Anika Noni Rose & The Problem with the 9/11 Memorial

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After winning a Tony Award and starring as Disney’s first African-American heroine, Anika Noni Rose just wants to kick butt as a big-budget superhero. A young upstart who rocked Broadway in the 1930s is the subject of a new play by James Lapine, an upstart who rocked Broadway in the 1980s. At age 8, guitarist Julian Lage sat in with Carlos Santana; where do you go from there? Plus, New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman on what’s wrong with the September 11 Memorial and Museum.

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