Final Play in Pulitzer Winner’s Trilogy Set for Second Stage
“The Happiest Song Plays Last,” the new drama by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes and the final work in her Elliot Trilogy about an Iraq War veteran, will be part of Second...
View ArticleCharting “Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself” by Omar S
Omar S is a DJ and producer from Detroit who specializes in house music and is perhaps best known for the club hit “Here’s Your Trance Now Dance.” (He has also worked at a Motor City automobile...
View ArticleBMW Ends Support for Guggenheim Lab Project
In 2010 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announced a six-year project with BMW to create what it called the BMW Guggenheim Lab – three 5,000 square feet architect-designed pop-up structures that would...
View ArticleIn Performance: Carla Gugino of ‘A Kid Like Jake’
Daniel Pearle’s new play “A Kid Like Jake” is a drama about a young couple (Carla Gugino and Peter Grosz) and their attempts to get their 4-year-old son into a good school while coming to terms with...
View ArticleExtinct TV Shows from 1980s and ’90s Find New Life in Comic Books
Fans of canceled television shows from the 1980s and 1990s will soon have new material to comfort them. NBCUniversal is partnering with Lion Forge Comics, a digital publisher, to develop comics for...
View ArticleFinal Play in Pulitzer Winner’s Trilogy Set for Second Stage
“The Happiest Song Plays Last,” the new drama by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes and the final work in her Elliot Trilogy about an Iraq War veteran, will be part of Second...
View ArticleA Public Art Project That Will Travel By Train
Chartered train trips tend to conjure images of flag bunting, stump speeches and glad-handing politicians. But a cross-country whistle-stop tour now being planned as a kind of rolling public art...
View ArticleZach Braff to Make His Broadway Debut in ‘Bullets Over Broadway’
The Emmy Award-nominated actor Zach Braff (“Scrubs”) will make his Broadway debut next year in “Bullets Over Broadway,” the musical adaptation of Woody Allen’s 1994 film, the show’s producers...
View ArticleCharting “Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself” by Omar S
Omar S is a DJ and producer from Detroit who specializes in house music and is perhaps best known for the club hit “Here’s Your Trance Now Dance.” (He has also worked at a Motor City automobile...
View ArticleBuild a Summer Blockbuster
Do you have what it takes to produce Hollywood’s next summer blockbuster? In the comments field here, tell us the three vital elements necessary to propel a fake film pitch into box office nirvana. In...
View ArticleJon Stewart as the Jon Stewart of Cairo
Jon Stewart is on a sabbatical from his duties as host of Comedy Central’s “Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” but that has not stopped him from appearing on television. Last week, he was a surprise guest...
View ArticleThis Week’s Movies: ‘World War Z,’ ‘Monsters...
In this week’s video, Times critics offer their thoughts on “World War Z,” “Monsters University” and “A Hijacking.” See all of this week’s reviews. Movies, A Hijacking (Movie), Monsters University...
View ArticleTop D.J.’s to Headline the TomorrowWorld Festival
The organizers of one of Europe’s largest electronic dance festivals plan to stage a three-day concert near Atlanta in September, and they have secured a lineup that includes most of the top D.J.’s in...
View ArticleQuinn Goes to Bat for Theater Troupe Over Parking Fees
The play is apparently not the thing to catch the conscience of the New York City Department of Transportation, which has billed the Drilling Company for the parking spaces the theater troupe uses for...
View ArticleReactions to the Death of James Gandolfini
The death of James Gandolfini, the actor and “Sopranos” star who died Wednesday, has elicited an outpouring of reactions from friends, colleagues and other performers who were associated with his...
View ArticleBook Review Podcast: Grading Higher Education
This week in The New York Times Book Review, Andrew Delbanco reviews two new books about the state of higher education in the U.S. Mr. Delbanco writes: More than a century ago, the president of...
View ArticlePopcast: The Idea of Bonnaroo
This week: The 12th Bonnaroo music festival, which wrapped up last Sunday in Manchester, Tenn. Bonnaroo has held steady since 2002 as one of America’s largest music festivals; it sells out most years...
View ArticleBigger on the Inside: A Royal Visit to the Set of ‘Doctor Who’
One of Britain’s most enduring characters and his faithful companion got to meet their second most-famous equivalents — you can decide who is who — when Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the...
View Article‘Monsters University’ Holds Off ‘White House Down’ at...
LOS ANGELES — Big guns and heavy star power took aim at the weekend film box office, but “Monsters University,” an animated frolic from Disney’s Pixar unit, was still standing when the dust settled....
View ArticleWatch Out for ‘King Kong’ on Broadway
The new big-budget musical “King Kong,” featuring a 20-foot-tall puppet in the title role, may arrive on Broadway as early as next year if one of the few theaters that can fit the show becomes...
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