Mrs. Reiner was the matriarch of one of the leading families in American comedy, and delivered one of the most memorably funny lines in movie history herself.

Art: Tapped Out?
With the market easing, the big auction houses brace for the fall sales.

Music Review: Beethoven Sonatas, With Fire and Finesse
On Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall, Andras Schiff played with an uncanny combination of elegance and intensity.

Music Review: Her Voice May Be Worn, but Her Passion for the Cause Remains Strong
If anyone ought to recognize a great antiwar song when it comes along, it is Joan Baez, who appeared at Town Hall on Tuesday in a career retrospective celebrating her 50th year in show business.

A New York Actor Moves on by Going Back to 1973
Best known for portraying a hoodlum, Michael Imperioli works the other side of the law on Life on Mars, ABC s genre-bending, time warp drama.

Following the Script: Obama, McCain and The West Wing
Parallels between the final two seasons of The West Wing, which ended its run in May 2006, and the current political season are unmistakable.

Gerald Arpino, Ballet Choreographer and Joffrey Co-Founder, Dies at 85
Mr. Arpino was a founder of the Joffrey Ballet and a distinctly American choreographer whose works popularized dance with their trendy finger on the nation s pulse.

Music Review: Creating the Sounds (Yes, Sounds) of 23 Mir s
The first of many musical devices employed in The 23 Constellations of Joan Mir , a multimedia suite by the drummer and composer Bobby Previte, is a gentle, wakening trill.

Arts, Briefly: West Side Revival Meets Its Maria
Little world, step aside: the full cast has been announced for the coming Broadway revival of West Side Story.

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