Arts
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Sumptuous Attire Shines in John Singer Sargent’s Portraits from the Gilded Age
At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the painter’s subjects and friends, à la mode, could have emerged from the…
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Vince Clarke, a Synth-Pop Mastermind, on His Unexpected Solo Album
He’s made irresistible hits with Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure. But going alone for the first time at 63, his…
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BBC Says It Received 5 Complaints About Russell Brand
The broadcaster has been reviewing its connection with the comedian, once a star radio host, after several British news organizations…
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A Father Stages the Unthinkable: Losing a Son in a School Shooting
Manuel Oliver has a one-man show about the life and death of his son, Joaquin, who was killed in the…
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André 3000 Announces Debut Solo Album (With No Rapping)
The artist, best known as one-half of Outkast, will release “New Blue Sun,” an instrumental album of ambient woodwind compositions,…
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An Opera’s Riverboat Journey Brings the Rainforest Onboard
Mary Zimmerman, known for a dreamy approach to theater, stages the Metropolitan Opera’s company premiere of “Florencia en el Amazonas.”
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Steve Carell to Make Broadway Debut as Uncle Vanya Next Spring
The production, a new translation by Heidi Schreck, will also star Alison Pill, William Jackson Harper, Alfred Molina and Anika…
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He Won’t Stop Taking Pictures Until He’s Partying on the Other Side
Henry Diltz may not be the only person who can say he was at both West Point and Woodstock, but…
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‘Harmony’ Review: Barry Manilow Writes the (Broadway) Songs
The pop star of the 1970s and ’80s crosses over to musical theater with a dark story about pop stars…
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‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ Review: Aubrey Plaza Steps Into the Ring
The actress makes her stage debut alongside Christopher Abbott in an Off Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s compact and…