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Movies upon movies await, and you don’t even have to drill down to find them.

It all began for Jamie O’Neill 12,000 miles from home. He was 21 and it was in “The Crucible,” or more precisely a local amateur group’s production...

“True West,” that drama of Cain-and-Abel family dynamics and stunted masculinity plays at Old Town Actors Studio July 28 and 29 and Aug. 4, 5, 7, 11 and 12 at

Renaissance Now Theatre & Film, led by Kathy Curtiss, specializes in freely adapting Shakespearean plays with additions of dialogue in contemporary prose. This now speak is used to highlight social issues, including political and moral themes, from the viewpoint of characters in the plays. The company will present Hamlet Speak, adapted and directed by Ms. Curtiss, July 26 to 29 at The Chain Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 4th floor.

Her new collection, “Onlookers,” is about shattered certainties in the wake of quarantine, growth and unrest.

Netflix best shows and series for July 2023

Netflix best shows and series for July 2023

With his substantial experience as a translator and the agility gained, in addition to his early start navigating several languages and literatures, Joris in his poetic voice seems ever protean, eluding a fixed style. Rather, the circumstances of the poems elicit their own language and processes according to the particular dialogues that animate them.

From Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick to Steven Spielberg's war epic Saving Private Ryan, these are the best films and shows to celebrate July 4th.

“Oh, you have no idea what’s gonna happen to you tonight,” said folk legend Peter Stampfel, climbing onto the small stage in the side room of Never Ending…