Alexandra Starr
Stories
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Arts & Life
This new Broadway play doesn't have a script — but it does have a transcript
Is This a Room is based entirely on the transcript of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who was imprisoned for leaking classified information.
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Arts & Life
Dancer Calvin Royal III Takes Center Stage At ABT — And Beyond
Royal is only the third Black dancer to be promoted to principal at the American Ballet Theatre — which is even more impressive when you know he didn't begin training in ballet until he was 14.
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National
Immigrants In Urban Areas Face Special Challenges Around Coronavirus Epidemic
Advocates and medical personnel are warning that urban immigrant communities could be particularly vulnerable to contracting COVID-19.
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Sports
USA Swimming To Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed By Former Olympian
Ariana Kukors Smith says she was abused by national and Olympic team coach Sean Hutchinson when she was a minor. The organization faces ongoing legal challenges over its handling of abuse cases.
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Arts & Life
After 40 Years, 'A Soldier's Play' Finally Marches Onto Broadway
A Soldier's Play tells the story of a murder in an African American unit of the U.S. Army after World War II. It premiered in 1981 and soon after won a Pulitzer Prize. Now, it's finally on Broadway.
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Arts & Life
Moni Yakim Knows How To Move You
The movement coach has taught at Juilliard for 50 years. Stars of stage and screen credit him with helping them create physically demanding roles by manipulating their bodies.
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Sports
In Wake of Abuse Scandals, Bill Would Hold U.S. Olympic Organizations Accountable
Two senators have introduced a bill to address the failures in the U.S. Olympic system that allowed a team doctor to sexually abuse athletes for years.
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National
Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Sentenced To Life In Prison, Plus 30 Years
Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug kingpin better known as "El Chapo" was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus 30 years.
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National
Oklahoma Among States Setting Higher Reading Expectations For 3rd-Graders
Oklahoma is one of almost 20 states that require third-graders to show reading proficiency before going to fourth grade. That means higher expectations for younger kids, like kindergartners.
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National
USA Gymnastics Announces New CEO, The Fourth In Less Than 2 Years
USA Gymnastics has hired a new CEO: the embattled organization's fourth leader in the past two years. The organization is trying to get beyond a widening sexual abuse scandal.