Two new Broadway productions cast these two towering figures in sharp relief.
Arts & Culture
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The Our Father meets Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass
‘The Sound of Silence’ version of the ‘Our Father’ has been widespread throughout Latin America and U.S. Latino communities for the last few decades.
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We may have reached peak Taylor Swift.
You always hope that your favorite artist’s best work is still ahead of them. But what goes up must come down.
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‘Death of a Salesman’ turns 75. And we’re still haunted by Willy Loman.
Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” which turns 75 this year, was a huge hit by any commercial or critical standard. In 1949, it pulled off an unprecedented trifecta, winning the New York Drama Circle Critics’ Award, the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. So attention must be paid!
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The Jesuits’ musical legacy: A mission opera debuts in Bolivia
This week, a music festival returns to the Chiquitos missions in Bolivia, which the Jesuits established between 1691 and 1760. The story of the Jesuit “reductions” was made popular by the 1986 film ‘The Mission.’
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Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ is a solid adaptation of the books. But it could use some religion.
“3 Body Problem” is an imaginative Netflix adaptation of Cixin Liu’s trilogy of sci-fi novels—and yet is mostly true to the books.
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Review: New York City is Vampire Weekend’s muse on ‘Only God Was Above Us’
“Only God Was Above Us” is a definitive “we’re back” statement from Vampire Weekend.
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‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ is a take on faith that both believers and cynics can appreciate
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” is the closest that the Coens have come to making a musical, and the film’s lush period folk soundtrack enriches its spiritual themes.
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Imitations of Eternity
you discovered heaven spread to the edges
of a max lucado picture book