Arts

A Lifetime of Roles, Sometimes Two at a Time

By ERIC GRODE

The character actor John Cullum, at 81, shows no signs of slowing down: he's playing in two Shakespeare in the Park productions this summer.

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How People's Opera Orchestrated Its Peril

By ROBIN POGREBIN and DANIEL J. WAKIN

New York City Opera has seen its fortunes wane as financial carelessness sapped many of its resources and forced it to leave Lincoln Center.

'The Central Park Five'

By SARAH BURNS
Reviewed by MAGGIE NELSON

This is the first sustained treatment of the Central Park jogger case since the defendants' convictions were vacated.

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