Arts

TOKYO — Perhaps it was the fact that my daughter was in her final year of high school while I was reading “The Tale of Genji,” a 1,300-page tome written more than...

For readers in English, there are four principal translations of “The Tale of Genji,” Murasaki Shikibu’s 11th-century classic.Arthur Waley’s version first introduced the work in its (near) entirety to the West in...

People weren’t quite sure what to make of Miguel Ángel Payano Jr. when, like some kind of prodigal son, he came back to New York in 2016, after making a life in...

“Tiny Beautiful Things” is one of those shows whose appeal lies in reflecting back to viewers their own problems and attitudes (or the ones they imagine they have); it describes emotions rather...

“The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest running show in Broadway history, will give its final performance on Sunday, bringing its glittering chandelier crashing down on the stage of the Majestic Theater...

The tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel often tells the story of learning, for the first time, about the African American roots of tap. She grew up loving Ginger Rogers, but it...

But Mr. Abrams was no cheerleader. Under his watch, the Eye chronicled the ravages of crack cocaine, the devastation of AIDS and the rising tide of gentrification, all of which would ultimately...

Far too often, “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die,” an incomprehensible period epic based on the five-season television series “The Last Kingdom,” mistakes the mere presence of blood for a compelling...

Anne Perry, the prolific London-born author of historical and socially conscious crime fiction who in her teens served five years in prison for murder, a sordid past that came to wide attention...

Outside the Nederlander Theater last Saturday night, hundreds of eager ticket holders lined up for the new Broadway musical “Shucked.” What exactly was the plot of the show? Few in the crowd...