Arts
Broadway's Recovery Is Real, and Selective
Long-running titles thrive while new plays fight for eight weeks.
By Julian Marsh · 4 min read
New York · Arts
Arts & Culture
Theater, museums, music and the artists who keep making work in an expensive city.
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The Met Rehangs Its Modern Wing
A curatorial argument about the twentieth century, made in wall labels.
By Beatrice Lowell
Arts
Off-Off-Broadway Finds Cheaper Rooms in the Bronx
Companies priced out of Manhattan are building audiences uptown.
By Julian Marsh
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A Brooklyn Orchestra Plays Its Neighborhood's Composers
Commissions from within a two-mile radius, performed to full houses.
By Beatrice Lowell
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Public Art Returns to the Subway's Renovated Stations
Mosaic, tile and the durable question of who chooses.
By Julian Marsh
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Independent Bookstores Multiply Against the Odds
Fourteen have opened in three years, most of them small and specific.
By Beatrice Lowell
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Jazz Clubs Negotiate Rent and Legacy in Greenwich Village
The music survived; the leases are the current struggle.
By Julian Marsh
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Dance Companies Rebuild Their Touring Economics
Fewer weeks on the road, more residencies at home.
By Beatrice Lowell
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Museum Attendance Shifts to Weekday Evenings
Programming has followed New Yorkers' rearranged schedules.
By Julian Marsh
Arts
The Studio Buildings Artists Are Still Fighting to Keep
Live-work zoning, loft law and a fifty-year fight over space.
By Beatrice Lowell
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Film Production Returns to the Boroughs' Soundstages
Tax credits, crew depth and the streets themselves.
By Julian Marsh
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A Photography Archive Digitizes a Century of New York
Two million negatives, one grant and a race against acetate decay.
By Beatrice Lowell
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Community Choruses Are Booming
Amateur singing is the city's fastest-growing cultural habit.
By Julian Marsh
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Public Libraries as the City's Largest Arts Venue
Free programming reaches audiences no box office does.
By Beatrice Lowell
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The Poets Reading in Bars Again
A circuit of small series has rebuilt New York's spoken-word life.
By Julian Marsh