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Rupert Murdoch Liked Red Meat. So Bertie Carvel Takes His Steak Rare.

The son and grandson of journalists aims to complicate the “pantomime villain” he portrays in “Ink.”

 

Geoffrey Rush Wins Defamation Case Against Australian Newspaper Publisher

The actor said two front-page articles in 2017 wrongly accused him of sexually harassing a female co-star during a Sydney theater production.

 

Harlem School of the Arts Announces $9.5 Million Renovation

The extensive project, funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation, will replace the building’s facade and update its public gallery space.

 

No Regrets: Taking 500 L.G.B.T Teenagers to ‘The Prom’ on Broadway

And “Killing Eve” celebrates Season 2 with intimate cocktails on Central Park West.

 

Review: Marilyn Monroe Goes to War in ‘Norma Jeane Baker of Troy’

Ben Whishaw and Renée Fleming provide the oxygen in Anne Carson’s hypnotic and exasperating work, which imagines the actress as a Euripides heroine.

 

Hungarian Opera Asks White Cast of ‘Porgy and Bess’ to Say They Are African-American

The Hungarian State Opera’s general director asked singers to sign a declaration that they identified as African-American, although they are all white.

 

Teenagers Charged With Setting Fire to Shakespeare Theater in Connecticut

The fire in January reduced the historic building, opened in 1955, to a smoldering mound of mangled steel.

 

Critic’s Pick: Review: Puppets and Power Make for a Marvelous ‘Menagerie’

The latest play from the Mad Ones finds the seeds of momentous social change in a 1979 focus group about a kids’ television show.

 

Review: ‘Marjana and the Forty Thieves’ Gives a Lesson in Storytelling

With the theater made up to resemble a nomadic tent, audience members sit on cushions, couches and bean bags, while the actors roam about the space.

 

Russia Frees Director After Nearly 20 Months of House Arrest

While no longer confined to his apartment in Moscow, Kirill Serebrennikov still faces up to 10 years in prison for embezzlement. He has received support from cultural figures around the world.

 

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