Arts
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19 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Spring
New memoirs, a landmark biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a look at the woman who helped halt the rise of a K.K.K. leader — and more.
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The Prophetic
I am a child of the church. In an early memory, I am 6 years old, half-asleep in the back of my grandparents’ station wagon on the way home from a revival. It is thrillingly late. I am contented, safe, warm. The car is quiet save the sound of traffic ...
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In ‘Up Here,’ the Song Stuck in Your Head Might Be Your Mean Ex-Crush
Developed by a team of Broadway and Hollywood all-stars, the new Hulu series sets a chorus of inner critics to song.
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Review: In ‘Sancocho,’ a Family Crisis Is Cooking
Attention to culinary detail is the best part of this heavily seasoned family drama by Christin Eve Cato at the WP Theater.
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On and Off ‘Ted Lasso,’ Toheeb Jimoh Has Stepped Out of the Background
In the Season 2 finale of “Ted Lasso,” Toheeb Jimoh’s character, Sam Obisanya, stands in front of the vacant storefront he has just bought. “What’s it going to be?” asks the woman who has handed the soccer player his keys. “A Nigerian restaurant,” he ...
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Zoë Chao Identified With ‘Party Down’ a Little Too Well for a While
Starz’s beloved cater-waiter comedy hit awfully close to home when Chao was still hustling to make ends meet at a bar. She’s less worried about that now.
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Review: ‘The Good John Proctor’ Imagines Girlhood BFFs
The play, directed by Caitlin Sullivan at the Connelly Theater, focuses on two girls in the year leading up to the action depicted in “The Crucible.”
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Review: In Fosse’s ‘Dancin’,’ a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words
A revival of the 1978 dancical has been substantially revamped to argue for Bob Fosse’s pure dance cred. It’s a joy anyway.
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These Painters Regret Their Dealings With Scam Artists
Young artists say they often receive offers by email to purchase their paintings, but many are part of schemes to defraud them by using fake checks and phony shipping companies.
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Broadway’s ‘Room,’ Starring Adrienne Warren, Postpones Run Indefinitely
The show, scheduled to open in April at the James Earl Jones Theater, was adapted from Emma Donoghue’s best-selling 2010 novel.