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My play’s longer than your play

Robert Lepage’s new work is nine hours long and it’s not unique. Here comes ‘slow theatre.’

Playtime’s over

The New York Times is axing Play, its really excellent sports quarterly, which I gushed about not long ago—suggesting, in fact, that its fun, smart, beautifully written coverage was a model of where modern sports journalism might want to take itself. Shows how much I know. I’ll let the Times explain its decision (rather poorly, if you ask me):