A new Blu-ray box set collects the feature films and shorts of the director, who died this week at 89.A new Blu-ray box set collects…
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Roger Michell, Director of ‘Notting Hill,’ Is Dead at 65
He was an accomplished theater director as well as a filmmaker. But he was best known for his blockbuster romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and…
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The “Pass Over” playwright’s bold decision to alter her play’s ending was essential, she said, to convey the message that “we as a people need…
View More Finding Redemption and Rebirth on the Road to BroadwayWhat’s in Our Queue? ‘Betty’ and More
I’m a senior staff editor on The Times’s Culture desk. Here are five things I’ve been watching, reading and listening to.I’m a senior staff editor…
View More What’s in Our Queue? ‘Betty’ and MoreIn Rashid Johnson’s Mosaics, Broken Lives Pieced Together
In new exhibitions at the Metropolitan Opera and David Kordansky Gallery, the artist offers a story of recovery — personal and collective — after a…
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“Mind/Mirror,” a monumental retrospective at the Whitney Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, reveals an artist’s protean talent, changing perspectives and resiliency over six…
View More Review: ‘Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror’ Divides and ConquersThe Long-Delayed Tony Awards Are Almost Here. This Is What to Expect.
The ceremony is taking place at the Winter Garden Theater on Sunday. We bring you up to speed on everything that has happened since the…
View More The Long-Delayed Tony Awards Are Almost Here. This Is What to Expect.How Leslie Odom Jr. and Audra McDonald Will Host the Tony Awards
The two discussed the ceremony’s recognition of Broadway’s reopening, but also its pandemic losses.The two discussed the ceremony’s recognition of Broadway’s reopening, but also its…
View More How Leslie Odom Jr. and Audra McDonald Will Host the Tony AwardsCan a Coma Be Contagious?
In “The Sleeping Beauties,” Suzanne O’Sullivan examines those poorly understood conditions that fall at the tangled intersection of body and mind, like mysterious outbreaks of…
View More Can a Coma Be Contagious?María Mendiola, Half of a Chart-Topping Disco Duo, Dies at 69
“Yes Sir, I Can Boogie,” which she and a fellow ballet dancer recorded under the name Baccara, became one of the disco anthems of the…
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