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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

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    In Fake Accounts, we lie and lie and lie all over the internetIn Fake Accounts, we lie and lie and lie all over the internet
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    Writer and critic Lauren Oyler skewers the needy posturing of our online selves.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Looking back at the ’90s has meant reexamining the decade’s toxic diet cultureLooking back at the ’90s has meant reexamining the decade’s toxic diet culture
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    How Impeachment, Spencer, and Katie Couric are rethinking the diet culture of the ’90s.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Company is the musical that made Sondheim’s reputation. A new production reimagines it.Company is the musical that made Sondheim’s reputation. A new production reimagines it.
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    One of Sondheim’s most beloved shows appears on Broadway, now gender-swapped, just weeks after his death.

    By Constance Grady
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    Why the new West Side Story works — and one thing that doesn’tWhy the new West Side Story works — and one thing that doesn’t
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    Our critics hash out Steven Spielberg’s remake of the 1961 classic.

    By Alissa Wilkinson, Alex Abad-Santos and 1 more
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    Spend the winter reading novels of our online brainsSpend the winter reading novels of our online brains
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    The Vox Book Club is reading Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This and Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    In Sondheim’s Assassins, cornball Americana can’t cover a seething mass of violent rageIn Sondheim’s Assassins, cornball Americana can’t cover a seething mass of violent rage
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    A new revival from John Doyle lays bare the country’s dark fairground heart.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The smart political argument behind the satire Such a Fun AgeThe smart political argument behind the satire Such a Fun Age
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    Kiley Reid’s debut novel reveals the lie behind the claims that the Obama age was post-racial.

    By Constance Grady
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    The intertwined legacies of Jonathan Larson and Lin-Manuel MirandaThe intertwined legacies of Jonathan Larson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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    Jonathan Larson did Lin-Manuel Miranda the favor of making him fall in love with musicals. With Tick, Tick … Boom!, Miranda repays his debt.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Prestige book season has arrived. Here are 11 titles not to miss.Prestige book season has arrived. Here are 11 titles not to miss.
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    11 books to read this fall, from a history of music to a novel of millennial precarity.

    By Constance Grady
    Britney Spears is finally free
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    Explaining Britney, one more time.

    By Constance Grady