Arts
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At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema
Don’t call it the Black Sundance. Though it was dubbed that by Ebony magazine, the BlackStar Film Festival, now in…
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The Pedal Steel Gets Its Resurrection
When DaShawn Hickman was 4 years old, living just 32 steps from the tiny granite House of God church in…
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Review: Black Grace Dances Out a Different Kind of Buzz
I was expecting an energy boost, and then some. But Black Grace, a celebrated company from New Zealand known for…
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Theater at Geffen Hall to Be Named for Two Key Donors
In late 2020, as coronavirus infections surged and cultural institutions shuttered, the fate of the long-delayed renovation of David Geffen…
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Max Hollein Consolidates Roles as Met Museum’s Chief
Max Hollein, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will add the title of chief executive, the museum’s board…
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Shutting the Door on the Hard-Knock Life
Getting to play Cinderella in a Broadway revival of “Into the Woods” sounds like a young musical theater performer’s dream,…
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In the Late ’70s, Teen Punks Ruled New York. These Are Their Stories.
The year was 1977, and the first generation of New York City punk and alternative bands had moved on to…
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Barrington Stage Company Names Alan Paul as Artistic Director
The Barrington Stage Company announced Wednesday that Alan Paul, the associate artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington…
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Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington
A few years ago, Zachary Woolfe, a New York Times critic and editor, posed a question: What are the five…
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Jennette McCurdy Is Ready to Move Forward, and to Look Back
When Jennette McCurdy was 16, she was in her third year on “iCarly,” the hit teen sitcom on Nickelodeon. Millions…