Arts
-
The Five Women Who Started a Secret Theater Society
It was their own secret society. Five women who worked together at the Public Theater, bonding over drinks and aspirations,…
-
A Lost Masterpiece of Opera Returns, Kind of
The Aix Festival is presenting a new version of “Samson,” a never-performed work by Rameau and Voltaire, two of France’s…
-
The American ‘Pope’ of German Ballet Steps Down After a Long Reign
John Neumeier has run the Hamburg Ballet for 51 years, putting his stamp on the company and the city.
-
Jane Lynch Loves Being the ‘Weakest Link’ Host and Not a Contestant
The former “Glee” star turned a childhood fascination with game shows into a TV gig. “I could do it forever,”…
-
He Won the Turner Prize. But Does He Still Want to Be an Artist?
A few years ago, the English artist Jesse Darling was standing in the vegetable aisle of a grocery store when…
-
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
Last summer, when Mae Tingstrom had the idea to open a romance bookstore in Ventura, Calif., the first thing she…
-
Joy Williams Grudgingly Revises, Word by Word
What books are on your night stand? Walton Ford’s “Pancha Tantra.” A stunning assemblage of the painter’s vivid and tragic…
-
5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
-
The Composer Who Changed Opera With ‘a Beautiful Simplicity’
In the mid-1700s, Christoph Willibald Gluck overthrew the musical excesses around him. A marathon double bill in France shows the…
-
Mia Goth on Reaching the End of the ‘X’ Trilogy
Don’t call her a scream queen. Mia Goth may have amassed a filmography dominated by horror films like “A Cure…