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In a ‘Show Boat’ Reboot, Ol’ Man River Gets an Extreme Makeover
A water cooler. An electric guitar. A sash. Even if you know beforehand that the Target Margin production you’re attending will be an experimental reboot
A water cooler. An electric guitar. A sash. Even if you know beforehand that the Target Margin production you’re attending will be an experimental reboot
Howard Buten, a college dropout from Detroit, juggled three extraordinary lives. In one, he was a tender, clumsy and wordless red-nosed clown named Buffo. He
More than a week after Los Angeles’s devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already
Major museums like the Getty and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, along with philanthropists like Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al
The Writers Guild of America announced its feature-film nominations on Wednesday, furthering the awards-season momentum enjoyed by “Anora,” “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown.” The announcement
The archives of the man behind the tagline “Live From New York” are on their way to Texas. Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night
By bending time and leaning on nonlinear storytelling, “Nickel Boys” joins a recent trend of contemporary Black filmmakers relinquishing the impulse to frame Black stories
Hank Azaria is used to putting on other personalities. You probably know him best from his work as a voice actor on “The Simpsons,” where
A few years ago, during the Ojai Music Festival in California, the pianist Vikingur Olafsson was having a couple of beers with the composer John
The long-simmering tension between Drake and Lamar, who had collaborated early in their careers, exploded into full-on musical beef last spring across eight rapidly released
Yeah. It’s a commitment before you even start. I wonder if people realize that may be part of why they hesitate, because it’s almost like
For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to draw attention and resources to endangered cultural heritage sites including Machu Picchu in Peru, temples in
“Conclave,” Edward Berger’s thriller about the selection of a new pope, received the most nominations on Wednesday for this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards,
Calder Gardens, the coming Philadelphia cultural project in a city that has seen few new major arts institutions recently, gets closer to being a reality
The archives of the man behind the tagline “Live From New York” is on its way to Texas. Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch
The music producer David Mansfield flew down to Austin in May 2023 to record with Kinky Friedman, the satirical country singer, mystery novelist and twice-failed