On Wednesday, “Tina,” a jukebox musical about Tina Turner, canceled both of its performances; “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a stage sequel to the novels, canceled its matinee, and “Hamilton” canceled its evening performance. In each case, at least one member of the show’s cast or crew tested positive for the coronavirus, and, either […]
So when a carnival barker promises a crowd a good show it is easy to imagine del Toro nodding along as he murmurs, Step right this way, folks. As a filmmaker, del Toro likes to lay an overflowing table, and there’s a lot to take in at the carnival, like the pickled baby, baptized Cyclops […]
A powerful flu virus rips across the globe almost overnight, killing most of humanity. John Mandel, “Station Eleven,” whose first three episodes arrive Thursday on HBO Max, focuses less on survival than on how the human spirit, as expressed through art, insists on thriving. Kirsten’s parents are unreachable, the reasons for which dawn chillingly that […]
Rather, it is the scene in Episode 2 of “And Just Like That,” when Carrie is at home getting ready for Big’s funeral. Signs of its cultural downfall are hard to ignore. She paid $1,895 for the original model, plus another $250 for the accessories package and $39 for monthly access to online classes. But […]
It was Sunday afternoon, and DeBose, 30, was in bed at her home on the Upper East Side, propped up on pillows, her rescue cats, Isadora Duncan and Frederick Douglass, occasionally parading through the Zoom call. In a video interview, they spoke about identity, fighting stereotypes and getting notes from Stephen Sondheim, the original lyricist. […]
After four years of dating, this is what it came to for Art Castillo: sitting alone in his blue truck in Waco, Texas, listening to his girlfriend on speaker. “I hanged up and put Vicente Fernández on,” said Mr. Castillo, 30. For generations, Mr. Fernández’s often sorrowful songs have served as a balm for the […]
These novels, short story collections, essay books and cultural histories span California’s past and present. “The book unfolds in a tightknit community in Northern California over the course of four seasons, in the late 1970s. As I read it, I grew colder and colder, until I found myself curled up under a blanket on a […]
In addition to the store where the union won, workers at a second store voted down the union, though Workers United has indicated that it intends to formally object to the result. Starbucks employees involved in the Buffalo organizing campaigns have cited issues with staffing and training, which some say worsened during the pandemic, but […]
The first in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Hispanic lawmakers and experts earlier this year had also pushed for the inclusion of “Selena,” Gregory Nava’s 1997 biopic of the Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez that starred Jennifer Lopez in her first major film role. The Library of Congress said in a statement […]
A pioneer of abstract art, Mondrian painted “Composition With Blue” — a work comprising two black lines against a white background and a small triangle of blue — while living in Paris in 1926. “American museums should no longer keep Nazi-looted art in their collections,” said Lawrence M. Mondrian had consigned “Composition With Blue” to […]
His iconic rendition of the song “Volver Volver” propelled him to fame, but it’s in another major hit, “Por Tu Maldito Amor,” that his agony and longing are on full display. It’s become a musical standard at any special occasion hosted by someone of Mexican descent — everyone knows the lyrics. Despite the subject matter […]
But we also have partners who are working hard across the city that are seeing lines go for several blocks that are calling us up at our warehouse and asking for more food because they have more people.” “Out of this kitchen, daily, we’re sending out between 808 and 850 meals per day, Monday through […]
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about the differences between “Succession” Season 2 — one of the most thrilling and funny TV seasons of recent years — and Season 3, which has been just as intensely dramatic and absorbing but overall not as much of an out-and-out pleasure. But in the best Season 3 […]
Vicente Fernández, the powerful tenor whose songs of love, loss and patriotism inspired by life in rural Mexico endeared him to generations of fans as “El Rey,” the king of traditional ranchera music, died on Sunday morning. His death was announced in a post on his official Instagram account, which did not give a cause […]
For the first seven episodes of its current season, “Saturday Night Live” was without the services of Kate McKinnon while she worked on other projects. This weekend’s episode, for which the pop star Billie Eilish was both the host and the musical guest, began with McKinnon returning to the role of Dr. In the first, […]
Musicals often get off to a slow start, even more so when they are released in mid-December. “The Greatest Showman,” for instance, collected $8.8 million over its first three days in domestic theaters in December 2017 and was insta-written off as a box office embarrassment. In a results email on Sunday, Disney, which released “West […]
Born in New Orleans, Ms. Rice was most widely known for the novel series “The Vampire Chronicles,” the first of which was “Interview With the Vampire,” published in 1976. Ms. Rice was married to the poet Stan Rice, who died in 2002. Christopher Rice, also an author, wrote two historical-horror novels with his mother. …Read […]
Last month, Mr. Sondheim, 91, died suddenly at home in Roxbury, Conn., just as he was about to come to New York to be celebrated at the openings of highly anticipated makeovers of two of his milestone collaborations: “West Side Story,” a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, and “Company,” the acidic musical about a terminally […]
Early Thursday morning, the first two episodes of “And Just Like That” arrived on HBO Max, heralding the click-clack return of the “Sex and the City” universe, the first new installment since the misbegotten 2010 film “Sex and the City 2.” Kim Cattrall had already departed the franchise, declining to return for a planned third […]
Mr. Webb has pointed in several settings to the social damage caused by faking a hate crime, about the waste of police resources spent on the case and about the consequences of lying to a jury, which found Mr. Smollett guilty after he spent seven hours on the witness stand standing by his account. The […]