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Playwright Leslye Headland Has Her Eye on You</a> </h2> <div class="thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/theater/look-out-playwright-leslye-headland-has-her-eye-on-you.html" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" tabindex="-1" data-rref=""> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/21/arts/21HEADLAND1/21HEADLAND1-thumbStandard.jpg" role="presentation" alt=""/> </a> </div> <p class="summary">The writer Leslye Headland’s new work is “The Layover,” which asks if we can ever really know each other, or ourselves.</p> <p class="byline"> <span class="freshness"><time data-utc-timestamp="1471521617" datetime="1471521617"></time></span> <span class="divider"></span> <span class="author" itemprop="author">By ALEXIS SOLOSKI</span> </p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="story theme-summary"> <figure class="media photo" aria-label="media" role="group"> <span class="visually-hidden">Photo</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/theater/broadways-dirty-secret-how-an-artisan-turns-costumes-from-riches-to-rags.html" data-rref=""> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18DISTRESS2/18DISTRESS2-videoLarge.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18DISTRESS2/18DISTRESS2-videoLarge.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18DISTRESS2/18DISTRESS2-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg 440w" alt=""/> </a> <figcaption class="caption" itemprop="caption description"> <span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"><span class="visually-hidden">Credit</span>Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times</span> </figcaption> </figure> <div class="story-body"> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/theater/broadways-dirty-secret-how-an-artisan-turns-costumes-from-riches-to-rags.html" data-rref="">Broadway’s Dirty Secret: How an Artisan Turns Costumes From Riches to Rags</a> </h2> <div class="thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/theater/broadways-dirty-secret-how-an-artisan-turns-costumes-from-riches-to-rags.html" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" tabindex="-1" data-rref=""> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18DISTRESS2/18DISTRESS2-thumbStandard.jpg" role="presentation" alt=""/> </a> </div> <p class="summary">Hochi Asiatico, one of Broadway’s distressors, explains how to work over a piece of fabric. Step No. 1? Shred it.</p> <p class="byline"> <span class="freshness"><time data-utc-timestamp="1471468964" datetime="1471468964"></time></span> <span class="divider"></span> <span class="author" itemprop="author">By ERIK PIEPENBURG</span> </p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="story-group"> <ol class="story-menu"> <li> <article class="story theme-summary"> <figure class="media photo" aria-label="media" role="group"> <span class="visually-hidden">Photo</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/theater/leading-the-edinburgh-fringe-im-not-intimidated.html" data-rref=""> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18MCCARTHY/18MCCARTHY-videoLarge.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18MCCARTHY/18MCCARTHY-videoLarge.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802im_/https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/18/arts/18MCCARTHY/18MCCARTHY-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg 440w" alt=""/> </a> <figcaption class="caption" itemprop="caption description"> <span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder"><span class="visually-hidden">Credit</span>Robert Ormerod for The New York Times</span> </figcaption> </figure> <div class="story-body"> <h2 class="headline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/theater/leading-the-edinburgh-fringe-im-not-intimidated.html" data-rref="">Leading the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘I’m Not Intimidated’</a> </h2> <div class="thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818181802/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/theater/leading-the-edinburgh-fringe-im-not-intimidated.html" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" tabindex="-1" data-rref=""> <img 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