The New York Times – Film:
Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning praise from luminaries like Martin Scorsese.
Category: Theater
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‘Bug’ Review: Carrie Coon Is Superb in an American Gothic Tale
The New York Times – Film:
Tracy Letts’s eerily topical, decades-old play about a woman’s descent into a world of conspiracy theories makes its nerve-rattling Broadway debut.
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To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Question Filmmakers Can’t Resist
The New York Times – Film:
The Shakespearean monologue that is featured twice in “Hamnet” has long informed the movies, often in surprising ways that can make us rethink the words.
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Stephen Schwartz Criticizes Kennedy Center, Saying He Won’t Host Gala
The New York Times – Music:
The Washington National Opera said the “Wicked” composer was scheduled to host its annual event at the center this spring.
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On ‘Best Medicine,’ Josh Charles Has a Heart
The New York Times – Film:
After years of playing smarmy characters, the actor is stepping up as the lead in a comedy about a grumpy but charming doctor.
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Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants
The New York Times – Music:
Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
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Vienna to Stage Gender-Bending, Jazz Age Comedy Once Banned by Franco
The New York Times – Music:
MusikTheater an der Wien will stage Pablo Luna’s “Benamor,” a rarely seen example of the Spanish zarzuela genre from the Roaring Twenties in Madrid.
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‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and the Art of Racial Solidarity
The New York Times – Film:
Across film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.