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December 9, 2013

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The Critics

The Current Cinema

It’s Cold Outsideby Anthony Lane

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Frozen.”
On Television

Tween for a Dayby Emily Nussbaum

“Sam & Cat,” “Six by Sondheim.”
Books

The Book of Booksby Arthur Krystal

How Erich Auerbach wrote “Mimesis.”
Musical Events

Coronationby Alex Ross

The centenary of Benjamin Britten.
The Theatre

Two for the Roadby Hilton Als

“Waiting for Godot,” “All That Fall.”

Briefly Noted

Cartoons

Drawings: Bruce Eric Kaplan, Barbara Smaller, Michael Crawford, Tom Cheney, Frank Cotham, Corey Pandolph, Bob Eckstein, Zachary Kanin, Joe Dator, Danny Shanahan, Farley Katz, Harry Bliss, William Haefeli, Benjamin Schwartz, Roz Chast, Gahan Wilson, Shannon Wheeler, Drew Dernavich, P. C. Vey
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