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Mar 20, 2023

Review: ‘The Good John Proctor' Imagines Girlhood BFFs
The play, directed by Caitlin Sullivan at the Connelly Theater, focuses on two girls in the year leading up to the action depicted in "The Crucible."

NYTimes Arts
Mar 20, 2023

6 Podcasts About Cults and Their Enduring Sinister Attraction
These shows explore the psychology of cult leaders and their victims, as well as how cultish thinking can bleed into our everyday lives.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 20, 2023

Lauren Ambrose Just Wants to Go to French Clown School
The actress, who is joining the cast of "Yellowjackets," talks about British sitcoms, the "On Being" podcast and gardening at night.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 20, 2023

Review: ‘Biography of X,' by Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey's new novel follows a polarizing artist through a fractured country.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 20, 2023

What's on TV This Week: ‘Dr. Tony Fauci' and the Mark Twain Prize
An ‘American Masters' documentary follows Dr. Fauci, and Adam Sandler receives the Kennedy Center's annual comedy award.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 20, 2023

Adam Sandler Is Awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
The comedy star was celebrated at the Kennedy Center in Washington for his prolific three-decade career as an actor, writer, producer and stand-up comic.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Review: In Bob Fosse's ‘Dancin',' a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words
A revival of the 1978 dancical has been substantially revamped to argue for Bob Fosse's pure dance cred. It's a joy anyway.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Review: In Fosse's ‘Dancin',' a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words
A revival of the 1978 dancical has been substantially revamped to argue for Bob Fosse's pure dance cred. It's a joy anyway.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Review: A Dance Gushes With an Outpouring of the Inner Self
Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber seem to have had a thousand ideas for "Pit." All of them appear to have been included.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Review: Protecting and Defending Ukraine's Cultural Identity
A festival responds to the assaults and insults of war by celebrating the composer who shaped the nation's contemporary music, Borys Liatoshynsky.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

The Exquisite Darkness of Depeche Mode
Dave Gahan and Martin Core are back with the group's 15th album. But after losing the bandmate Andy Fletcher last year, their return was anything but certain.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Review: Jaap van Zweden Returns to a Changed Philharmonic
Since the orchestra's music director was last on the podium in November, his successor has been announced. He came back blaring with Messiaen.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Book Review: ‘Meganets,' by David B. Auerbach
Who's really in charge of our online behavior? No one, David Auerbach argues in "Meganets."

NYTimes Arts
Mar 19, 2023

Book Review: ‘Wandering Souls,' by Cecile Pin
In Cecile Pin's debut novel, "Wandering Souls," the tale of three young Vietnamese migrants transforms into a larger meditation about how and why refugee stories are told.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 18, 2023

Polito Vega, Salsa ‘King' of New York Radio, Dies at 84
In a career that began in 1960, the Puerto Rico-born Mr. Vega became, one admirer said, "the architect of Hispanic radio at a global level."

NYTimes Arts
Mar 18, 2023

Lance Reddick's Most Memorable TV Shows and Movies to Stream Now
The actor, who died on Friday, brought gravitas to series like "The Wire" and "Bosch," but he also subverted his image in comic roles. Here's how to stream his most memorable work.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 18, 2023

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour: Pop's Maestro of Memory Returns to the Stage
The opening night of the star's Eras Tour traversed her 10-album career, revisiting crossover hits, rowdier experiments and more restrained singer-songwriter material.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 18, 2023

Watch Lance Reddick's Best Performances
The actor, who died on Friday, brought gravitas to series like "The Wire" and "Bosch," but he also subverted his image in comic roles. Here's how to stream his most memorable work.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 18, 2023

The Many Lives of Jeannette Walls
The writer of "The Glass Castle" starts a new chapter with a rip-roaring novel set during Prohibition.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 18, 2023

She Never Existed. Catherine Lacey Wrote Her Biography Anyway.
In her new novel, "Biography of X," Lacey dreams up a larger-than-life, narcissistic artist, and rewrites American history to tell her story.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Jim Gordon, Top Rock Drummer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 77
He was an elite studio musician who played with A-list artists and helped write the Eric Clapton hit "Layla." But his life was shattered by mental illness and a murder conviction.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Met Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances
The company cut ties with the star Russian soprano for her refusal to denounce Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine. An arbitrator said it must pay her under the terms of her contract.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

