Arts
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Mavis Staples Is an American Institution. She’s Not Done Singing Yet.
After more than seven decades onstage, the gospel and soul great decided last year that it was time to retire.…
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Age and the Image of Capacity
“Watch me,” President Biden likes to say when he’s asked — he’s asked a lot, these days — whether he…
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‘Doctor Who’ Season in Review: The Doctor Might Be on a New Path
Ncuti Gatwa shined as the 15th Doctor. But the long-running show feels at a crossroads as it concludes its latest…
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‘The Lion King’ at 30: Jason Weaver Sang for Simba but Few Knew It
The actor was playing a young Michael Jackson when Elton John spotted him. Three decades later, the new attention to…
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Virginia Woolf, but Make It a Polyphonic, Sensory Ballet
American Ballet Theater brings Wayne McGregor’s “Woolf Works,” which evokes elements of three novels and the writer’s biography, to New…
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Mabe Fratti, a Spark in Mexico City’s Experimental Music Scene
The singer, cellist and composer has found inspiration in the city’s flourishing avant-garde. Her new LP, “Sentir Que No Sabes,”…
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Taylor Swift Notches a Ninth Week at No. 1 With New CD Versions
The singer’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” now has the second-most weeks at No. 1 of any Swift album.
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Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ Breakthrough
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music The iconoclastic pop star Charli XCX has long flirted with mainstream…
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How a 1933 Book About Jews in Magic Was Rescued From Oblivion
Richard Hatch was searching the card catalog of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, hunting for intriguing titles under the…
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Game Reviews: Escape the Heat by Ascending an Ocean Throne
Crab God is an alluring endeavor that’s instructive about real-world environmental challenges. Riven enters the 3-D era with a remake…