Books
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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 Hall ...
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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 announced on Wednesday ...
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‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love
MOTHERCAREOn Obligation, Love, Death, and AmbivalenceBy Lynne TillmanIllustrated. 161 pages. Soft Skull. $23. Care work — tending to the sick ...
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Read Your Way Through Cairo
Credit...Raphaelle MacaronThis story is part of a new series exploring the world through books. We’ve asked some of our favorite writers to ...
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When White People Become People of Color
THE LAST WHITE MAN, by Mohsin Hamid The opening sentence of “The Last White Man,” the latest novel by the Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, may ...
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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, until you break your ...
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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 larger venues and the international ...
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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 minutes or so that you would play for a ...
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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 of young viewers admired her ...