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It’s Hard to Be the Brother of a Genius Who Died Young

S.E. Hinton Leans on Dave Barry for Post-Election Comfort

Thomas J. McCormack Dies at 92; Transformed St. Martin’s Press

Judi Dench’s Eyesight Keeps Her From Reading, but Not From Books

Read Your Way Through Madrid

You Had to Be There. ‘Encounterism’ Argues You Still Do.

A Cockeyed Optimist: Oscar Hammerstein Was No Stephen Sondheim

The Outer Limits

Terry Teachout, Arts Critic With a Wide Range, Is Dead at 65

Billy Porter’s New Book Isn’t Just a Memoir; It’s a Testimony

Why David Hare Loves Oscar Wilde

Always Leave Them Smiling: The Art of Al Hirschfeld

In Covid’s Early Days, Her Loss Resonated. She Hopes Her Hope Does, Too.

The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

‘Tom Stoppard’ Tells of an Enormous Life Spent in Constant Motion

In ‘Tom Stoppard,’ Hermione Lee Takes On a New Challenge: a Living Subject

‘Mike Nichols’ Captures a Star-Studded Life That Shuttled Between Broadway and Hollywood

The Director André Gregory Has Written a Memoir, but He Says He Hasn’t

Razzle Dazzle, Part 2: Broadway Triumphs Again

Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, Author With a Darkly Comic Worldview, Dies