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News Articles: Performing Arts

In "The Twins," an episode of <em>Star Wars: Visions</em>, siblings Karre and Am square off.

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  • TV Reviews

Anime Anthology 'Star Wars: Visions' Expands The Galaxy Far, Far Away

The uneven Disney+ series views the Star Wars universe through an anime lens. The result points up the visual potential — and narrative limitations — of the franchise.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Lil Nas X accepts best direction for "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday in New York City.

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  • Arts & Life

The Best Moments From The MTV VMAs

It was a big night for Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber and Lil Nas X, among others, as MTV's Video Music Awards returned to the stage.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Kacey Musgraves, whose follow-up to her Album of the Year-winning <em>Golden Hour</em>, titled <em>Star-Crossed</em>, was released Sep. 10, 2021.

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  • Music Interviews

Kacey Musgraves: 'Star-Crossed' And Thriving

"We're all taught that the success of a relationship has to somehow correlate with the length of it ... I just don't think that that's fully accurate." The singer-songwriter's new album is out today.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King,
  • Phil Harrell,
  • and 1 more
A scene from Francisco Negrin's production of Verdi's <em>Il Trovatore,</em> shown in a performance from the Opera de Monte Carlo.

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  • Arts & Life

Faced With Deadline Drama, LA Opera Stages A Construction Sprint

With sets shipped from Europe stuck on a boat that can't dock because of coronavirus disruption, LA Opera went to work building new sets, cramming months of work into ten days.

September 03, 2021
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
The cast of <em>Hadestown</em> gathered, masked, for their first rehearsal in 17 months. Broadway has strict safety protocols but there has been at least one breakthrough infection in a touring cast.

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  • Theater

Curtains Up! Broadway Musicals Return, But COVID Concerns Are Center Stage

Broadway shows have implemented strict protocols, but anxiety is high. "The culture of 'the show must go on,' it has to be left behind," says the executive director of the Actors' Equity Association.

September 01, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Neighbors Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short) and Charles (Steve Martin) become podcasters in <em>Only Murders in the Building</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

In Twisty 'Only Murders In The Building,' True Crime Makes Good Neighbors

A trio of Upper West Side neighbors and true-crime devotees stumbles upon an actual murder and proceeds to make a podcast about it in this shrewdly funny Hulu series.

August 31, 2021
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis in <em>Ted Lasso</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Ted Lasso' Recap, Season 2, Episode 5: Romcommunism Comes To AFC Richmond

Ted Lasso, which is always a bunch of love stories, salutes romantic comedy in an episode that brings out a new side of Nathan and a new professional aspiration in Roy.

August 20, 2021
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
<strong>Can't Let It Go:</strong> Two looks from Disney's <em>Frozen</em>, by Christopher Oram, including Elsa's Ice Dress

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  • Performing Arts

Many Stages Are Still Dark, But You Can Now See These Iconic Costumes Up Close

The Showstoppers! exhibition in New York's Theater District showcases the work of an industry hit hard by the pandemic. Visitors can see more than 100 costumes — and watch artists hard at work.

August 18, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, CA will be one of 48 venues across the country affected by AEG's new policy.

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  • Concerts

One Of The Biggest Live Music Companies Will Require Full Vaccination

AEG Presents is behind such iconic venues as Webster Hall and The Roxy, as well as the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. The policy starts Oct. 1.

August 13, 2021
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Pearl Cleage

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  • Performing Arts

The Show Must Go On After A Year Of COVID: A Talk With Pearl Cleage

From Broadway to your local community playhouse, the pandemic put live theater on hold. But the theater is slowly coming back. Joining us to talk about that and more is playwright, best-selling author, poet and political activist Pearl Cleage. She's currently the playwright in residence at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta.

August 11, 2021
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Tiffany Griffith
The crowd catches Wes Borland's guitar during the Lollapalooza music festival last weekend at Grant Park in Chicago.

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  • Performing Arts

So Much For 'Hot Vax Summer.' Delta Puts A Damper On Festivals And Concerts

As summer festivals and massive concerts returned this month amid the promise of "hot vax summer," the surge in the delta variant has disrupted plans for carefree live music.

August 06, 2021
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Jon Michael Hill (seated) and Namir Smallwood star in <em>Pass Over, </em>the first play to return to Broadway since the COVID-19 closure.

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  • Theater

Broadway's 1st Play Since COVID Closure Blends Bible, Beckett, Black Lives Matter

The first play to open on Broadway in more than a year, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over tells the story of two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Calvin Royal III and Isabella Boylston perform "This Bitter Earth" at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival.

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  • Dance

Dancer Calvin Royal III Takes Center Stage At ABT — And Beyond

Royal is only the third Black dancer to be promoted to principal at the American Ballet Theatre — which is even more impressive when you know he didn't begin training in ballet until he was 14.

August 02, 2021
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By:
  • Alexandra Starr
<em>Dave Chappelle: This Time This Place</em> chronicles Chappelle's efforts to entertain audiences during the pandemic with a series of outdoor shows. He's pictured above in North Charleston, S.C., on Jan. 30, 2020.

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  • Performing Arts

Chappelle Fans Flock To D.C. Live Events As New Mask Mandate Is Announced

Dave Chappelle drew sold-out crowds to his live, indoor appearances in Washington, D.C. — 3,500 attended his show at the concert venue The Anthem and more than 2,000 came to the Kennedy Center.

August 02, 2021
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
John Douglas Thompson portrays the magician Prospero in a Commonwealth Shakespeare Company production of <em>The Tempest</em> in Boston this month.

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  • Performing Arts

Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences

Scholars have a mantra: Shakespeare is universal and his works are for everyone. But for Black actors and audiences, does an implicit whiteness in the Bard's canon hinder access and identification?

July 29, 2021
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  • Jeremy D. Goodwin
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