Books
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‘Beast’ Review: More Bore Than Roar
Sometime soon, “Beast” will hit the great streaming graveyard. Say a prayer and move on. By that point, you will…
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‘Spin Me Round’ Review: Eat Pray Lust
“Spin Me Round,” directed by Jeff Baena, is a kooky romp where unworldly travelers trip over their own fantasies of…
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A Conductor Comes Into His Own in the Opera Pit
SANTA FE, N.M. — “I was skeptical,” James Gaffigan said while waiting for huevos rancheros during a recent lunch here,…
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‘Patience’ Review: At the Top of His Game, and Lonely
The most powerful line in “Patience,” Johnny G. Lloyd’s new play about Black excellence, comes not from the world-champion solitaire…
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Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss
The dancers were sinking. Even the softest of waves were too much for their feet — strong as they were…
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The Reinvention of Aubrey Plaza
In “Emily the Criminal” (now in theaters), Aubrey Plaza plays a hapless, desultory young woman weighed down by student loans…
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Lily James Experiences Beaches a Little Differently Now
Voting is underway for the 74th Primetime Emmys, and this week we’re talking to several acting nominees. The awards will…
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There’s a New Billboard in Town, and You Can Walk in
Those billboards that blight much of the American landscape are, along the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, the landscape itself —…
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‘Take Me Out’ to Return to Broadway This Fall
Second Stage Theater’s much-acclaimed, Tony Award-winning revival of Richard Greenberg’s 2002 play, “Take Me Out,” is returning to Broadway this…
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As Paris’s Theaters Go Quiet, Its Comedy Clubs Are Packed
PARIS — It was supposed to be an international breakthrough for France’s young comedy scene. When “Standing Up,” an original…