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Monday, November 30, 2020

Barbra Streisand Is, as Ever, Firmly in Control by James B. Stewart, Collier Schorr and Mel Ottenberg

Since her breakout in the 1960s, she’s been able to convince the world around her to listen — not by chasing trends but by remaining always and fully herself.

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Saturday, November 25, 2017

‘Junk’ Mines the Milken Era for Truths That Resonate Now by James B. Stewart

Ayad Akhtar’s play portrays the financial excesses of the 1980s — part of what he calls “a collapse of a collective vision” of America — in ways that evoke unsettling new thoughts.

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Common Sense: Broadway Tickets, for the Price of an Economics Lesson by James B. Stewart

Dynamic pricing has come to air travel, hotel rooms and sports events, so why not a $1,450 theater seat? But (spoiler alert!) you can still come out ahead.

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Monday, March 16, 2015

A Fight at the Opera by James B. Stewart

On February 26, 2014, Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, entered the Met’s boardroom to address a group that included a nine-member committee of the Met orchestra, …

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Friday, October 11, 2013

A Ransacked Endowment At New York City Opera - NYTimes.com by James B. Stewart

A fundamental premise of successful investing is “sell high, buy low.” So what explains the New York City Opera board’s decision to do the opposite?

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