In Rehearsal One Minute, Laid Off the Next: The Fate of Broadway's ‘Room'
Actors were two weeks into rehearsals when the show, which was set to star the Tony-winning actress Adrienne Warren, was postponed indefinitely.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Lance Reddick, Star of ‘The Wire' and ‘John Wick,' Dies at 60
A prolific actor who also starred in the Amazon series "Bosch," Mr. Reddick had branched out into video games, notably Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel, and the Destiny franchise.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

How They Staged a Little Girl's Inner Universe
‘Fish in a Tree' at New York City Children's Theater pulls viewers into the mind of an 8-year-old girl with dyslexia, using projections and immersive sound design.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

‘Rye Lane' Aims to Show You a Real London Love Story
A rare British romantic comedy with Black leads, Raine Allen-Miller's debut feature celebrates London neighborhoods that are changing fast.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

The Cure Says Ticketmaster Will Issue Refunds After Fee Complaints
The band said it wanted to make its North American tour "affordable for all," but after tickets went on sale this week, fans said that fees had ratcheted up the price.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Arthur Simms and the Skin of Disparate Objects
The artist transforms collections and inspirations into poetic assemblages wrapped in hemp at Karma Gallery in Los Angeles.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Lewis Spratlan, 82, Is Dead; Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer
His opera sat unproduced for decades. Then a piece of it garnered one of the field's top prizes. Then it sat some more.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Rockwells Long at White House Are Now at the Heart of a Family Dispute
Relatives of Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary are feuding over ownership of illustrations by Norman Rockwell that once hung in a hallway near the Oval Office.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Jerry Samuels, Creator of a Novelty Hit, Is Dead at 84
Under the name Napoleon XIV, he recorded "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" and, to almost everyone's surprise, it stormed the charts in 1966.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Museums Rename Artworks and Artists as Ukrainian, Not Russian
A year into the war, institutions face pressure to note the Ukrainian roots of artworks and artists long described as Russian. It's not always simple to write a wall label.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month's picks, a man lives life in fast-forward, teenagers die in a time loop and someone named Searcher finds a strange world.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

‘Swarm' Review: The Underside of ‘Atlanta'
In a new series on Amazon Prime Video, Donald Glover shifts from comedy with touches of horror to horror with grace notes of comedy.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Taylor Swift's ‘Lover' Outtake, and 8 More New Songs
Hear songs from Alison Goldfrapp, 100 gecs, Luke Combs and others.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly?
With "Songs of Surrender," an album of 40 reimagined songs, and "A Sort of Homecoming," a documentary on Disney , the Irish band pauses to reflect.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

In ‘Songs of Surrender', U2 Revisits Its Past
With "Songs of Surrender," an album of 40 reimagined songs, and "A Sort of Homecoming," a documentary on Disney , the Irish band pauses to reflect.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Josh Kline Is an Artist for the End of the World
What's so funny about our dystopian future? Just ask Josh Kline.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe's Opera Stages
Young music theater makers are benefiting from the continent's huge operatic resources while developing their own distinctive voices.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

A.O. Scott Says Goodbye to Film Criticism
A.O. Scott conducts his own exit interview as he moves to a new post after more than two decades of reviewing films.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

These Painters Regret Their Dealings With Scam Artists
Young artists say they often receive offers by email to purchase their paintings, but many are part of schemes to defraud them by using fake checks and phony shipping companies.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 17, 2023

Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump's New Lawyer
Kimmel joked that Joe Tacopina "seems to have been born in the ashtray of Rudy Giuliani's Lincoln Continental."

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade'
Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond star in a timely and gorgeously sung Broadway revival of the 1998 musical about the Leo Frank case.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Lewis Spratlan, 82, Dies; Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer
His opera sat unproduced for decades. Then a piece of it garnered one of the field's top prizes. Then it sat some more.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Lewis Spratlan, Who Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer, Dies at 82
His opera sat unproduced for decades. Then a piece of it garnered one of the field's top prizes. Then it sat some more.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

For Jean-Yves Thibaudet, a Detour From Classical Is Business as Usual
Jean-Yves Thibaudet is playing Messiaen's "Turangalîla-Symphonie" this week. But before, he debuted a night of jazz standards with Michael Feinstein.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Tauba Auerbach's Work Might (Possibly) Have Its Own Free Will
Tauba Auerbach's brilliant, mathematical paintings and sculptures exist in what they call a "scary place of unknowns."

