Gisele Regatao

Senior Editor, Culture, WNYC News

Gisele Regatao appears in the following:

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Blazing Take on New York, the Revolution, and Alexander Hamilton

Friday, February 20, 2015

This is American history as seen through a New York lens.

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On Kawara: Mysterious, and Obsessed with Time and Place

Friday, February 13, 2015

The Guggenheim presents the work of the Japanese conceptual artist who did paintings recording the date they were made — and never gave one interview. 

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Syrians in Trouble

Saturday, February 07, 2015

The Syrian uprising of 2011 is a ripe topic for theater. But a new Rattlestick Playwrights Theater production doesn't do it justice.

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Give me Three, Four, Five Hours… and I Will Give You One Play

Friday, February 06, 2015

Two new productions that run for over four hours promise to test an audience's patience —  while some are already complaining about the standard 2.5 hours for a Broadway show. 

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Captain America, with a Turban

Monday, February 02, 2015

A New York software engineer and cartoonist has been re-creating the patriotic super-hero since 2013, and he is now the subject of a YouTube documentary.

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A Love Story That Could Only Happen in Flushing

Monday, February 02, 2015

The debut novel from Atticus Lish, son of legendary writer and editor Gordon Lish, imagines a tender love affair between a Uighur immigrant and an Iraq War veteran.

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A 200-Year Selfie Obsession

Friday, January 30, 2015

Artists have been painting themselves for centuries. A new show presents the good, the bad and the ugly.  

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The 'Golden Toad' Is Not — Well, Golden

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Venerable theater company Talking Band turns 40 this year. But this isn't the show that should commemorate the anniversary.

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Matisse Cut-Outs, the Movie

Sunday, January 11, 2015

For those who want to avoid the crowds and lines at museums, a new series presents art exhibits as films.

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The Inflammatory Art of Cartoons

Friday, January 09, 2015

Art Critic Deborah Solomon explains why the caricatures in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo can be so hard to take and how they relate to the new art show by filmmaker John Waters.

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Festival Brings Theater from Iran and Brazil

Sunday, January 04, 2015

Most plays in this year's edition of the Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival come from abroad.

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Fearless New York Theater to Host Reading of 'The Interview'

Saturday, December 27, 2014

The Treehouse Theater on West 29th Street is doing a free reading of the comedy with Seth Rogen and James Franco about a plot to kill the leader of North Korea.

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Artistic, Ambitious and Addicted

Monday, December 22, 2014

The deaths of actors Robin Williams and Philip Seymour Hoffman earlier this year linked to drugs and alcohol re-surfaced the question of why artists struggle with substance abuse.

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First the Bill, Then the Appetizer

Friday, December 19, 2014

Battling those "profit-killing no-shows," Per Se plans to make guests pre-pay starting next year. That means shelling out at least $300 before you even see a piece of bread.

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Inside a Golden Container, Talking to Tehran

Friday, December 19, 2014

Strangers in New York and Iran create connection across the continents in a new exhibit.

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Industry Fall Out After 'The Interview' Release is Cancelled

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Movie makers are up in arms over the cancellation of the comedy about a plot to assassinate the dictator of North Korea.

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Making Poetry and Pies

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Author and National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson shares tips and the history of the sweet potato pie.  

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Playing Designer, Inside a Carnegie Mansion

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Outside, it’s an early 20th century Carnegie mansion. Inside, there's digital wall paper and touch-screen digital tables. Introducing the new Cooper Hewitt.

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A Concert with Two Pianos and 122,000 Gallons of Water

Saturday, December 13, 2014

"It’s one of the most fascinating experiences I ever had," said pianist Hélène Grimaud about the performance and installation at Park Avenue Armory.

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A Steampunk Fable About Injustice

Friday, December 12, 2014

The tale of Sacco and Vanzetti is told through multimedia wizardry and old fashioned storytelling in HERE Art Center's new production "Send for the Million Men."

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