Big Break? Well, Eyes Will Be on Him
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A brief vacation for the actor Michael Urie is handing Clancy O’Connor the opportunity every understudy dreams of: proving himself to audiences and power brokers.
Jacob Blickenstaff for The New York Times
Eric Tucker and Andrus Nichols of Bedlam Theater in George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan.”
The young company Bedlam Theater is presenting two four-actor plays — Shaw’s “Saint Joan” and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” — in repertory at the Lynn Redgrave Theater.
Television Review | 'True Detective'
A Coupling as Bizarre as the Murder
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The new HBO series “True Detective” pairs Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as a mismatched team of Louisiana state cops dealing with a reopened murder case.
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Even Cheap Wine Can Work a Little Magic
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Bartlett Sher’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” at the Metropolitan Opera, features Andriana Chuchman in her Met debut.
Music Review
Gender Politics Wiggles Into a World Guys Staked Out
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Laura Jane Grace, formerly Tom Gabel, lead singer of Against Me!, performed on Thursday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Riff
From Tweet to Ad to Mini Modern Scandal
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A descent into the wormhole created by the collision of movie-awards campaigning and paracritical chirping.
Twitter Gears Up for Second Fiction Festival
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Prada to Aid Restoration of Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’
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An Anxious Sally Hawkins, Onstage and in Auditions
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Suzanne Vega Has Her Own Issues With ‘Llewyn Davis’
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Music Review
Fleeing a Backwater to Lunge at Happiness
By STEVE SMITH
“Paul’s Case,” an operatic adaptation of a Willa Cather story by UrbanArias, focuses on a teenager who longs to escape his working class world in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh.
Inside Arts
A Mr. Feder, Once of Fort Lee, Chimes In
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
Richard Feder of Fort Lee, N.J., whose name was used on “Saturday Night Live” years ago as that of a letter writer to a news show, was stuck in the traffic caused by the lane closings.
Television Review
Yo, What’s Shaking? Not These Movers
By MIKE HALE
Fox adds two series to its late-Saturday-night animation lineup, including “Lucas Bros. Moving Co.,” from the twin comedians Keith and Kenny Lucas.
Movie Review | 'The Legend of Hercules'
Wrestlers in Leather: What More Is Required?
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“The Legend of Hercules,” directed by Renny Harlin, has lots of abs and Kellan Lutz as the title demigod.
Theater Review | 'An Evening With William Shatner Asterisk'
It’s Bitesize Captain Kirk
By ERIC GRODE
The Coil theater festival show “An Evening With William Shatner Asterisk,” at the New Ohio Theater, makes an evening of clips of Mr. Shatner in his “Star Trek” role.
Dance Review
Magical Crockery, Pop Music Parody, a Hula Hoop and Other Experiments
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
The American Realness festival has opened at the Abrons Arts Center with a mélange of performance art accented by music and choreography.
Music Review
A Mix That, Unabashedly, Doesn’t Really Mesh at All
By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER
The New York Philharmonic offers a concert of Shostakovich, Beethoven and Gershwin.
Music Review
Shimmery Orchestrations, With a Tinge of Philip Glass
By JON PARELES
Jherek Bischoff, a Seattle songwriter and arranger, brought big names to St. Ann’s Warehouse on Wednesday night, including David Byrne and Zola Jesus.
Theater Review | 'The Record'
Uniting Performers and Audience, Art and Life
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Part of the Under the Radar Festival, “The Record,” a dance-theater piece at the Public Theater, calls reverent attention to the shared experience of the stage.
Bridge
Playing Bridge Onboard the Silver Whisper
By PHILLIP ALDER
If ever a bridge game at sea was going to be fun and unpredictable, one on New Year’s Day fit the bill.
Nelson Ned, Florid Brazilian Balladeer, Dies at 66
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Mr. Ned’s records and his sentimental style brought him a large following throughout Latin America.
Wojciech Kilar, Composer for Movies and Symphony Halls, Dies at 81
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Kilar won recognition for his music for “The Pianist” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” as well as works inspired by Polish folk music.
Press Play
Noteworthy New Music
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Exclusive: New Albums by David Broza and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
“East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem,” by Mr. Broza, the Israeli singer and songwriter, with appearances by Steve Earle, Wyclef Jean and others. “Always With Us,” is the newest album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Maximum Shakespeare
Is This a Video I See in Front of Me?
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
WordPlay Shakespeare and other programs allow readers to watch or listen to sections of his works as they view the text.
Young Souls Portray the Wit of ‘Hamlet,’ With Brevity
By MICHAEL ROSTON and ERIK PIEPENBURG
Approximately 500 high school and college students recorded themselves delivering lines from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in 15 seconds or less using Instagram.
Sunday Book Review
The 10 Best Books of 2013
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What's on Television
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The Von Zedtwitz Double Knockout in New York
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The winners of the Von Zedtwitz Double Knockout over the decades have been a Who’s Who of players in region.
Chess Column
Chess
Webster Strengthens Grip on the Collegiate Game
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Three teams from Webster University of St. Louis were among the top six finishers at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championships in Lubbock, Tex.
Noteworthy cultural events in New York City and beyond.
Exhibition Traces Bauhaus Luminary’s Struggle With His Past
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An exhibition in Berlin follows the trajectory of the graphic artist Herbert Bayer, who in the 1930s created Nazi propaganda, though he claimed to be apolitical.
Theater Review
Connecting With the Classics
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The Menier Chocolate Factory’s scaled-down production of “Candide,” the 1956 Broadway musical, offers a fresh perspective; while stars take on two Shakespeare roles.
Photo Project Breaks Barriers in Morocco
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A first for North Africa, new museum pushes photography as an art form to the forefront.
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From Harold Pinter to Eugene O'Neill and from musicals to plays, theater in 2013 offered an unusually abundant array from both sides of the Atlantic.
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