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Review: In ‘Dear World,' Donna Murphy Leads a Righteous March
Jerry Herman's rarely seen 1969 musical is revived in an Encores! production at New York City Center.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

How Taylor Swift Fans Got Each Other Eras Tour Tickets
After "historic demand" led to a Ticketmaster debacle, the singer's most devoted online fans sprang into action to get each other into the Eras Tour at fair prices.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Kehinde Wiley's New Exhibition Is a Chapel for Mourning
"An Archaeology of Silence" opens in San Francisco, after a string of police killings of Black men. Along with powerful art, it offers a respite room to those needing a break.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

The Poignant Music of Melting Ice: Have a Listen
Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too?

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

The Return of Morgan Wallen (Who Never Went Away)
As the country star's new album earns the biggest debut of the year, a conversation about the nature of his fame and the scope of his reprimand for using a racial slur.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?
Our TV critic recommends an Australian apocalyptic comedy, an expansive climate-crisis drama and a new dance competition series.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Rimini' Review: Just an Austrian Gigolo
The director Ulrich Seidl's unsettling drama tracks the exploitative behaviors of an aging lounge singer, his fans and family members.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Phyllida Barlow, 78, Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies
After decades of teaching, the British-born Ms. Barlow found fame as an artist late in life, creating monumental sculptures that wryly commented on industrial society.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

A Tenor's Secrets to ‘Lohengrin': Golf and a Blunt Spouse
Piotr Beczala, known as a charismatic singer of Italian operas, is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Moving On' Review: Cracking Jokes and Settling Scores
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda team up in an awkward comedy about two women contemplating the murder of a predatory man.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Gerhard Richter Rides Again
The German artist says the 14 paintings here are among his last. Even so, their freshness and spontaneity feels like a new beginning.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Inside' Review: Tortured Artist, Meet Tortured Man
Willem Dafoe stars as an art thief who gets trapped in a penthouse in this drama.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘The Spirit of '45' Review: Here Comes Nationalization
A documentary from Ken Loach sees the end of World War II as a brief moment of possibility for socialism in Britain.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Review: Parsons Dance Is an Enjoyable Ride, as Usual
The company's run at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan, featuring a premiere set to the soulful music of Bill Withers, is fun and clever in spots.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods' Review: Yells Like Teen Spirit
The problem with this sequel is that the character used up his best ideas in the first movie.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Dominique Fishback Knows You Think She's Sweet. ‘Swarm' May Confuse That
In a new Amazon series cocreated by Donald Glover, Fishback plays the crazed fan of a Beyoncé-like pop star. Who knew she could be so terrifying?

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Broadway's ‘Room,' Starring Adrienne Warren, Postpones Run Indefinitely
The show, scheduled to open in April at the James Earl Jones Theater, was adapted from Emma Donoghue's best-selling 2010 novel.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall
His long-gestating final show, now titled "Here We Are," is coming to the Shed; it is inspired by two Luis Buñuel films.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Money Shot: The Pornhub Story' Review: A Clear Eye on an Industry
This documentary looks at the offenses of the pornography industry through interviews with performers and activists.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Lucky Hank' Review: Better Call Solecism
Bob Odenkirk returns to TV as an academic with a knack for talking himself into trouble.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

7 Ways to Kick-Start Your Asia Week Art Tour
New York's annual festival of Asian art has returned to full strength. Our critic selects seven of the most eye-catching works to anchor your itinerary.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Boston Strangler' Review: Chasing a Killer (and a Byline)
Keira Knightley plays a dogged journalist in this colorless true-crime drama streaming on Hulu.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Kehinde Wiley's New Exhibition Is a Chapel of Mourning
"An Archaeology of Silence" opens in San Francisco, after a string of police killings of Black men. Along with powerful art, it offers a respite room to those needing a break.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

The Poignant Music of Melting Ice
Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too?

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Finding a Voice (and Bodies) for an Untold South African Story
In "Broken Chord," the choreographer Gregory Maqoma and the composer Thuthuka Sibisi consider the journey of a South African choir that traveled to England in the 19th century.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Drylongso' Review: Extraordinary
Cauleen Smith's 1998 movie, set in Oakland in the mid-90s, remains a vivid and prescient feature debut.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?' Review: Hit and Run, Sleight of Hand
Wen Shipei's first feature is a twisty and sophisticated debut whose best trick of misdirection is convincing us we're watching a different kind of movie.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Rodeo' Review: The Good, the Bad and the Kids on Motorbikes
This naturalistic drama from France follows a young woman as she immerses herself in the underground world of urban motorbiking — it's a seductive thrill-ride that falters as a character study.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Full River Red' Review: A Song Dynasty Blockbuster
The latest film from Zhang Yimou weaves slapstick fun into an investigation of a 12th-century political murder.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Wildflower' Review: The Parents Are All Right
A snarky teenager navigates her loving but complicated relationship with two intellectually disabled parents in the coming-of-age comedy "Wildflower."

