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Dancing In Colombia by Fernando Botero. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and ABRAMS Books hide caption

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'World Make Way': New Poems Paint Classic Pictures

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Glenda Jackson plays A, the eldest of the three women in the new Broadway production of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. Brigitte Lacombe hide caption

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Brigitte Lacombe

Glenda Jackson Stands Tall, On And Off Stage

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Friday

Carol (Edie Falco) and Chris (Jay Duplass) share an intimate moment in Lynn Shelton's Outside In. The Orchard hide caption

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The Orchard

A Fragile Relationship Tested By Freedom In 'Outside In'

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Musician Jonathan Coulton performs on NPR's Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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Happily Alone

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Ophira Eisenberg hosts NPR's Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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National Parody Radio

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Puzzle Guru Art Chung, musician Jonathan Coulton and host Ophira Eisenberg play a game on NPR's Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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Largest And In Charge-Est

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Contestants Britter Gunderson and Gayle Gawlik play a game on NPR's Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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This, That Or The Other: Tales From The Cryptocurrencies

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Contestants Meghan Ballback and Adrian Brune compete on NPR's Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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The Spoken Word

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Contestants Britter Gunderson and Meghan Ballback compete in the Ask Me Another final round at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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Quebec Uniform India Zulu

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Lena Hall, who won a Tony for her performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, guests on NPR's Ask Me Another at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. Mike Katzif/NPR hide caption

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Lena Hall: From Yitzhak to Hedwig

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'I Basically Ran On Adrenaline': A Staffer Remembers Obama's White House

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For Bill Hader, Sketch Comedy Sprung From A 'Need To Be Doing Something Creative'

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