He wrote science fiction, mystery, fantasy and romance novels, collaborated with William Shatner on the “TekWar” books and turned Groucho Marx into a private eye.He…
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75 New Books in Translation
Your sneak preview of books in translation coming out in 2022, updated each season.Your sneak preview of books in translation coming out in 2022, updated…
View More 75 New Books in TranslationToni Morrison’s Only Short Story Addresses Race by Avoiding Race
“Recitatif,” originally published in 1983 and now available in book form, features a Black girl and a white girl, but Morrison never identifies which is…
View More Toni Morrison’s Only Short Story Addresses Race by Avoiding RacePeter Robbins, Original Voice of Charlie Brown, Dies at 65
Mr. Robbins, who first gave voice to the “Peanuts” character in a 1965 Christmas special, had struggled with mental illness and addiction in recent years.Mr.…
View More Peter Robbins, Original Voice of Charlie Brown, Dies at 65Los Angeles Is Changing. Can a Flagship Theater Keep Up?
Navigating the pandemic and a shift in leadership, the Center Theater Group is trying to get back its old audience, and find a new one,…
View More Los Angeles Is Changing. Can a Flagship Theater Keep Up?‘The Afterparty’ Is a Genre Romp Wrapped in a Comic Mystery
In an interview, the filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller discuss their new Apple TV+ series, a whodunit that has fun with Hollywood clichés.In an…
View More ‘The Afterparty’ Is a Genre Romp Wrapped in a Comic MysteryWoody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Is Opening in U.S. Theaters
The movie is showing after years of resistance to Allen’s work in the United States following renewed attention to Dylan Farrow’s allegations of sexual abuse.The…
View More Woody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Is Opening in U.S. TheatersCiting Pandemic, This Year’s Obie Awards Will Include Streaming Theater
For the first time, digital, audio and other virtual productions will be considered for the honors, for Off and Off Off Broadway works.For the first…
View More Citing Pandemic, This Year’s Obie Awards Will Include Streaming TheaterThe Met Opera Never Missed a Curtain. It Hopes Audiences Rebound.
Positive tests at the company are falling as the Met prepares to take a long-planned midwinter break. It hopes cases will be down, and audiences…
View More The Met Opera Never Missed a Curtain. It Hopes Audiences Rebound.The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad
Three debut novels — by Kai Harris, Nikki May and Destiny O. Birdsong — follow female protagonists struggling to find their place.Three debut novels —…
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