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In ‘Wicked: For Good,’ Ariana Grande Solidifies Herself as a Dramatic Actress

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The pop superstar reinvented herself in the first “Wicked,” but the sequel shows just how much further she can go as an actress.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:02 am

How All Those Star-Studded ‘Knives Out’ Casts Were Assembled

For the original, Daniel Craig was hired weeks, not months, in advance, and Ana De Armas joined days ahead. The latest, “Wake Up Dead Man,” followed that template.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:00 am

In ‘Death by Lightning,’ Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon Make Sparks Fly

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In a joint interview, the actors discussed presidential politics, period facial hair and why “the United States of America needs therapy.”

Published: November 5, 2025, 2:44 pm

Harry Potter and the Souped-Up Audiobooks

The reimagined series from Audible features a voice cast of more than 200 actors, a 60-piece orchestra and an immersive soundscape.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:02 am

Polarizing San Francisco Fountain Will Be Dismantled

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“From a city that is supposed to be avant-garde, it’s a shame,” the sculpture’s 96-year-old artist said after the decision.

Published: November 5, 2025, 2:16 pm

3 Plays About Jewish Identity That Resist Easy Answers

The Off Broadway shows “Hannah Senesh,” “Jewish Plot” and “Playing Shylock” take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.

Published: November 5, 2025, 1:28 pm

Music to Mourn Ukraine in World War II Returns With Fresh Urgency

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Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto was long neglected but is now being championed by Joshua Bell, while Ukraine is once again under attack.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:01 am

In ‘Figure,’ Dancing in Costumes that Don’t Want to Dance

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A fashion designer and a choreographer created a work in which intentionally cumbersome garments lead and the dancers’ movements follow.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:02 am

American Ballet Theater Tries to Make the Past Feel Fresh

This fall the offerings at American Ballet Theater, now in its 85th year, included a tepid premiere and touching debuts in Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo.”

Published: November 5, 2025, 1:25 am

Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Is Dismissed After Unpopular Rebranding

Sasha Suda was three years into her five-year contract when the museum’s board announced that she was being terminated for cause.

Published: November 5, 2025, 4:25 pm

A Zohran Mamdani Ad Used a Bob Dylan Song. The Music Was Removed.

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New York’s next mayor played “The Times They Are a-Changin’” in a spot on social media. The company that owns Dylan’s catalog said his songs can’t be used for politics.

Published: November 6, 2025, 1:30 am

‘Girl, Interrupted,’ With Aimee Mann Songs, to Be Staged in New York

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The Public Theater will present the play, which Martyna Majok adapted from the best-selling memoir.

Published: November 5, 2025, 7:00 pm

In Kim Kardashian’s New Legal Drama ‘All’s Fair,’ the Power Suits Do the Heavy Lifting

“All’s Fair,” a new legal drama from Ryan Murphy, flips the idea of a corporate uniform on its head.

Published: November 5, 2025, 4:51 pm

Juliana May Brings the Audacity of Optimism to BAM Fisher

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For her new work, opening at BAM Fisher, Juliana F. May looks to early influences to create her version of a postmodern musical.

Published: November 5, 2025, 4:00 pm

The Love Poem Andrea Gibson Wrote for Their Widow...and for You

Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley were two poets in love. After Gibson’s death, Falley is figuring out what that love looks like now.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:01 am

Sam McKinniss Paints the 2020s

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Now on display at a Manhattan gallery, his internet-sourced portraits are in demand. But he says, “I’m a very nervous person.”

Published: November 5, 2025, 7:18 pm

Tessa Thompson and Nina Chanel Abney on the Uses of Delusion

The “Hedda” actress and the artist chat about balancing art with commerce and the politicization of a Black queer figure.

Published: November 5, 2025, 9:29 pm

Can’t Get Enough of the Louvre Heist? Try These Fantasy Books

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The best-selling fantasy writer Holly Black recommends novels that blend the thrills of a well-executed crime with intrigue and sorcery.

Published: November 5, 2025, 4:15 pm

Late Night Chuckles at Andrew Cuomo’s Last-Minute Cheering Section

Republicans like President Trump, Stephen Miller and Elon Musk endorsed him ahead of New York City’s mayoral election. Stephen Colbert referred to them as “everyone New Yorkers love.”

Published: November 5, 2025, 7:15 am

Sara Terry, Photographer Who Captured War’s Aftermath, Dies at 70

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Her haunting work focused on the lingering traces of conflict in places like Bosnia and Sierra Leone, after the firing had stopped.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:17 pm

Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75

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Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.

Published: November 5, 2025, 10:40 pm

28 Fun Things to Do in NYC in November 2025

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Sure, Tom Turkey looms large this month, but other highlights include a magic show with Muppets, Patti Smith and “Horses,” and wrestling drag queens.

Published: November 5, 2025, 3:57 pm

Astronomers Detect the Brightest and Most Distant Black Hole Flare Ever Seen

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole

Published: November 5, 2025, 9:36 pm

A Short Walk in the Park Might Slow Cognitive Decline in People at Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s

New research indicates that even moderate step counts, as low as 3,000 steps daily, were linked with delayed symptom onset

Published: November 5, 2025, 9:30 pm

800-Year-Old Tower Partially Collapses Near Rome’s Colosseum, Killing a Worker Trapped Inside

Octav Stroici, a 66-year-old Romanian man, was restoring the Torre dei Conti when the accident occurred on November 3. Several other workers were successfully rescued from the medieval structure

Published: November 5, 2025, 7:51 pm

Researchers Create a New Antivenom That Can Combat Bites From 17 Snake Species, Trials in Mice Suggest

Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ways to prevent their devastating effects

Published: November 5, 2025, 6:10 pm

Archaeologists Unearth More Than 100 Projectiles From an Iconic Battlefield in Scotland

The Battle of Culloden marked the end of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and was the last pitched battle fought on British soil

Published: November 5, 2025, 3:58 pm

The Real Story of Christy Martin, the Trailblazing Boxer Who 'Created a Sport That Did Not Exist'

A new biopic starring Sydney Sweeney as the legendary athlete chronicles Martin's fights in and outside of the ring

Published: November 5, 2025, 12:00 pm

A Man Brought His Father’s ‘Piece of the Parthenon’ to Greek Officials. They Said It Was From an Even Older Temple in the Acropolis of Athens

The engraved marble fragment likely came from an archaic temple called the Hekatompedon, making it around 2,600 years old

Published: November 5, 2025, 11:00 am

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