Will Eno’s inward-looking incarnation of “Peer Gynt” steps out of Ibsen’s shadow just as Ibsen shrugged off elements of the original fairy tale.Will Eno’s inward-looking…
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Ed Sheeran, Streaming Star, Is No. 1 With Help From Album Sales
Sheeran’s “=” (pronounced “equals”), opens at the top of the Billboard 200 with modest streaming numbers for a star of his magnitude.Sheeran’s “=” (pronounced “equals”),…
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The latest in Rohit Shetty’s Bollywood cop franchise is both overstuffed and paper-thin.The latest in Rohit Shetty’s Bollywood cop franchise is both overstuffed and paper-thin.Read…
View More ‘Sooryavanshi’ Review: Cops on a CrusadePatricia Highsmith Lived Extravagantly, and Took Copious Notes
The writer’s newly released diaries and notebooks, spanning five decades from 1941 to 1995, are a record of hard work, wild nightlife and passionate love…
View More Patricia Highsmith Lived Extravagantly, and Took Copious NotesIs the Supreme Court on Its Way to Becoming a Conservative Bastion?
Linda Greenhouse’s “Justice on the Brink” looks back at the Supreme Court’s last year, with intimations of what we can expect in the future.Linda Greenhouse’s…
View More Is the Supreme Court on Its Way to Becoming a Conservative Bastion?How an Artist Listens to the Voices in His Head
Josh Ritter talks about how his novel “The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All” changed as he wrote it and the importance of creative work…
View More How an Artist Listens to the Voices in His HeadBefore the Astroworld Tragedy, Travis Scott’s ‘Raging’ Made Him a Star
The multiplatinum rapper earned a reputation for concerts that teetered on the edge of mayhem. Then eight people died during his performance in Houston on…
View More Before the Astroworld Tragedy, Travis Scott’s ‘Raging’ Made Him a StarNew York’s cultural institutions have a lot at stake as international visitors return.
The arts have suffered with a big source of ticket sales missing throughout the pandemic.The arts have suffered with a big source of ticket sales…
View More New York’s cultural institutions have a lot at stake as international visitors return.Report Says Critical Race Theory Bans Threaten Free Speech
The report by PEN America, which surveys more than 50 bills proposed across the country, appeals to a principle that has lost its luster for…
View More Report Says Critical Race Theory Bans Threaten Free SpeechHow to Photograph Annie Leibovitz
Gillian Laub was given a daunting — and thrilling — assignment: Capture the famed photographer Annie Leibovitz on camera. Here’s how she got the shot.Gillian…
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