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A British Scandal Intrigued J.T. Rogers, Then He Went Down the Rabbit Hole
The playwright thought News International’s phone-hacking scandal could make for a sweeping thriller. Twelve years later, here it is.
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World
Amnon Weinstein, Who Restored Violins From the Holocaust, Dies at 84
Many had been left behind by victims of the gas chambers. He let the instruments be heard again in melodic…
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Sports
For Women’s Basketball, Caitlin Clark’s Lasting Impact May Be Economic
People have flocked to watch the Iowa star on TV and in person at a time when her sport is…
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Style
Permanent Lettuce: A Pageant of Hockey Hair
At Minnesota’s state hockey tournament, outrageously coifed high school stars competed for the best “salad” and “flow.” And then the…
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World
A Broadway-Bound ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Leads Olivier Award Nominations
The musical, starring Nicole Scherzinger, secured 11 nominations at Britain’s equivalent of the Tony Awards.
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Sports
Baseball Video Game Will Include Women for the First Time
MLB The Show 24 will feature a career mode that allows gamers to create a female player and steer her…
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Paper Bag Players Celebrate 65 Years of Making Magic Out of the Ordinary
The children’s theater company will bring its latest production, “It’s a Marvelous Paper Bag World!,” to stages in New York…
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World
René Pollesch, Provocative Force in German Theater, Dies at 61
His avant-garde work, short on character and plot but long on verbal high jinks, could be irreverent, even goofy, but…
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Food
John Patrick Shanley Reflects on His Accidental Retrospective
The playwright discusses the Broadway revival of “Doubt” and his latest, “Brooklyn Laundry.” “People are disagreeing violently with themselves,” he…
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World
Jimmy Van Eaton, Purveyor of the Sun Records Beat, Dies at 86
His drumming lent spontaneity and imagination to the unfettered sound of seminal rock ’n’ roll records by Jerry Lee Lewis…