Books
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BAM Announces a Dance-Heavy Season
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s winter/spring season will feature programs by Mark Morris and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Revisits His ‘Illusion of Suffering’ on Broadway
As with so many family reunion plays, the squabbling Lafayette siblings in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” dislodge their share of skeletons…
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Dream of Talking to Vincent van Gogh? A.I. Tries to Resurrect the Artist.
Can doppelgängers of the Dutch painter help museums generate new interest and income? A.I. Vincent fields our questions (and makes…
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Review: In ‘Translations,’ What’s Lost When Language Is Looted
An exquisite revival of Brian Friel’s 1980 play at the Irish Repertory Theater is the first of three there by…
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Ailey Looks Back to Black Joy and Longing With 1930s Jazz
As part of its New York City Center season, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents premieres by Amy Hall Garner…
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Nicki Minaj, a Role Model for Herself, and Others
On “Pink Friday 2,” the rapper remains a star navigating hip-hop on sometimes untested terms. But even as she’s receded…
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YSL Defendant Shannon Stillwell Is Stabbed, Delaying Young Thug Trial
Mr. Stillwell, known as SB or Shannon Jackson, is among the six defendants currently on trial in the racketeering and…
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Golden Globes 2024 Snubs and Surprises: ‘Past Lives,’ Taylor Swift and More
The Korean American drama from Celine Song got four nominations, while Swift’s concert film got one. “The Color Purple” was…
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In ‘Airplane Mode,’ Not All Travelers Head in the Same Direction
Shahnaz Habib’s “irreverent history” takes a lively and sometimes ruthless look at who gets to go where and what gets…
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David Mamet, a.k.a. ‘Embittered Dave,’ Would Like a Word
In a new memoir, the filmmaker and playwright shares his opinions on Hollywood past and present.