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A Cockeyed Optimist: Oscar Hammerstein Was No Stephen Sondheim
Laurie Winer’s new book, “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical,” takes the measure of Sondheim’s mentor and…
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World
The Harrowing Personal Story France’s Prime Minister Rarely Tells
The daughter of an Auschwitz survivor, Élisabeth Borne has avoided bringing her past into politics, even when it might be…
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US
Understanding the Massacre in Goshen
A conversation about the gun violence that killed a family, including a 10-month-old baby, in a small San Joaquin Valley…
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News
How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age
From the set design to the wig styles, the Broadway musical creates a richly detailed vision of the 1920s and…
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News
Simone Forti’s Experiments Transcribing Bodies in Motion
Best known for her work as a choreographer, the artist is the subject of a wide-ranging show at MOCA in…
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Style
Whitney Houston’s Enduring Legacy: Lifting Up Other Black Women
THERE ARE, STRANGELY, a lot of other women in Whitney Houston’s 1993 video for the song “I’m Every Woman,” that…
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News
Rihanna: Since She’s Been Gone
On Sunday, one of pop’s most reliable hitmakers returns at the Super Bowl halftime show. During her hiatus from music…
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Business
Biden Makes His Business Case in the State of the Union
The president took credit for strong job growth and his legislative agenda that’s boosted investment in infrastructure and clean energy…
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News
The World’s Biggest Democracy Is Jettisoning Freedom and Tolerance
When I moved to New Delhi in 2009 to work as a foreign correspondent, there was already a decade’s worth…
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Style
Hip-Hop, Still Fly at 50
A museum exhibition and book kick off the anniversary of a genre incubated in the Bronx and exported to the…