herself out with a spiked cocktail.
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In Milan Kundera’s Work, the Erotic Meets the Subversive
It’s hard to overstate how central Milan Kundera was, in the mid-1980s, to literary culture in America and elsewhere. He was the best-known Czech writer since Kafka, and his fiction brought news of sophisticated Eastern European societies trembling ...
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7 New Songs You Should Hear Now
Listen to tracks by Palehound, Sampha, the Armed and more.
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Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI and Meta Over Copyright Infringement
The comedian has joined two lawsuits accusing the companies of training their A.I. models using her writing without permission.
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On Her Renaissance Tour, the World Is Beyoncé’s Ball
The pop superstar’s first solo outing in seven years draws on the dance-music cultures that inspired her 2022 album, and her work that led up to that ecstatic release.
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At a French Opera Festival, Premieres in Pursuit of Happiness
Two works at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, by two inventive partnerships in opera, use fables to explore grief and queer utopian dreams.
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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Review: The Ghost of Jump Scares Past
Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut with this fifth installment of the horror franchise haunted by a red-faced demon.