For This Class, Professors Pass Screen Tests
By NEIL GENZLINGER
In the Great Courses, filmed classes for the armchair college student, professors learn to act a little.
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Richard Chamberlain in “Dr. Kildare” on Warner Archive Instant.
Beyond the online-streaming behemoths, with their largely overlapping selections, is a world of smaller sites with more unusual, less commercial fare.
Edition Has Alternate Opening of ‘Sun Also Rises’
By PATRICIA COHEN
A new edition of Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, to be released this month, includes his original first chapter.
Music Review
When Pupils Are Away, Teachers Play (and Jam)
By BEN RATLIFF
Geri Allen and fellow jazz musicians have been teaching by day and performing by night this week.
Critic’s Notebook
Twinkling Orbs of a Starry Run
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American Ballet Theater’s spring season at the Met was distinguished by a striking level of stylistic diversity and, in the Ashton ballets, dazzlingly complex movement.
Music Review
Drama Onstage and Off
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In opening days beset by problems from striking workers, the Aix-en-Provence Festival presented Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Handel’s “Ariodante.”
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Volatile Chemistry in an Underheated Flat
By BEN BRANTLEY
A new production of David Hare’s “Skylight,” at Wyndham’s Theater in London, stars Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan.
Inside Arts
Television Review
In Battle of Muscle Shows, Only One Is Having Fun
By NEIL GENZLINGER
“Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge” and “American Muscle” may lure the fittest of athletes, but only one may keep them that way.
Press Play
Noteworthy New Music
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Noteworthy New Music
Exclusive: New Albums by John Hiatt and Wolves in the Throne Room
“Terms of My Surrender,” the new album by John Hiatt, will be released July 15 on New West Records. “Celestite,” by Wolves in the Throne Room, comes out July 8 on Artemisia Records.
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Op-Talk
Beyoncé: Genius or Terrorist?
By JAKE FLANAGIN
Beyoncé is No. 1 on both Forbes’s “Celebrity 100″ and Time’s “100 Most Influential People.” But is she worthy of the titles?
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How Netherlands Women’s Team Beat Italy’s
By PHILLIP ALDER
The Netherlands won the women’s event at the European Team Championships, finishing 1.71 victory points ahead of England, with France third.
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An Elite Club May Add Its Second Woman
By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN
Hou Yifan of China is just 10 ratings points away from making the list of the world’s top 100 players.
Noteworthy cultural events in New York City and beyond.
A Russian Art Dealer Sets Sights on London
By CATHERINE CHAPMAN
Maxim Boxer, founder of Russia’s first art fair, Art-Mif, hopes to fill a new niche at the London auctions.
Tracking the Digital Revolution, From Pong to ‘Gravity’
By ALICE RAWSTHORN
A new show at the Barbican Center in London explores the evolution of digital media.
In Brussels, Taking ‘Orphée et Eurydice’ to Another Realm
By GEORGE LOOMIS
Possibly the most radical opera production now playing in a major European opera house is Romeo Castellucci’s take on Gluck’s “Orphée et Eurydice” at La Monnaie in Brussels.
Art
Wary Art Collectors Find Gems in the Past
By SCOTT REYBURN
Impressionist and modern art has been eclipsed by contemporary art at auction, but there are some buyers who think that these older works might yet turn out to be a better long-term investment.
Theater Review
The Simpsons, Art and Family Values
By MATT WOLF
Three plays provide very different experiences for British audiences.
Classical Music to the Theme of War
By MICHAEL WHITE
This year, the Aldeburgh Festival in England opened with Benjamin Britten’s pacifist-themed opera “Owen Wingrave.”
With Romantic Flourish, a Ballerina Ends Her Stellar Career
By ROSLYN SULCAS
For her last performance at English National Ballet, Daria Klimentova danced in “Romeo and Juliet” at the Royal Albert Hall.
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