Arts
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She’s Shaking Up Classical Music While Confronting Illness
The pianist Alice Sara Ott, who makes her New York Philharmonic debut this week, is upending concert culture — and…
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Demetri Martin Confronts the Paradoxes of a Veteran Standup Career
In his new Netflix special, “Demetri Deconstructed,” he tries a more conceptual approach than the simplicity he was known for.
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Julia Stiles Wanted to Be Just Like Kat Stratford, Too
Julia Stiles starts lunch with a disclaimer: “I’m kind of like a bundle of emotions, because I have a 5-month-old…
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When Latin America Became the Seat of Modernity
Lina Bo Bardi, the great Italian-Brazilian architect, liked to say we all invent architecture just by climbing a stair, crossing…
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Christopher Durang, the Surrealist of Snark
In works like “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” the playwright would force you to laugh, not to dull…
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Alice Randall Made Country History. Black Women Are Helping Tell Hers.
In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and…
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Two Shakespearean Triumphs in Paris, or a Plague on Both Their Houses?
New productions of “Macbeth” and “Hamlet” follow a French tradition of adapting familiar works. The results are innovative, and sometimes…
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Whitney Museum Names Chief Curator
Kim Conaty will steer exhibitions and the permanent collection, saying she will pay close attention to work by Latino and…
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Klaus Mäkelä, 28-Year-Old Finnish Conductor, to Lead Chicago Symphony
He will be the youngest music director in the orchestra’s 133-year history, and one of the youngest ever to lead…
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Puccini’s ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Turandot’: More Than Appropriation
The history and curiosity behind these operas, both set in Asia, complicate often simplistic criticisms of borrowing and stereotyping.