Arts
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After ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,’ Stream These 8 Great Concert Movies
For that live show experience, these films capture exhilarating music by Beyoncé, Shakira, A Tribe Called Quest, Talking Heads and…
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Madonna Celebrates Four Decades of Hits With Career-Spanning Spectacle
After a health-related delay, the pop superstar launched her Celebration Tour in London with a performance devoted to her full…
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A Play Revisits the Making of ‘Death of a Salesman’ in Mandarin
A new Off Broadway production explores how Arthur Miller led a 1983 collaboration in Beijing that brought his work to…
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Ballet Thrives on Live Coaching. Her Roots Extend to the Source.
Irina Kolpakova was intently watching two dancers rehearse in an American Ballet Theater studio on a September afternoon, when she…
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Facing Scrutiny, a Museum That Holds 12,000 Human Remains Changes Course
The American Museum of Natural History said it would address its collecting of remains, which stretched into the 1940s and…
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Is a Women’s Museum Still Relevant?
The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington reopens Oct. 21 after a renovation and the loss of…
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In an Opera About Civil War Spies, Dancers Help Drive the Drama
Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush…
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When Roz Chast Closes Her Eyes, Chris Rock and Nasty Babies Open Theirs
In “I Must Be Dreaming,” the cartoonist serves up nutty nocturnal admissions, considers theories of sleep and, yes, imagines losing…
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The Essential Vladimir Nabokov
People who dislike Vladimir Nabokov tend to find his dexterity stressful, like watching a circus performer juggle torches for hours.…
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‘S.N.L’ Returns With Pete Davidson and a Taylor Swift Cameo
The show’s first new broadcast in six months opened with a somber reflection by Davidson, the host, and included a…