The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.

As Salman Toor?s work has become more politically conflicted and emotionally raw, he finds himself wondering, ?What am I doing here in America??

What is it about Chekhov?s melancholy inaction hero that makes him, and the play he stars in, so meaningful at all ages?

?Urban Stomp? at the Museum of the City of New York chronicles the metropolis?s social dance. It also invites you to join the party.

Hauser & Wirth artists have major exhibitions everywhere you look, as a new analysis shows the rising influence of powerful art galleries on the city?s top museums.

Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Bad Company and Soundgarden ? but not Oasis or Phish ? are also part of the 40th anniversary class.

A truly twisted yarn about a long-lived corpse makes a surprisingly feel-good Broadway musical.

On Broadway, the musical adaptation is a bouncy crowd pleaser about female empowerment, self-acceptance and chasing one?s dreams.

In advance of a gala celebration of the director?s career, we asked nine actresses about working with the auteur. They painted a picture of a precise artist.

With only one of its original members in the group, this ensemble is still identifiably itself, and still going strong.

Beneath the spectacle of an action-packed vampire movie, the film has plenty to say about what is sacred and what is profane.

Rosa Barba?s films, sculptures and performances start with movies and the machines that make them. They end up in the realm of exuberant effects.

Groff is sensational as the ?60s ?nightclub animal? in a Broadway jukebox bio-musical that doesn?t live up to its star.

He wrote a series of witty police procedurals set in Victorian England and then turned to the present, introducing a cantankerous and technology-averse detective.

Jasperse?s engrossing ?Tides? was a thrilling opener to a festival that often feels like a home for first drafts.

He brought grace and power to his roles before a serious injury encouraged him to try choreography ? ?maybe the richest part of my life.?

The renowned German director Claus Guth is staging Strauss?s breakthrough opera with a focus on themes of trauma and abuse.

If you are determined to see a celebrity in a popular show on a busy night, you may be out of luck, but with flexibility and persistence, you can cut some costs.

The 21-year-old pianist turned the great set of variations into the story of a young man?s maturation from innocence to experience.

Unpacking the Ryan Coogler movie starring Michael B. Jordan, and its relationship to music, genre and gatekeeping.

The star actor returns to the theater where he started almost a half-century ago, with Samuel Beckett?s bleak one-man play.

The posters in the theater-district restaurant document the shows that went wrong.

A new series comes to Netflix, a true crime documentary airs and ?The Righteous Gemstones? wraps up its season on HBO.

The first episode after last week?s loss of a major character makes a fine case for this season?s future.

In bronze, he glorified figures like Peter the Great and Vladimir Putin, often to the public?s distaste. Some works, like a giant Columbus and a 9/11 memorial, were reviled.

Fans knew her for her sense of humor, vigorous dance skills and interactions with fellow cast members on the popular drag television show.

Though she long felt a calling, Sister Monica Clare tried Hollywood first. Her book, and a visit, confirm the warmth ? and fragility ? of her new community.

As a singer and songwriter, he pushed the boundaries of punk and art-rock, producing a half century of music, writings and performances and always upending expectations.

With his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical grounding, he brought attention to New Wave and alternative artists at the groundbreaking station KROQ.

A spare elegy; a weird journey.

Bright colors and florals abound at the New York Botanical Garden?s annual orchid show.

The reality TV star and author of the new memoir ?Accidentally on Purpose? on airplane snacks, tongue-scraping and the problem with women?s pants pockets.

Jessica Goldman Srebnick, the museum?s curator and the daughter of its creator, Tony Goldman, discussed her role and her vision for the neighborhood?s artistic future.

A new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art features works by artists who explore environmental issues, grief and resilience.

At museums in the Twin Cities, where Hmong families settled after a Vietnam proxy war in Laos, story cloths and other artifacts recount their history.

Storm King, Dia Beacon and the Aldrich have embarked on extensive renovations of their outdoor spaces to improve visitors? experiences.

A new exhibit of the works at the National Museum of Women in the Arts reprises the creativity and relevancy of a group of female artists who emerged decades ago.

The show?s latest episode harks back to a beloved episode that has had fans scratching their heads for 17 years.

A first-call keyboardist, he worked with Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton, helped make Muscle Shoals a recording hub, and had a key role in redefining the sound of country.

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn?t perfect.

Hear tracks by Haim, Young Thug, Cazzu and others.

It is not yet clear how much surveillance footage of the music mogul beating his former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, in 2016 will be presented to the jury.

Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, Andris Nelsons and the orchestra reveled in the composer?s sonic riches but played with emotional reserve.

The new musical is based on Josefina López?s original play and the 2002 film adaptation that starred America Ferrera.

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead.

In an event that mixed notoriety with earnestness, celebrities like Gayle King and Blake Lively rubbed elbows with athletes and activists.

As a young immigrant from the Philippines, he had roles on Broadway in ?The King and I? and ?Flower Drum Song.? He was later a familiar face on TV.

The director Gavin O?Connor narrates a sequence from the film featuring the actor and Jon Bernthal.

Years ago, Vladimir Kanevsky?s floral sculptures started turning up in Manhattan?s most elegant living rooms. Now his work is on display alongside masterpieces.

This month?s picks include a robot revenge drama and a supernatural detective story.

Whether you?re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

A Massachusetts native, she painted geometrically precise images of rural and seaside New England dwellings that found fans among the storied magazine?s ardent readers.

From camera tricks to digital facial replacement, a history of duplicating effects.

This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie?s conclusions remain relevant today.

The New York Historical prepares to examine the campaign against Communism that once shook Hollywood and beyond.

Floyd Collins was pinned under a rock while exploring a cave in 1925. That history, recounted in song, is now on Broadway.

After a two-year closure, the Yale Center for British Art has reopened with its historical collections in lively conversation with contemporary art.

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a variety of voices and views.

Daniel Ksepka, the curator of a new display at the Bruce Museum, said he focused on Alaska because it is ?on the front line? of global warming.

For some, works from the rising artist Esteban Raheem Abdul Raheem Samayoa are reminiscent of those by renowned predecessors like Francisco Goya.

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