A principal dancer since 2009, Reichlen will make her final appearance in George Balanchine’s one-act “Swan Lake” on Feb. 19.A principal dancer since 2009, Reichlen…
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It Started as a Romantic Idyll. It Ended With a Stack of Corpses.
In “Reckless Girls,” by Rachel Hawkins, a vacation on a remote atoll in the South Pacific goes very, very wrong.In “Reckless Girls,” by Rachel Hawkins,…
View More It Started as a Romantic Idyll. It Ended With a Stack of Corpses.‘Civil Rights Queen,’ the Story of a Brave and Brilliant Trailblazer
Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s book is the first major biography of Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, among other achievements.Tomiko…
View More ‘Civil Rights Queen,’ the Story of a Brave and Brilliant TrailblazerAfter 16 Years in ‘Hadestown,’ Anaïs Mitchell Emerges With a New Album
The singer-songwriter fully plunged into her acclaimed theater project. Since then, her life changed wildly — and she recaptured the desire to record her own…
View More After 16 Years in ‘Hadestown,’ Anaïs Mitchell Emerges With a New AlbumIn ‘Black No More,’ the Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul
The new show “Black No More,” inspired by a 1931 satirical novel about race relations, has “the point of view of people who are very…
View More In ‘Black No More,’ the Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s SoulTrevor Noah Weighs In on Biden’s Hot Mic Drop
“You see? This is what happens when you have been on Zoom calls for two years — you forget that real life doesn’t have a…
View More Trevor Noah Weighs In on Biden’s Hot Mic DropThe Lyric Decision: How Poets Figure Out What Comes Next
There are endless ways to write a poem, but Rilke offered one foolproof formula that echoes throughout several recent collections.There are endless ways to write…
View More The Lyric Decision: How Poets Figure Out What Comes NextSondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Ends Run Early Because of Coronavirus Cases
The sold-out production had been scheduled to run through Jan. 30, but decided to cancel its few remaining performances.The sold-out production had been scheduled to…
View More Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Ends Run Early Because of Coronavirus Cases‘Compartment No. 6’ Review: Strangers on a Russian Train
A young Finnish woman embarks on a journey of self-discovery that takes her (and you) through richly detailed and surprising terrain.A young Finnish woman embarks…
View More ‘Compartment No. 6’ Review: Strangers on a Russian TrainBook Review: ‘South to America,’ by Imani Perry
In “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry straddles genres to find her own —…
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