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‘The Book of Mormon’ Is Sorry if You Were Offended for 15 Years

The taboo-busting, gasp-inducing Broadway musical comedy has been a hit with audiences and critics. But could it be produced today?

When “The Book of Mormon” opened in 2011, Matt Stone, left, Trey Parker, center, and Robert Lopez were worried that their creation would flop.

Doctors Believed Woody Brown Would Never Understand Language. He’s Publishing a Novel.

30 March 2026 at 23:40
Doctors believed that Woody Brown would never be able to speak or process language. He went to graduate school and is publishing his debut novel.

© Peyton Fulford for The New York Times

“I have all the thoughts, dreams, longings and intelligence as any neurotypical person,” says Woody Brown, the author of “Upward Bound,” here with his mother at their California home.
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In a New Memoir, Arsenio Hall Recalls His High-Flying Years as a Talk-Show Host

30 March 2026 at 17:01
Eddie Murphy, Snoop Dogg and Bill Clinton (naturally) show up in his gossipy new memoir. He isn’t very sentimental.

© Erik Carter for The New York Times

Hosting a hit talk show “allowed me to fantasize, to be the guy I wanted to be,” Arsenio Hall says.
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