Arts
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bach
In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall in love with classical music, piano, opera, cello, Mozart ...
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A New Kind of Native American Dance Troupe
One day in October, the dancer Kenneth Shirley got a message from Injury Reserve, a hip-hop group he had befriended in Phoenix, where he grew up ...
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Alice Childress Finally Gets to Make ‘Trouble’ on Broadway
Wiletta Mayer walks into the theater already knowing how things will go. Smartly dressed, attractive and middle-aged (don’t ask for a number ...
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At the Radio City Christmas Show, Some Workers Worry About Covid Rules
Some of the people who put on the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show are expressing concerns about the Covid-19 protocols in place for workers ...
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(Very) Adult Animation About Mixed-Up Kids
There are many growth areas in television these days, but few are as busy or offer as much variety as adult animation. Already the format for ...
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How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera
In fall 2018, Esperanza Spalding had just released “12 Little Spells,” a bold foray into using music as a healing practice, and a significant ...
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The ‘Jaws’ Shoot Was a Drama. Now It’s a Play.
LONDON — When Ian Shaw was 5, he did something to make any movie fan jealous: He visited the set of “Jaws.” On location on Martha’s Vineyard, an ...
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Talking About ‘Attica,’ the Newest Documentary on the Prison Uprising
On Sept. 9, 1971, hundreds of inmates took over the Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo to demand better conditions. “Attica,” a new ...
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Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall
Sometimes the actor Michael C. Hall likes to think about his own obituary. He knows that “Dexter,” the Showtime drama he starred in for eight ...
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She Was an Organist for the Ages
Few musicians have faced a debut more intense than did the organist Jeanne Demessieux. For years before her first concert — one of six she gave ...