Arts
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Marian Anderson: A Voice of Authenticity and Justice
The night before Marian Anderson’s 1939 concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, she called Sol Hurok, her manager, to ask if she really had ...
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New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power
The New Museum’s fifth Triennial exhibition, titled “Soft Water Hard Stone,” is largely a product of lockdown. Much of the work by 40 ...
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‘Hive’ Review: In the Aftermath of War, a Survivor Finds Herself
The spare, tightly wound drama “Hive” opens with the movie equivalent of a hand grabbing your throat. An unsmiling woman with a hard, monumental ...
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‘Finch’ Review: Three for the Road
The science is sparse, but the sentiment is several inches thick in “Finch,” a post-apocalyptic road movie in which Tom Hanks spends almost two ...
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Review: Edie Falco Shines as an Everywoman in ‘Morning Sun’
Making the best of the little you’ve got may or may not be the theme of “Morning Sun,” the pianissimo new play by Simon Stephens that opened Off ...
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‘Dexter’ and the Shows That Wouldn’t Die
The first thing to die in “Dexter: New Blood” is irony. The murder weapon is the subtitle. Oh, there’s blood, all right. That’s what Showtime’s ...
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Benedict Cumberbatch and the Monsters Among Us
At the beginning of the shoot for “The Power of the Dog,” the ominous new psychodrama from Jane Campion, the director brought the actors and crew ...
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Review: Reimagined Gibney Company Makes a Long-Winded Debut
Just before the pandemic, in January 2020, Gina Gibney, a choreographer and entrepreneur, announced that she was reinventing her dance company ...
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What You Remember About ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
Fifty year ago, “Jesus Christ Superstar” landed on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theater, and the careers of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and ...
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Aunjanue Ellis Leans Into a Supporting Role and Turns It Into a Talker
The actress Aunjanue Ellis is nearly 30 years into an onscreen career, but until about a decade ago, she thought it was all a fluke. The 52-year ...