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There was a flourish of purple at the State Theater for the debut of a new musical adaptation of the performer’s 1984 movie in his hometown in Minnesota.

She started as the magazine’s glamorous receptionist and became one of its more singular writers. In one of her last articles, she memorialized her time (and lovers) there.

An African American who spent much of her career based in the Netherlands, she said her race was less of a factor in Europe when being considered for a wide variety of opera roles.

As a founding member of the band, he helped it achieve mainstream success.

The mogul’s defense team notified the appellate court that it will challenge the jury’s verdict on prostitution-related charges and the four-year prison term he received.

In an interview, Brad Ingelsby, who created this HBO crime drama, discusses the series finale and whether anyone in the Delco region ever has a nice day.

If you thought that heist at the Louvre sounded like something out of a movie, this collection of heist films just might be for you.

Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz lead the glorious cast of Lear deBessonet’s inspiriting Broadway revival at Lincoln Center Theater.

On Popcast, a conversation about the casual virtuosity of D’Angelo’s too-brief career with a pair of journalists who each interviewed him twice.

“Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed in the last decade.

In the days following a cease-fire in Gaza, the orchestra returned to New York under circumstances that were more tense than usual.

The ticketing company is already a significant player in the two big theater markets of New York and London.

Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost.

Sunday’s robbery at the Paris museum could be the latest example of thieves targeting museums for jewels and precious metals to break down and sell on.

After a whirlwind six years of working with icons and curating her own festival, the singer and songwriter was alone with her work, in search of a fresh spark.

The new Netflix series explores various theories about who really carried out a series of murders that have captivated the nation for decades.

The hip-hop choreographer brings irrepressible enthusiasm to her work for Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Dua Lipa.

The beloved British fantasy writer Philip Pullman concludes his Book of Dust trilogy with Lyra Belacqua’s final adventure.

If you’re a writer or filmmaker hoping to create a hell on earth, might as well start with the most famous city in the world.

A reader asks for help navigating the many places, online and off, where a new film might be showing.

The Netflix series staring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody returns for a second season. And on Bravo, housewives swap lives.

The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity Association reached a tentative agreement early Saturday. Union members must decide whether to ratify it.

The director Bill Condon narrates a musical dance sequence featuring Jennifer Lopez.

At the new Powerhouse: International festival in Brooklyn, Christos Papadopoulos debuted an oblique, glacially cool work with seven dancers.

Marcello Hernández’s viral character kicked off an episode hosted by Sabrina Carpenter, while President Trump visited a most unlikely podcast.

RoseLee Goldberg of New York’s Performa has long encouraged visual artists to take the leap of translating their ideas into real time and space.

An exhibition by the artist Fia Backström at the Queens Museum uses photos, textiles and videos to look at the Great Society from the perspective of the downtrodden.

The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.

A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.

The International Chopin Piano Competition is entering its final round, with performances that attract millions of viewers.

“It’s part of the process to me,” said the Oscar and Emmy winner, now starring in the true-crime drama “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.”

Feelings of persecution have long driven Swift’s most powerful songwriting. But even as fans and critics dinged her latest album, her numbers continue to explode.

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, married partners, discover expressive possibilities by sculpting landscapes that shape buildings.

While some art institutions are eagerly engaging artificial intelligence, others are less enthusiastic.

A last-minute cancellation led the nonprofit to pull together a timely new exhibition of contemporary Chinese works in just a few months.

The new show focuses on the famed Impressionist’s works on paper. Were they masterpieces? Less than? That is for visitors to decide.

This California-based artist sees art as a community endeavor, and the land as a relative to be cared for.

The 19th-century artist Camille Pissarro inspired others who became far more famous than he was, but many admirers say he was equally accomplished. An upcoming exhibition makes the case.

Even as race-conscious cultural programming is under attack, this San Francisco museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an ambitious show exploring Blackness and the cosmos.

Nadine Sierra started at the Metropolitan Opera with promise. Watch as she turns into a full-fledged star.

In Portland, as in other cities and towns across America, art institutions have sought revivals — or even recreations.

American Ballet Theater opened its season with an all-Twyla Tharp program, featuring her first dance for the company, “Push Comes to Shove,” and the for-the-ages “Bach Partita.”

During filming, the authorities discovered “It Was Just an Accident.” But a French producer had been engaged to finish this ultimate winner of the top prize at Cannes.

A consummate showman, he was known for playing guitars rigged with pyrotechnic effects and for his distinctive stage persona.

A documentary about the writer Jim Downey is streaming just as he can be seen in “One Battle After Another” and a new Tim Robinson series.

This month’s picks include a poetic documentary from South Africa, a Cold War thriller from Yugoslavia, a coming-of-age story set in the Dominican Republic, and more.

A former child actor, Williams endured some fallow young adult years to emerge as a skillful, likable performer and director on this ABC sitcom.

She turned recorded sessions with her therapist into a best-selling memoir, helping to normalize conversations around mental health in South Korea.

A vast retrospective in Paris brings together six decades of work by the 93-year-old German artist.

A culture reporter is always watching for art that challenges us to look at the world, and our lives, differently. An artist who lived in a cage for a year ticked that box.

The Kiss guitarist, who died on Thursday at 74, scored his only Top 20 solo hit with a cover that’s endured for decades.

This month’s films, including Joshua Oppenheimer‘s “The Act of Killing” and Bong Joon Ho’s sophomore breakout, observe the awful things that we are capable of doing.

The director Bill Condon narrates a sequence involving some complicated choreography.

Little Nightmares III is tastefully morbid, with its clever cooperative puzzles unfolding in a desert, candy factory, carnival and asylum.

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

Geeta Gandbhir’s film examines the killing of a Florida woman and “stand your ground” laws, but the issues it raises are bigger than those statutes.

Keanu Reeves plays an inexperienced angel who acts above his pay grade in Aziz Ansari’s socially conscious comedy.

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work.

An exhibition of works by contemporary Native American artists is meant to show ties between ancestors, teachings, values, stories, the future and one another.

This famous commercial artist loved by millions never got the critical acclaim she probably deserved. A museum looks to change that.

The nationally touring retrospective is the culmination of a rising tide of interest in female artists who cited visions as a source of inspiration.

Wealthy businesspeople who gave money to build a White House ballroom curried favor with the president, “just as our founding fathers intended,” Jimmy Kimmel said.