Arts
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Review: In ‘The Hours,’ Prima Donnas and Emotions Soar
“The Hours” — a new opera based on the 1998 novel and the 2002 film it inspired — features a…
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The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés
Pablo Milanés, who died in Madrid this week at 79, left behind a body of work that was deeply personal…
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Black Can Be Even More Beautiful
To say “Black is beautiful” now, in certain areas of the country, is to state the obvious. In other places…
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: Overcoming the Greatest Challenges
In most movies, an emotional triumph at the Olympics would be the principal goal for a protagonist. In “The Swimmers,”…
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‘The Sound of Christmas’ Review: A Gospel Singer Finds Love
Here’s a name you may not have heard in a while: Ne-Yo. The R&B singer known for early aughts hits…
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The Dinosaur Bone Market Is Booming. It Also Has Growing Pains.
HULETT, Wyo. — Crouching over a snow-dusted quarry that moonlights as a fossil hunting ground, Peter Larson pointed to a…
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Jenna Ortega Knows What Wednesday Addams Wants
Jenna Ortega has been locked in a basement with a corpse in “X.” She has shot a serial killer to…
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Schumann: The Symphonies Staatskapelle Berlin; Daniel Barenboim, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon) These recordings of Schumann’s four symphonies ...
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In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ They Perfect the Art of Deception
“I know we brothers,” Lincoln tells his younger sibling, Booth, in Suzan-Lori Parks’s “Topdog/Underdog.” With a slight hesitation, he then…
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They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music
It was the late 1990s, and Afa Sadykhly Dworkin saw a woman crying backstage at a concert hall in Michigan.…