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Matthew VanBesien, a former orchestral musician, will return from Australia, where he is director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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City Opera's woes give smaller companies an opening. Above, Gotham Chamber Opera's “Dark Sisters,” at John Jay College in November. Gotham has a reputation for being dependably creative and musically keen.
With City Opera in a sorry financial state, it has fallen to a range of smaller companies to provide variety and intimacy as a complement to the Met.
A Newcomer Is Showing Her Comfort Among Stars
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In her Broadway debut, in “Stick Fly,” Condola Rashad is demonstrating gifts that go far beyond her experience or her famous name.
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Real Connections in Game Land
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The games that numerous people access via their electronic devices also double as a new way to maintain their real-life relationships.
How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?
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A suburban dad. A fictional television blowhard. And now a political money launderer. How one funny guy became three.
The Perilous Art of Giving Books
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When an Actress Prepares (No Eye Contact, Please)
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Rooney Mara, Meryl Streep and other actresses in this year’s crop of Oscar hopefuls sometimes went to extraordinary lengths to get, and stay, in character.
Sundance Offers a Web Afterlife for Its Alumni
By JOHN ANDERSON
The Sundance Institute and the distributor New Video are making films available for streaming at Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, iTunes, YouTube and SundanceNOW.
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A video gallery of cinematic villainy, inspired by nefarious icons and featuring the best performers from the year in film.
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Steven Spielberg, Charlize Theron, breakthrough performances and more about this season's new films.
A Dancer Who Still Pushes the Boundaries
By RAPHAEL MINDER
"The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir," Toni Bentley's story of how she reclaimed her sexual fulfillment, has turned into a one-woman play at one of Madrid's most successful alternative theaters.
Making the Life of a Modern Nomad Into Literature
By ABDALLA F. HASSAN
The Egyptian novelist Miral al-Tahawy grew up in a traditional Bedouin village, and now teaches Arab literature in Arizona. She has transformed her life’s displacements into award-winning books.
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Myanmar’s First Girl Band Pushes Limits of Censors, and Parents
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The five members of Me N Ma Girls are battling conservative parents, a censorship board and boyfriends who think it is outrageous that they go onstage in such skimpy outfits.
In Ireland, Making Art From the Rubble
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Anger at the architects of Ireland's economic collapse is being translated into new work, and empty buildings are being turned into galleries -- or into the subjects of new artworks.
Challenges for the Design Industry in 2012
By ALICE RAWSTHORN
Designers stand ready to address the environmental and economic challenges that face the world.
Balkans Reclaim a Place in Cinema
By GINANNE BROWNELL
A new generation of filmmakers in the Balkan countries are again creating provocative and well-made movies, and foreign filmmakers are also finding much to like about the region.
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