"'The right function of every museum,' wrote John Ruskin, the influential 19th-century art and social critic, 'is the manifestation of what is lovely in the life of nature, and heroic in the…
Buck and Boogz are idealists who want to bring dance to new audiences. Their stage show, "Love Heals All Wounds," takes on contemporary social ills.
"In books, biographies, monographs and program notes, Mr. Guest became one of the foremost authorities on dance in the Napoleonic and Victorian eras and notably on the Paris Opera Ballet. Ja…
Lindsey Ferrentino's ambitious but ungainly drama, at Playwrights Horizons, assesses the effect of a school shooting on one uncomprehending survivor.
Harry Connick Jr. is the star attraction in a jaunty if unremarkable musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning film.
A solo show by Eliza Bent and directed by Knud Adams explores cultural appropriation " and how we can call it out when we see it.
Indeed: "The lead editorial pulled no punches, describing executives at Alden Global Capital, the paper's hedge-fund owner, as 'vulture capitalists.' 'We call for action,' the editorial cont…
Theatre history nerds, rejoice! "These one-sheet playbills trace the history of theater in New York. They were originally posted around Manhattan to advertise Shakespeare plays, minstrel sho…
One man runs a bookshop in Berlin's old Jewish Quarter, and he helped lead a protest against neo-Nazi marches in the quarter. "Braunsdorf, who has hosted German-Arabic reading events at his …
Hmmm. "She effectively exerts her own gravitational force field, magnetized by strategically deployed invitations, introductions, magazine features and messages of support. If that disappear…
He had been trying to sell his apartment since the election, but no one would buy it. "Mr. Brassner, 67, lived alone amid a collection of about 100 vintage electric guitars, 40 guitar amplif…
Well, they try to "modernize" it, for one thing. And the design! The Passover celebration - on a Monday, natch, when theatres are dark - "took place in a large downtown apartment in a prewar…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical dominated London's annual theater awards, winning best new musical.
A grant to the Museum of the City of New York will allow for the conservation of hundreds of theatrical broadsides.
Tina Fey's adaptation of her 2004 screenplay about high school cliques comes to Broadway with wit, fetch and a surplus of songs.
Or, more specifically, that is Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who is singing Tristan in Boston: "You can never get rid of it. It is always there, stuck in your brain."
This is a serious technology question: "With DVDs steadily joining VHS cassettes as extinct technology, what has become of the fun, insightful mixed bag that movie fans came to know as bonus…
Wilson's assemblages, she said, only told a story (to her, at least) when she put them together, and she didn't plan the story ahead of time. "Inside the home garage that was long ago conver…
Thirteen years after a different court turned down the heirs' claims, the judge in this case "rejected the idea that Mr. Grunbaum had voluntarily transferred the artworks during his lifetime…
A new musical with a book by the Pulitzer winner Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes focuses on a fractured relationship against a backdrop of immigration policy.
Who can afford to be an art historian, or a curator? "The Brooklyn Museum job was advertised as a part-time position for a limited period. 'It goes without saying that for many, this kind of…
The specific reasons for Debora Spar's abrupt exit are so far unclear. In her letter, she wrote, "We understand you may have questions about this change," adding that there would be a meetin…
Debora L. Spar, formerly the president of Barnard College, said in a statement that "the fit I'd hoped for has not materialized."
Barry Levinson directed this film about the Penn State sex-abuse scandal and the downfall of the university's legendary football coach, Joe Paterno.
The Bengsons are a folk-rock duo adapting their personal stories for the stage. But their new show, "The Lucky Ones," posed a painful challenge: "Is it possible to tell the truth kindly?"