The French circus company Libertivore makes its American debut, though its director had to give up her performing career.The French circus company Libertivore makes its…
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I Watched ‘Encanto’ With My Dad. It Brought Him Back Home.
The animated Disney movie is set in Colombia, where my father is from — a place he rarely talks about. Would he fall for the…
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Steve is being pressed into service as a wrestler in training, but if he had a choice he’d prefer a rumba to a rumble.Steve is…
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For her first show as a sole creator, Calderón Kellett writes love stories for a family that looks a lot like her own.For her first…
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The director was set to stage a revival of “Into the Woods” in London. After a clash at the Old Vic theater, the much-anticipated production…
View More Terry Gilliam’s Disputed Sondheim Show Finds a HomeTimes Critics Discuss 2021 in Books, From Breakout Stars to Cover Blobs
The Times’s staff critics talk with one another about the reading they did this year, on and off the job.The Times’s staff critics talk with…
View More Times Critics Discuss 2021 in Books, From Breakout Stars to Cover BlobsThe Blind Poet Who Saw Visions of Religious and Political Freedom
“Making Darkness Light,” a new portrait of John Milton by the Oxford scholar Joe Moshenska, presents the poet as a radical writer and thinker, incorporating…
View More The Blind Poet Who Saw Visions of Religious and Political FreedomIn a Debut Collection, the Quiet, Indelible Challenges of Early Adulthood, Rendered in Splinters and Fragments
In her story collection, “You Never Get It Back,” Cara Blue Adams explores the microcosm of a young woman’s ordinary struggle in modern America, as…
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“I want to bring all the parts of myself,” Riz Ahmed said of wearing Prada’s version of the traditional garment at the premiere of his…
View More Statement Dressing in a Red Carpet KurtaWith ‘Gunfight,’ an Insider Takes on a Community That Was Once His Own
Ryan Busse used to be a prominent figure in the firearm industry. A recent book details his disillusionment as he saw gun culture transform —…
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