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Monday, August 20, 2018

The Quirky Beauty of Ariana Grande’s Sweetener by Craig Jenkins

We've all had a wild year, but Ariana Grande might've had the wildest. Since last spring, the Floridian singer with the outsize voice had her world rocked by a terror attack at her arena sho…

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Review: Bruce Springsteen Comes to Broadway by Craig Jenkins

Bruce Springsteen has played every kind of stage imaginable " hole-in-the-wall bars, 80,000-capacity stadiums, White House sitting rooms " and, as a bandleader in command of a sound as big a…

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Jacob Anderson on His Musical Career and Playing Grey Worm on Game of Thrones by Craig Jenkins

If you watched the breathless seventh season of HBO's Game of Thrones that ended in a climactic haze of blue flame (or any of the very stressful episodes before it), you'll likely recognize …

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

Nick Cave Brings Dark Tales of Death and Loss to the Beacon Theatre by Craig Jenkins

The Beacon Theatre is a peculiar Upper West Side fixture: The colorful paintings and gilded pillars inside the decadent space run in stark contrast to the mix of stately sophistication and r…

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Friday, December 2, 2016

The Hamilton Mixtape Both Reinterprets and Reinvigorates Its Source Soundtrack by Craig Jenkins

Almost a year and a half after its summer 2015 open in Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton remains a ticket so hot that the next batch of open seats is for a bl…

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

A Tribe Called Quest Is Back in Top Form on We Got It From Here by Craig Jenkins

A few months ago, I was sitting in the balcony at the Apollo Theater at the funeral of A Tribe Called Quest co-founder Malik "Phife Dawg" when I realized something I'd known all along but ne…

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Jeezy on Trap or Die 3, Shawty Lo, and What He Thinks of Frozen by Craig Jenkins

Eight years ago this month, Atlanta rapper Jeezy released "My President," which capped off a year of excitement about then"Illinois senator Barack Obama's presidential run with the definitiv…

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Lady Gaga's Joanne Is a Slightly Frustrating Mix of Country and EDM, But It's Fun When It Gels by Craig Jenkins

As a stadium-class pop act with roots in musical theater and performance art, Lady Gaga does not deal in subtleties. Gesture to the nosebleeds, and you reach everyone in the room. If the wid…

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