In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:07PMShe made a classic wig and poodle skirt for “Grease” (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMHe brought an all-embracing enthusiasm to about 4,000 articles for The New York Times on modern dance, tap, ballet and practically every other genre.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:03PMAfter facing homelessness in his youth, he became an admired theater and television actor, playing tough and weathered but vulnerable characters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:13PMMr. Barry’s scripts for a hit Broadway play and later a Hollywood movie about that rule-breaking comic helped give Mr. Bruce a lasting place in pop culture lore.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:19PMShe and her husband invented a model for faithfully adapting acclaimed literature, illuminating an alternate path for independent cinema.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:46PM“Throw the note over your shoulder!” Debbie Harry, Kathleen Hanna, Justin Vivian Bond and other singers recall Barbara Gustern, a beloved vocal coach who was killed last month at age 87.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMSteve Ross will always sing ‘Always.’ A certain Cole Porter tune still gives him a frisson. The entertainer, who could very well be the last of a dying breed, has devoted himself to the …
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