“He was wearing Irish sweaters,” said Ms. Roberge in a phone call, and they crossed her arms as if to say, “Come on, show us what you have.” For the remainder of his theatrical career, Mr. Birney played a wide variety of roles, including Antonio Salieri as his replacement in Peter Shaffer’s Broadway “Amadeus”; Benedick …
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“I’ve always been interested in the beginnings of other artists’ work,” Bridget Riley says. “How they start is pretty important.” The abstract painter, who turned 91 in April, has returned to his own beginnings for an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art in Conn, New Haven. It is celebrated as a national treasure …
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Sometimes Bridget Everettactor, comedian, and self-proclaimed “cabaret antelope” He wonders what would have happened if he had never left Kansas. He has a very good idea. “I would probably live in Kansas City or Lawrence,” he said. “I would probably work at a restaurant and have two DUIs and sit on the couch in my …
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