arts
“Spies Are Forever”: When genres collide
March 18, 2016The conventions of the espionage thriller meet the attributes of the musical, with lots of comedy along the way.
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Spies, lies, and glanders: “The Americans” season four premiere
March 18, 2016Season four of FX's The Americans begins with a troubling image from character Philip Jennings' past.
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“Rosenkavalier”: A still-felt operatic kiss to a dying empire
March 17, 2016"The Chevalier of the Rose," which premiered in Dresden in 1911, is Richard Strauss's best known and most loved opera.
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Singing for change: Soundtrack of a movement
March 16, 2016There is a soundtrack to the rising movement for social change.
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Last tango in Kabul? “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” and the embedded reporter
March 10, 2016"Tango" perpetuates that age-old Hollywood tradition of setting stories in the "exotic" Third World.
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