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The first -- and at first, the only -- thing you see on walking into Gabriel Orozco's retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art is an empty shoebox lying on the floor, a few inches from the wall and askew, as though someone had kicked it into the room by accident.

Broadway is having a bad year so far. Nine shows closed in January, and some new productions have been put off because of the economy. But one unlikely play is holding on. Kate Taylor has the story.

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Kate Taylor, a reporter at the New York Sun, explains how the turmoil on Wall Street will affect a wide swath of New York City's cultural institutions, including Lincoln Center and MOMA.