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The Leading Women of Broadway

Monday, June 3
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

The TimesCenter
242 West 41st St. NYC

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Don’t miss six award-winning actresses lighting up the Great White Way this season – Jessica Hecht and Judith Light, in “The Assembled Parties;” Kristine Nielsen, in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike;” Holland Taylor, in “Ann;” Maura Tierney, in “Lucky Guy;” and Cicely Tyson, in “The Trip to Bountiful”—in conversation with New York Times theater reporter Patrick Healy.

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Ms. Tierney’s photo by Starla Fortunado.

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A Conversation with Pedro Almodovar

Friday, June 7
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

The TimesCenter
242 West 41st St. NYC

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See internationally acclaimed Oscar-, BAFTA- and Palme d’Or-winning Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar (“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” “All About My Mother,” “Talk to Her,” “Volver,” “The Skin I Live In”) talk with New York Times journalist Lorne Manly about his work in film and his new comedy, “I’m So Excited!” which opens June 28, featuring frequent Almodóvar collaborators Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Javier Cámara.

Tickets $35

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Twenty Feet from Stardom

Tuesday, June 11
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The TimesCenter
242 West 41st St. NYC

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See a preview screening of the moving film that wowed audiences at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Then listen in on a conversation with New York Times chief pop music critic Jon Pareles, the film’s director, Morgan Neville, and three of its stars, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Lisa Fischer.

A film about hopes and dreams, talent and dedication, “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” which opens June 14, questions the meaning of fame as it tells the fascinating stories of these amazing performers, including tributes to their work by Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Sting, Bette Midler, Sheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder.

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Willem Dafoe & Robert Wilson

Saturday, June 15
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West (Toronto)

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Film and stage actor Willem Dafoe and avant-garde visionary director Robert Wilson, whose staging of “The Life and Death of Marina Abramović” will have its North American premiere at the Luminato Festival, talk with New York Times contributing culture writer and author John Rockwell.

Tickets C$35

Mr. Dafoe’s photo by Mark Abrahams. Mr. Wilson’s photo by Hsu Ping

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Diller & Scofidio

Saturday, June 15
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West (Toronto)

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Architects Liz Diller and Ricardo Scofidio of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the award-winning architecture film whose many projects include re-envisioning New York’s Lincoln Center and transforming the High Line into an urban oasis, talk with New York Times culture reporter Robin Pogrebin.

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Atom Egoyan

Sunday, June 16
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West (Toronto)

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Film and stage director Atom Egoyan, who films include “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Chloe” and the forthcoming “Devil’s Knot” and whose production of Guo Wenjing’s opera “Feng Yi Ting” is part of the Luminato 2013 Premiere Series, talks with New York Times culture reporter Daniel J. Wakin.

Tickets C$35

Mr. Egoyan’s photo by Tina Rowden.

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Joni Mitchell Tribute

Sunday, June 16
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West (Toronto)

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A look at legendary singer, songwriter, painter Joni Mitchell’s work on the occasion of her 70th birthday, with performing artists from the Luminato Joni Mitchell concert, “Joni: A Portrait in Song – A Birthday Happening Live at Massey Hall,” in conversation with New York Times chief pop music critic Jon Pareles.

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Mrs. Mitchell’s photo by Jack Robinson.

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