Arts
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A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century
The documentary “Framing Agnes” uses transcripts to tell the story of an anonymous woman who became the subject of a series of landmark interviews.
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Review: In ‘Orlando,’ Emma Corrin Straddles Genders and Centuries
In a freewheeling London adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel, Corrin plays a character whose emotions are as fluid as their identity.
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‘Do What Moves You’: When the Student Takes Over as Composer
After years of friendship and collaboration, Aaron Marcellus is writing the music for a new dance by Michelle Dorrance, his former tap teacher.
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‘The Brightest Thing in the World’ Review: Falling in Love, While Loving Heroin
An addiction and recovery tale wrapped in a romantic comedy, Leah Nanako Winkler’s play insists on acknowledging the messy coexistence of joy and pain.
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The Met Takes a Deep Dive Into van Gogh’s Cypress Trees
Forty landmark paintings and drawings by the Dutch master include “The Starry Night” — on loan from MoMA — and “Wheat Field With Cypresses.”
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The Joyce Announces a Diverse Spring Season
The 16 weeks of programming will feature new and returning dance companies from the United States and around the world.
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Natural History Museum Names College Leader as New Chief
Sean M. Decatur, the president of Kenyon College and a biophysical chemist, will become the museum’s first Black leader when he succeeds Ellen V. Futter.
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‘Stomp’ to Close in New York in January
The long-running stage show has been a part of the city’s theatrical landscape for nearly 29 years.
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No John, No George, No Ringo, but Still a Lot to Say
“The McCartney Legacy” follows the superstar from the last gasp of the Beatles to “Band on the Run.” It’s 700 pages — and only the first volume planned.
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In ‘Willow,’ Warwick Davis Revives the ‘Role That Gave Me Everything’
The 1988 film “Willow” turned Davis into a “proper actor,” he said, and changed his life. A new series on Disney+ picks up the story decades later.