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| ?American Idol? Ponders a Ratings Dip on Fox |
?American Idol? lost nearly a quarter of its still-huge audience this season, and people involved with that Fox show are asking what went wrong.
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| Met Reverses Itself on Ban of Reviews by Opera News |
The Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday said an ?outpouring of reaction? from fans caused it to change course.
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| Music Review: Bamberg Symphony Led by Jonathan Nott at Avery Fisher Hall |
was led by Jonathan Nott on Sunday afternoon and Monday evening at Avery Fisher Hall.As he demonstrated with the Bamberg ensemble at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday and Monday, Jonathan Nott can confound expectations.
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| Theater Review: ?February House,? at the Public Theater |
Kristen Sieh and Julian Fleisher in this new musical at the Public Theater.?February House,? a new musical at the Public Theater, tours a Brooklyn Heights commune where W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers and Benjamin Britten were all residents.
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| ?Sleep No More,? Enhanced by MIT Media Lab |
A test drive of the MIT Media Lab?s electronic enhancements to the site-specific theater piece ?Sleep No More.?
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| ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: From Chile, Pablo Larraín's 'No' |
The Chilean director Pablo Larraín?s film ?No,? part of the Directors? Fortnight, is one of the best selections so far at the Cannes Film Festival.
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| Books of The Times: Richard Brautigan Biography, ?Jubilee Hitchhiker? |
This book about the short life of the novelist and poet Richard Brautigan distills San Francisco and Montana in the 1960s and ?70s and the wild lives of the subject and his friends.
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| Summer Stages |
Nationwide listings for a season of performances.
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| ArtsBeat: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gets Major Gift of Photographs and Other Works |
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has received a bonanza from one of its longtime trustees, including 6,000 photographs by Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams.
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| ArtsBeat: 10 Million Shades of Green: Erotic Trilogy Dominates Book Sales |
More than 10 million copies of the books in the erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy have been sold in the United States.
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| ArtsBeat: Stanley Fish Defends Spoilers |
Are the pleasures of suspense destroyed if we know what's going to happen next? Maybe not.
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| Music Review: Carole J. Bufford in ?Speak Easy? |
Carole J. Bufford, with the jazz band Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, in this show at the Metropolitan Room.Carole J. Bufford provides a look at a contemporary flapper in her show ?Speak Easy,? at the Metropolitan Room.
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| Music Review: Shanghai Troupe Presents Ancient Opera at Asia Society |
, an ancient tale, with Yuan Guo Liang, left, and Chen Li, of the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, at Asia Society.The Shanghai Kunqu Opera comes to New York with a production based on an age-old folk tale.
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| Music Review: Eclipse Quartet Performs at Roulette |
The Eclipse Quartet and the pianist Vicki Ray performed pieces by Morton Feldman at Roulette on Monday evening.
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| Music Review: Red Light New Music at Leonard Nimoy Thalia |
Red Light New Music embraced John Cage?s view of noise, with a program at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.
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| Dance Review: Luciana Achugar?s Latest Dance at Abrons Arts Center |
Long, flowing wigs play a prominent role in Luciana Achugar?s latest work at Abrons Arts Center.
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| Painting of Zuma Draws Attacks in South Africa |
?The Spear? appears to show President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, and the African National Congress is trying to force a gallery to remove it.
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| Dance Review: Helen Simoneau Danse at Joyce SoHo |
The Helen Simoneau Danse company presented a suite of ?Flight? dances exploring the theme of personal space, at the Joyce SoHo.
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| Movie Review: ?The Woman in the Septic Tank,? a Satire by Marlon Rivera |
Marlon Rivera?s satire ?The Woman in the Septic Tank? follows ambitous young moviemakers who live a life of privilege in Manila but want to make an exploitative film about poverty.
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| Henry Denker, Author in Many Genres, Dies at 99 |
Mr. Denker?s large output ranged from novels and movies to TV and Broadway plays.
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