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Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York. He writes a blog called The Wicked Stage.
The BBC adaptation of ‘Brideshead’ starred Anthony Andrews, Laurence Olivier and Jeremy Irons. (photo: alamy.com)
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A 11-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s great novel aired weekly on PBS in 1981.
Elaine May and Lucas Hedges in ‘The Waverly Gallery’ (photo: Brigitte Lacombe)
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Two seasoned actors explore meaning and mortality in ‘The Waverly Gallery’ and ‘Thom Pain (based on nothing).’
Paddy Considine in ‘The Ferryman’ (photo: Joan Marcus)
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In the fallen world of “The Ferryman,” conflict and compromise poison everything.
The cast of “Girl From the North Country” (photo: Joan Marcus)
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How did an old war horse manage to outrun a rolling stone?
Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh in the new Amazon/BBC version of ‘King Lear’ 
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A new adaptation from the BBC and Amazon makes ideal use of a sensational cast of British actors.
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Rodgers and Hammerstein created tuneful diversions but also some of our nation's most enduring entertainments.
 Photo By Matthew Murphy
Arts & CultureTheater
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“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is both a sequel to Rowling’s iconic seven-book series and a canny rehash of many of its tropes.
Arts & CultureMusic
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A blockbuster exhibition profiles one of the 20th century's great bridge figures.
Matthew MacFadyen (Henry Wilcox) Hayley Atwell (Margaret Schlegel) in 'Howards End’
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E. M. Forster's masterpiece is a state-of-the-nation thesis in the guise of a real estate inheritance plot.
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There is simply no ignoring the elemental power of seeing Jesus’ depicted, earnestly and largely reverently, on national TV.