Two Bands Nurtured in a Garden State of Mind
By JON CARAMANICA
New albums from Titus Andronicus and the Pharmacists are infused with a sense of New Jersey identity.
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Owen Sejake, left, and Sean Taylor, rehearsing the new play, in which Mr. Taylor’s character searches for a black woman’s grave.
His Next Act: Driving Out Apartheid’s Ghost
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Athol Fugard, the South African playwright, is back telling stories shaped by his country’s tormented racial history. His new play will have its premiere at a theater named in his honor.
At the Guggenheim, the Art Walked Beside You, Asking Questions
By ALICIA DESANTIS
In “This Progress,” a work by Tino Sehgal, visitors were ushered up the spiral ramp by series of guides who asked them questions related to the idea of progress.
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He Could Sell a Bridge Over the East River
By MIKE HALE
The Lifetime movie “Who Is Clark Rockefeller?,” which makes its debut on Saturday night, is about a German man who fooled flocks of Americans with his invented personas.
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Seeing the Forest Through the Dreamscape
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Liz Gerring’s “Lichtung/Clearing,” at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, puts a video set to good use. But it’s the dancing and choreography that make this work exceptional.
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In an All-Riley Show, Peace, From the Mouths of Babes
By ALLAN KOZINN
The Kronos Quartet performed a program of Terry Riley’s music at Zankel Hall on Thursday evening.
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A Trip Through Time and Fashion
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
“Dear Emissary, ...,” a new dance-theater work at the Chocolate Factory in Queens, escapes neat associations to float in its own strange in-between logic.
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Complex Colors in Simple Settings
By JON PARELES
Gilberto Gil’s trio meticulously sketched the sound of much larger ensembles at the Nokia Theater on Thursday night.
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How Oscar Found Ms. Right
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Kathryn Bigelow’s two-fisted win at the Academy Awards has helped dismantle stereotypes about what types of films women can and should direct.
The Girls Who Kicked in Rock’s Door
By SIA MICHEL
The most striking thing about “The Runaways,” a new film about the trailblazing bad-girl rock band from the 1970s, is how authentic it feels.
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Richard Stites, Historian of Russian Culture, Dies at 78
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American composers discuss the challenges of creating “classical” music in the 21st century.
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Fair Swamped by Second Raters
By SOUREN MELIKIAN
At the 23rd European Fine Art Fair, the addition of galleries and dealers has turned it into a collector's supermarket.
FX Harsono's Rebellious, Critical Voice Against 'Big Power' in Indonesia
By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP
For the past four decades, Mr. Harsono has provided a critical voice against political and social oppression in Indonesia. Some of his seminal works are now on show at the Singapore Art Museum, until May 9.
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Love May Die but Its Phantoms Play Enduring Roles in London
By MATT WOLF
Temperatures rise in “Ghosts” and irony betrays “Sweet Nothings,” as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies” opens.
Redesigning the Concept and Role of the Automobile
By ALICE RAWSTHORN
The vision of smart, eco-savvy cars free from the threat of congestion, crashes, pollution and parking spats could soon become reality, according to the authors of a new book, "Reinventing the Automobile."
The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art
By SOUREN MELIKIAN
“Holy Russia,’' an exhibit at the Louvre through May 24, examines the impact of Western, Eastern and Middle Eastern culture on Russia since its conception.
China's First Lady of Opera
By ROBERT TURNBULL
The person who has been carefully nurturing many of China's top singers in the Western opera tradition for international careers is the 93-year-old Zhou Xiaoyan.
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