Arts

As a teenager, Brian was a fan of Chuck Berry’s rock ’n’ roll but was especially entranced by the close, melting harmonies of the jazz-influenced vocal group the Four Freshmen; he led...

The Hamburg Ballet’s last director, John Neumeier, led the company for 51 years, transforming it from a provincial troupe into an internationally respected house.His successor, Demis Volpi, lasted just 10 months.On Tuesday,...

“Maybe Happy Ending” had a very unhappy beginning.The show’s triumph at Sunday night’s Tony Awards, where it won six honors, including best new musical, capped a remarkable turnaround for a small production...

Niede Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist whose work called into question a longstanding theory of how the Americas were first populated by humans, and who almost single-handedly transformed a hardscrabble region of northeast...

new video loaded: ‘Ballerina’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘Ballerina’ | Anatomy of a SceneThe director Len Wiseman narrates a sequence from his film “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” featuring Ana...

After spending the past two decades cultivating a market for casual gamers, Nintendo is relying on star power in its latest advertising campaign. Zachary Small, a culture reporter for The New York...

Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.

Lauren Christensen, an editor at the New York Times Book Review, recommends four of her favorite audiobooks.

The next vignette is short and sour. On Ellie’s 17th birthday, Joel finds her in her room with Kat (“the other one,” according to Dina in the Season 2 premiere), smoking pot,...

Casandra Ventura, the singer and model known as Cassie, said that the relentless sexual demands and routine violence she experienced from Sean Combs over the course of their decade-plus relationship left her...