Arts

Adam Driver in ‘Hold On to Me Darling,’ a Satire of Sincerity

Adam Driver in ‘Hold On to Me Darling,’ a Satire of Sincerity

Jesse Green
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Politics

A country music star embodies the clichés of celebrity in an Off Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 comedy.


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Leif Segerstam, Provocative Finnish Conductor and Composer, Dies at 80

Leif Segerstam, Provocative Finnish Conductor and Composer, Dies at 80

Adam Nossiter
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Politics

He led his country’s principal orchestras and major orchestras elsewhere in Europe. He also mystified his countrymen with an unstoppable flow of symphonies.


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Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Fills the Met Opera Stage With Flamenco

Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Fills the Met Opera Stage With Flamenco

Joshua Barone
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Politics

Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang’s opera, inspired by the life of Federico García Lorca, arrived at the Met with a dizzying blend of styles.


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‘Sweet Bobby’ on Netflix Tells the Catfishing Nightmare of Kirat Assi

‘Sweet Bobby’ on Netflix Tells the Catfishing Nightmare of Kirat Assi

Stefano Montali
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Politics

A new Netflix documentary tells a sinister tale of a decade-long online romance scam, and the devastation that followed.


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Randy Newman Is at His Best When America Is at Its Worst

Randy Newman Is at His Best When America Is at Its Worst

Bob Mehr
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Politics

His movie songs are filled with memorable melodies; his own albums with unsavory characters. One of the most astute cultural observers is the subject of a new book.


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Mikey Madison Finds Common Ground With Her Character in ‘Anora’

Mikey Madison Finds Common Ground With Her Character in ‘Anora’

Esther Zuckerman
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Politics

The soft-spoken actress is winning raves (and Oscar talk) for her turn as a feisty sex worker in the Palme d’Or-winning “Anora.”


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‘Anora’ Review: Her Glass Slipper Is a Swarovski Stiletto

‘Anora’ Review: Her Glass Slipper Is a Swarovski Stiletto

Alissa Wilkinson
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Politics

Mikey Madison gives a career-making performance in a Palme d’Or-winning film about the romance between a sex worker and a rich scion.


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Sadie Sink to Star in ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ on Broadway

Sadie Sink to Star in ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ on Broadway

Michael Paulson
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Politics

Kimberly Belflower’s “John Proctor Is the Villain” will be directed by Danya Taymor, who won a Tony this year for “The Outsiders.”


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The Exquisite Fragility of Mark Andre’s Music

The Exquisite Fragility of Mark Andre’s Music

Jeffrey Arlo Brown
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Politics

Andre’s family history is one of precarity and mutability. His works, vulnerable and intricate, aren’t so different.


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Jilly Cooper on Adapting Her Naughty Romance, ‘Rivals,’ for Disney+

Jilly Cooper on Adapting Her Naughty Romance, ‘Rivals,’ for Disney+

Claire Moses
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Politics

Jilly Cooper, 87, has written raunchy novels for decades. Adapting her 1988 book “Rivals” for the streaming age meant tweaking some details.


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Stettheimer Dollhouse, Cleaned and Buffed, Returns to View

Stettheimer Dollhouse, Cleaned and Buffed, Returns to View

Will Heinrich
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Politics

After a two-year absence, New York’s most glamorous dollhouse returns to the Museum of the City of New York next month.


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‘Smile 2’ Review: A Bigger and Bloodier Spotlight

‘Smile 2’ Review: A Bigger and Bloodier Spotlight

Beatrice Loayza
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Politics

In this sequel, the pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is preparing to begin her comeback tour a year after a brutal car accident.


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Sick of the 21st Century? These Artists Revive the 18th.

Sick of the 21st Century? These Artists Revive the 18th.

Walker Mimms
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Politics

Copycat classicism is here. Literary re-enactments by the photographer Stan Douglas — and a wave of other remixers — are creating new types of art around Black history.


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In Dallas, an Entire Dance Troupe Was Fired. Now They’re Protesting.

In Dallas, an Entire Dance Troupe Was Fired. Now They’re Protesting.

Javier C. Hernández
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Politics

Former artists of Dallas Black Dance Theater say they were dismissed in retaliation for forming a union. The company denies the accusation.


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‘American Idiot,’ Reborn in L.A. With American Sign Language

‘American Idiot,’ Reborn in L.A. With American Sign Language

Gabe Cohn and Chad Unger
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Politics

Performed simultaneously in sign language and sung English, a Los Angeles revival of the Green Day musical finds new ways to communicate rage and angst.


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