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘The Innocent' Review: A Heist With a French Accent
A light, enjoyable confection of a film that is built upon an amusingly absurd premise.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘The Magician's Elephant' Review: The Promise of a Pachyderm
Adapted from Kate DiCamillo's beloved children's book, this animated adventure sands down the somberness of its source material while turning up the silliness.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Review: ‘Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game'
The mesmerizing silver ball, banned for decades in New York for its perils, pings from bumper to bumper in a film that tilts toward the underwhelming.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

As Plundered Items Return to Wounded Knee, Decisions Await
The Oglala Sioux Tribe recently secured the return of cultural objects kept for over a century in a tiny Massachusetts museum. Now it is seeking consensus on their final resting place.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

The Female Artisans Honoring, and Reinventing, Japanese Noh Masks
In taking on the male-dominated theatrical craft, contemporary women carvers are changing the face of a centuries-old tradition.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

‘Star Trek: Picard' Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Old Friends Return
In this week's "Picard," Jean-Luc encounters a familiar face. And he must contain his anger.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 16, 2023

Kamala Harris Stops By to Chat With Stephen Colbert
The vice president visited "The Late Show" on Wednesday for the first time since the 2020 election.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,' Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat
A stage adaptation of the 1972 movie about a Jamaican singer turned outlaw hero sounds great but falls hard at the Public Theater.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Phyllida Barlow, 78, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies
After decades of teaching, she found fame as an artist late in life, creating monumental sculptures that wryly commented on the waste and decay of industrial society.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Bobby Caldwell, Silky-Voiced R&B Crooner, Dies at 71
His much-covered 1978 hit "What You Won't Do for Love" launched him on a prolific career that spanned decades and genres.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

John Jakes, Who Hit the Jackpot With Historical Novels, Dies at 90
His sagas of the Revolution and the Civil War sold tens of millions of copies, were adapted for TV and put him in the pantheon of big-name authors.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Lynn Seymour, Acclaimed Ballerina and a Dramatic Force, Dies at 83
Considered one of the greats of her era, she partnered with Nureyev, Baryshnikov and others, bringing a passionate style to roles in dance, both ballet and modern.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies at 78
After decades of teaching, she found fame as an artist late in life, creating monumental sculptures that wryly commented on the waste and decay of industrial society.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

After Her Oscar Win, Will Michelle Yeoh Get to Lead Again?
The historic victory should mean opportunities to star again, but too often after such milestones, Hollywood doesn't find central roles for women of color.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

‘The Mandalorian' Season 3, Episode 3: Amnesty Intergalactic
Now that the Empire is dead, the New Republic allows its citizens to live freely. Or does it?

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Vail Dance Festival's Season to Feature New Work by 10 Choreographers
A group of eclectic performers will gather to perform new and old dances. Adji Cissoko, a member of Alonzo King's Lines Ballet, will be the artist in residence.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye
Nearing 95, the inimitable singer is about to make her Carnegie Hall solo debut. In an eight-decade career, it's a crowning moment — and just another gig.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and the Joy of Playing Villainous Goddesses in ‘Shazam'
The "Shazam!" actresses say they signed on for their first superhero movie because the roles are a leap forward for women.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

‘Ted Lasso,' Season 3, Episode 1 Recap: Can the Center Hold?
There's a lot going on in the season premiere, and most of it is not good.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Micaela Diamond, From Broadway's ‘Parade,' Sings Her Favorite Joni Mitchell Song
The actor, who learned to love music at her local temple, has developed a different relationship to her Judaism onstage.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

In ‘Extrapolations,' Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths
The star-studded Apple TV series about climate change could have felt like a plea to eat your vegetables. But not if Burns could make it entertaining.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Read Your Way Through Miami
To love Miami is to accept that it is a city in flux. Jonathan Escoffery, one of its writers, recommends books that help pin the Florida metropolis down.

NYTimes Arts
Mar 15, 2023

Review: Nicholas Hytner's ‘Guys and Dolls' Finds New Depths
Nicholas Hytner's heartbreaking ambulatory staging, at the Bridge Theater in London, finds new depths in the classic Broadway musical.

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