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23 Jun

Maison Lesage’s Artistic Director Designs Costumes and Decor for

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Maison Lesage’s Artistic Director Designs Costumes and Decor for
DRESS REHERSAL: For Maison Lesage artistic director Hubert Barrère, the June 21 premiere of “Zémire et Azor,” the opéra-comique — a genre of French opera with dialogue in addition to sung segments — might be culmination of a childhood dream. “It’s something I all the time desired to do,” he told WWD ahead of June 21 premiere of this performance for which he designed the costumes and décor on the invitation of Opéra Comique director Louis Langrée. Written by 18th-century composer André Grétry, the story loosely follows the plot of the Beauty and the Beast and was adapted to Queen Marie-Antoinette’s tastes, with Zémire because the daughter of a merchant from Ormuz, Iran, who picks a rose from the garden of cursed...
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23 Jun

Suspect Charged With Murdering Fashion Designer Katie Gallagher

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Suspect Charged With Murdering Fashion Designer Katie Gallagher
ADDITIONAL CHARGES: A 33-year-old man, Kenwood Allen, who has been indicted for a drugging, robbery and larceny spree, is facing three recent murder charges, including one for the death of clothier Katie Gallagher. Announcing the indictment Thursday, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. said there have been 21 victims in total, including the deaths of 5 people between March and December 2022.   In accordance with court documents and statements made on the record, between March 18 and Dec. 18, 2022, Allen committed a series of robberies and other crimes throughout lower Manhattan, sometimes alone and sometimes with other individuals. In a lot of the incidents, Allen drugged his victims with fentanyl and other opioids so as to steal their bank cards,...
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