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T Charles Erickson Ethan Hawke in ‘Macbeth,’ directed by Jack O’Brien at Lincoln Center Theatre Hollywood stars attract lots of attention — and lots of scrutiny — when they hit Broadway. That goes double when it comes to Shakespeare, which is exactly why Ethan Hawke is tackling “Macbeth.” “There’s nowhere to hide in Shakespeare,” he says. “If you don’t know ...

Splash News The superstar’s “Yeezus” features a Jesus actor that makes way for the “Jesus Walks” track on his new CD. Kanye West strode onto the stage of the Barclays Center Tuesday like a gladiator, his face shrouded by a mask laden with jewels and gold. At the first of four New York-area shows, the star moved with menace. He ...

Chris Pizzello/AP The first official video for Bob Dylan’s video ‘Like a Rolling STone’ features an interactive television screen with all the characters lip-synching the lyrics. Nineteen-sixty-five, meet 2013. Bob Dylan‘s classic “Like a Rolling Stone” got a cutting-edge treatment for its first official music video. The interactive video, designed by digital company Interlude, mimics the experience of surfing television. ...

AP The First Family in Hyannis Port, Mass., in 1960 The New York Public Library is launching a letter-perfect memorial to a beloved fallen President. To mark the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death on Friday, the New York Public Library on Wednesday will open a free pop-up exhibit depicting the national mourning following his assassination.Called “ ‘Dearest Jackie’: ...

David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns via Getty Images Lauryn Hill will return to the stage on Thanksgiving Eve at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, according to reports. Lauryn Hill has a lot to be thankful for. The 38-year-old singer will return to the stage on Thanksgiving Eve at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, reports NJ.com. This will be Hill’s ...

It was 3 in the morning on a school night last week, and the party was raging at Marquee, one of the city’s hottest nightclubs. At 10 years, it’s also one of the city’s oldest. Marquee’s decade-long run at the top is so remarkable that a Harvard Business School professor has made a mini-specialty out of analyzing it, publishing two ...

JUAN MARTIN/EPA British writer and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing died at the age of 94 on Sunday. Doris Lessing, the Nobel prize-winning, free-thinking, world-traveling and often-polarizing author of “The Golden Notebook” and dozens of other novels that reflected her own improbable journey across the former British empire, has died. She was 94. Her publisher, HarperCollins says that the author ...

The Sachal Jazz Ensemble’s members all came from the once-great “Lollywood” movie system in Lahore, Pakistan. The camera opens on a pair of bongos, a man in red setting a double-time pace. Then it cuts to a full orchestra, string players all in white, laying down a familiar, undulating accompaniment. And finally, the melody comes in — on a sitar. ...

Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The band Journey donated $ 350,000 to relief efforts in the Philippines. Journey is donating $ 350,000 to help relief efforts in the Philippines, and its lead singer has a message for his homeland: “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Arnel Pineda and the rest of the band announced the donation on Friday. It will go to the United Nations ...

Florescu Viorel freelance NYDN The mural, which depicts the arrival of borough namesake Jonas Bronck in Westchester County, was damaged in August by careless construction work at the courthouse. An important piece of Bronx history is crumbling — and the city has done nothing to stop it, borough leaders charged. An 81-year-old mural depicting borough namesake Jonas Bronck suffered major ...