The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac
This downtown performer is hellbent on making us look at the hidden history of our favorite songs. In platform heels. For 24 hours.
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CreditJenny Graham/Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Female Playwrights Want You to Face Facts. The Harsh Ones.
Sarah Jones, Anna Deavere Smith and Lynn Nottage all have new works onstage this fall that grapple with the toughest issues in contemporary culture.
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CreditCliff Lipson/CBS Sitcom Men, Grappling With a New Reality on TV
Male protagonists are adjusting to new roles in society or reduced circumstances. In new broadcast sitcoms, not just in politics.
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CreditCarolyn Cole/Contour by Getty Images Emily Blunt Rides the Unnerving Rails of Addiction in ‘The Girl on the Train’
The actress had to conceal a pregnancy and portray a shattered alcoholic in the coming screen adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s best seller.
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CreditNina Siegal How a Dutch Businessman Fulfilled His Dream to Open a ‘World-Class’ Museum
The former chemical company executive Joop van Caldenborgh has created the Voorlinden, a museum in the Netherlands founded on several thousand works of art.
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CreditThe Weinstein Company Harvey Weinstein Gets Oscar Boost After ‘Lion’ Screening
Although reviews were mixed, some see an opening for Mr. Weinstein’s company after a screening generated a euphoric buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Books of The Times
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CreditSonny Figueroa/The New York Times In ‘Avid Reader,’ a Celebrated Editor as Shepherd and Alchemist
Robert Gottlieb’s memoir is an indispensable publishing history, thick with instruction and useful gossip about his dealings with famous writers.
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CreditDenis Rouvre, via Impulse!/Verve Ibrahim Maalouf Gives His Trumpet a Human Voice
The musician and composer discusses his work, his evocation of strong women and the influence of contemporary politics on how his art is seen.
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CreditAmerican Experience Films/PBS Review: ‘Command and Control’: Common Errors, Nuclear Arms and Consequences
The film documents a 1980 accident in a missile silo in Arkansas that showed just how vulnerable the nation’s most fearsome weapons can be.
