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It's that time of year, when the fictionalized retelling of the von Trapp family and in particular, Maria von Trapp, escape from Austria as it is annexed by Nazis Germany, comes to prime time. This ...

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In “The History of Sound,” a new romantic drama set during and after the First World War, passion is an intensely private thing, and in more ways than you might expect. Love and desire are not simply ...