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A theatrical, immersive performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, “The Great Gatsby,” opens on Sunday at the Park Central Hotel, the latest in a very long, heavily sequined line of “Gatsby” adaptations. https://t.co/0kJ1ZVptD6

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Adrienne Warren will return to Broadway this spring in “Room,” written and adapted for the stage by Emma Donoghue, based on her 2010 best-selling novel. https://t.co/pbmWNXKqxu

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This immersive staging of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic, “The Great Gatsby,” invites audience members to join the party, but the pared-down pathos of the novel is stretched too thin. https://t.co/GZmWxiDfS5

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Colson Whitehead will read from his new novel, "Harlem Shuffle," at the 92nd Street Y in September, while Susan Orlean will make her first visit to talk about "On Animals" in October.  https://t.co/uegr3XgugN

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"Dune" is a herculean endeavor from the director Denis Villeneuve: a starry, sumptuous take on Frank Herbert's future-shock epic. It's an NYT Critic's Pick. https://t.co/k7MjDVOKEL

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Bonnie Garmus created the character of Elizabeth Zott, a chemist battling a sexist 1950s establishment in the book “Lessons in Chemistry,” as the role model she wanted. The book’s spectacular success suggests many readers were eager for the same. https://t.co/zH76hDvfcR

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Emily St. John Mandel, the author of “Station Eleven,” talks about the HBO Max adaptation, how it differs from the book and what she’d say to anyone who’s on the fence about watching a pandemic play out on TV. https://t.co/Nw0sNdjdW2

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“The rise of Trump and candidates like him,” Mary Ziegler asserts, “is the story of the Republican establishment’s demise.” @jenszalai reviews “Dollars for Life.” https://t.co/HHeGA4uagO

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Less can be more. But Bedlam theater company’s exuberant productions of Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” and Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” suggest that more can also be too much. https://t.co/njw6IWQTPM

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Anthony Doerr, the author of “All the Light We Cannot See” has a new novel, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” that seeks to tell a sprawling story linking past, present and future. https://nyti.ms/3hC6oMH