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Books of The Times: The Voice That Helped Remake Culture
Terry Teachout’s eloquent and important new biography restores Louis Armstrong to his deserved place in the pantheon of American artists.
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Proud to Be an American: Remembering the 2009 American Music Awards
How will history record the pageant that was the 37th annual American Music Awards? Will it be remembered for the victories of Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift, or the performances of Adam Lambert and Jennifer Lopez?
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The Media Equation: A Triumph of Avoiding the Traps
Oprah Winfrey’s gut intuition, about knowing when to say no and when it is time to go, is worth studying at every business school in the country.
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Artist Eyes' Views of Filipino History
A country's complex past and its storytelling tradition come together in "Thrice Upon a Time'' an ambitious exhibition running through Jan. 31 at the Singapore Art Museum
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Music Review | 'Il Trittico': Desperate Woman Times 3
Patricia Racette, a versatile, dramatically astute performer, tackled all the heroines of Puccini’s three one-act operas.
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Books of The Times: Vile Heroes and High-Seas Swagger
“Pirate Latitudes” has unremarkable ambitions, standard genre flourishes and the stiff, uncomfortable tone of early work.
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Refugees From a Flop, Broadway Bound Again
Within a week, the actors Jessica Hecht and Santino Fontana went from closing “Brighton Beach Memoirs” to landing parts in “A View From the Bridge.”
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Dance Review | Paris Opera Ballet: Au Revoir to the Old, Bonjour to the New
The Paris Opera Ballet throws down the gauntlet with a triple bill.
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Dance Review | Complexions Contemporary Ballet: Supple Limbs in a Sea of Energy
Complexions Contemporary Ballet is still thrashing, spinning and kicking along its merry way.
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Television Review | 'Find My Family': Reuniting Lost Relations, Leaving Time for Tears
Based on the first episode of “Find My Family,” soul means tears.
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Television Review | 'The Lost JFK Tapes': In Small Details, a Day That Stunned the Nation
This program creates a moment-by-moment account of the shooting of President John F. Kennedy from numerous film and photographic sources.
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Theater Review | 'The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular': Camels, Claus, Nativity and Oh, …
If it’s a promotional cliché to say that “The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular” is part of New York’s holiday season tradition, it’s also a fact.
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Music Review | Bang on a Can All-Stars and the Trio Mediaeval: The John Henry Who Might Have Been
The Bang on a Can All-Stars and the Trio Mediaeval performed Julia Wolfe’s “Steel Hammer.”
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Music Review | 'Too Marvelous for Words': Those Amorous Lyrics, Borrowed From the Birds
The singer Ann Hampton Callaway brought the house to its feet as the New York Pops orchestra celebrated the centennial of the songwriter Johnny Mercer.
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Music Review | Cameron Carpenter: A Showman of the Organ Pulls Back the Curtain
Everything the organist Cameron Carpenter did during his concert was meant to show his audience exactly what he was up to, without compromising the serious music he played.
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Music Review | Steve Grossman: A Stylistic and Geographic Traveler Savors His Homecoming
Mr. Grossman set a low-key tone for his official re-emergence.
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Bridge: The Strategy of Angling for That Extra Trick
On Thursday I highlighted the need to bid cautiously in a match-pointed pair event; do not push aggressively for game.
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Swift and Jackson Win Big at AMAs
Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five awards including artist of the year.
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Theater Review | 'Dreamgirls': Hopeful Divas Back Where It All Began
Robert Longbottom’s revival of “Dreamgirls” is a bluntly drawn, pastels-saturated production.
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‘Twilight’ Dawns Bright at the Box Office
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sold a supernatural $140.7 million in tickets over the weekend in North American theaters.
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