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At the onset of Joshua Harmon’s wonderfully textured new play, “We Had a World,” Josh (played by Andrew Barth Feldman) is in his tighty-whities, scribbling in a notebook with a mechanical pencil at a desk on a corner of the stage. Just then his Nana — his dying Nana, to be specific — shows up … Read more

During his first visit to the Kennedy Center since making himself the chairman of its board, President Trump had a lot to say about Broadway shows, dancers in silk tights, the Potomac River and Elvis Presley. But in a private discussion at the start of a meeting of the center’s board on Monday, Mr. Trump … Read more

The Manhattan art adviser Lisa Schiff, who admitted to stealing millions of dollars clients gave her to buy art, but which she instead burned through to fund her life of luxury, was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken sentenced Ms. Schiff, 55, to … Read more

speaker 1 Love now and — speaker 2 Did you fall in love last night? speaker 3 Just tell her I love her. speaker 4 Love is stronger than anything you can see. speaker 5 Feel the love. speaker 6 Love. speaker 7 And I love you more than anything. speaker 8 What is love? … Read more

András Schiff, an eminent concert pianist who has boycotted strongman rule in Russia and his native Hungary, said on Wednesday that he would no longer perform in the United States because of concerns about President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying” on the world stage. Mr. Schiff, 71, a towering figure in classical music, said he was alarmed … Read more

Phil Hanley stood in a womb-like studio, psyching himself up to record the final section of his memoir. Peppermint tea, check. Hands in meditation position, check. Sheaf of highlighted, color coded pages printed in extra large type, check. But when Hanley leaned into the microphone to read from “Spellbound,” his candid account of growing up … Read more

Ever since a hooded gang smashed its way into Blenheim Palace — an English stately home that was Winston Churchill’s birthplace — and stole a fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet more than five years ago, the glittering john has been missing seemingly without a trace. On Tuesday, two men were found guilty over the theft … Read more

Friedman attributes many of her passions and habits to an unusual upbringing. She has described her childhood as feral, and said it has informed many of her artistic and career choices. She was one of four children born to a violinist father who left the family around the time she was born and a pianist … Read more

“We all discovered what a powerful vehicle it is to have her singing these songs, and to calm the flurries of notes down a little bit,” he added. “It’s there and it’s hiding, bubbling underneath, ready to come out and gobble up everything at any point. But another thing about it is knowing that you … Read more

We all know that the right chemistry can make any vacation magic, and the wrong chemistry can ruin one. But what if the problem is not a clash of personalities, but rather the choice of destination and activity? With this idea in mind, we came up with four different traveler types, paired each of them … Read more