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The Waters Are More Still, but Just as Dark
By BEN BRANTLEY
The real-life spouses Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley lead a new cast in the acclaimed musical about a family dealing with bipolar disorder.
Tale of Ansel Adams Negatives Grows Hazy
By REYHAN HARMANCI
Courtesy of Marian Walton
This print of the Jeffrey pine in Yosemite by an unknown photographer, Earl Brooks, resembles an image that has been attributed to Ansel Adams.
A dealer with a troubled past and an unknown photographer complicate claims of a found Ansel Adams trove.
From Jewish Roots in Brooklyn, a Sizzling Salsa Star
By LARRY ROHTER
Larry Harlow, “El Judío Maravilloso,” is bringing his unerring feeling for clave, Latin music’s five-stroke beat, to Lincoln Center on Saturday night.
Music Review
Love Is a Battlefield: Rihanna Brings Big Weapons
By BEN RATLIFF
Rihanna rode a gun turret and smashed the husk of an old car in her show at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Love is a battlefield. Love is a circus.
An Actress Wielding a Dancer’s Intuition
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Tracee Chimo has recently drawn praise for portraying a mousy nerd in “Circle Mirror Transformation” and a bitter maid of honor in “Bachelorette.”
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One Pianist and Many Composers, All in a Night’s Work
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The pianist Peter Jablonski had a very full calendar this week, including performing on Wednesday both at Avery Fisher Hall and at the Kaplan Penthouse.
James Turrell Settles Fight With Former Art Gallery
By RANDY KENNEDY
The artist and the Albion Gallery of London were engaged in a battle of lawsuits in federal district court in Manhattan.
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Swathed in a Sea of Color, and an Electronic Chill
By JON CARAMANICA
Francis and the Lights, which recently released its debut album, “It’ll Be Better,” performed at S.O.B.’s on Thursday night.
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Voyeur With a Ticket
By BEN BRANTLEY
Two popular shows in London question what it means to be an audience member.
Dancers Adopt a City and Vice Versa
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
Trey McIntyre Project, the dance company, settled in Boise, Idaho, after searching for a home. Now the city and the troupe are doing a lot for each other.
The Angst of an Accidental Sitcom Star
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Chris Gethard, plucked from semiobscurity to play the lead in the new Comedy Central series “Big Lake,” says he’s “only broken down and cried once.”
Sweet Sounds Of Truce In Aspen
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Bitter disputes involving the musicians, board members and management that festered in the last 18 months at the Aspen Music Festival show just how an institution can become frayed.
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The Week in Arts
The Face of Captive Greece in Rome
By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS
The influx of Greek culture into Rome in the third and second centuries B.C. as a result of the expansion of the empire is the subject of "Roman Days: The Age of Conquest" at the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
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Old Favorites, With New Tricks
By MATT WOLF
As the current London theater season proves, strong material much merits another go-round, served up by artists for whom a potentially well-worn source remains a place of wonder.
Design
A Small Book on a Big Career
By ALICE RAWSTHORN
Irma Boom recently took on a challenge: creating a book to commemorate 25 years of making books. Her work is showcased at the University of Amsterdam Library.
An Italian Valley Where Nature Meets Art
By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS
The Arte Sella sculpture park, set in an Alpine valley high above Borgo Valsugana, contains works from 200 artists from all over the world, with all the sculptures created for the particular site they occupy.
A Long Parade of Cultures Leaves a Rich Trail in the Art of Sumatra
By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP
Traces of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and more are easily found, as the exhibition "Sumatra: Isle of Gold" at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore shows.
Arts Playground Sprouts in China
By JOYCE HOR-CHUNG LAU
An opera house and museum — with a public library and children’s arts center to come — connected by outdoor walkways and green spaces emerge amid the factories of booming Guangzhou.
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