Arts

Balanchine, the Teacher: ‘I Pushed Everybody’

The setting is a ballet class, and the year is 1974. George Balanchine throws up his arms in exasperation at…

Review: In ‘Polylogues,’ Dispatches From Non-Monogamy

If you spend your date nights at the theater, a word of caution about “Polylogues,” Xandra Nur Clark’s provocatively questing…

Review: With Balanchine and Confetti, City Ballet Is Back

After the final ballet, confetti rained on the stage. Dancers, a handful at least, cried during their bows. The audience…

Dr. Fauci, Movie Star

WASHINGTON — It was not quite noon on a sunny Saturday in Washington, and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the renowned…

In ‘Star Wars: Visions,’ Lucasfilm and Anime Join Forces, and Go Rogue

What would happen if some of the most creative animation studios in Japan were let loose in a galaxy far,…

Michael Gandolfini and the Riddle of Tony Soprano

When Michael Gandolfini was filming his role in “The Many Saints of Newark,” a period crime drama that casts him…

A Black Theater Flourished in New York. 200 Years Ago.

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A Broken Frame, and DNA Traces, Led to Arrest in van Gogh Theft

Nils M. was no rookie art thief. But prosecutors say he left behind DNA evidence on a broken picture frame…

Review: In ‘Sanctuary City,’ Slamming the Door on the Dream

American playwrights typically stake out a territory and stick to it. Tennessee Williams, having adopted that name, became the poet…

David Alan Grier on Navigating the Art World as a Black Collector

David Alan Grier is riveted by jack rabbits. “I saw one the other day in a grocery store parking lot,”…

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