Arts

The original cover art for the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” sold for $1.92 million at auction on Wednesday, becoming the most expensive item related to the series,...

Mr. Cobbs was not a household Hollywood name, but his face was one anyone who watched TV or movies over the past several decades could recognize.

Russell Morash, a public television producer and director who helped turn a cookbook author, Julia Child, into America’s chef and transformed bathroom tile replacement and roof repair into addictive TV with “This...

The home where Marilyn Monroe lived and died was designated a local historical landmark in a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, ending a monthslong battle to save...

A Broadway revival of “The Who’s Tommy” that opened in March will end its run on July 21. The show had started strong at the box office but was facing dwindling sales...

Eric Hazan, an influential publisher who brought to France’s attention some of the country’s most incendiary left-wing writers and who was himself a distinctive historian of Paris, died there on June 6....

When an Australian court ruled that a museum exhibition could not be exclusive to women, its curator decided to move the paintings to the women’s restroom.The curator, Kirsha Kaechele, had opened the...

Dear listeners,A few weeks ago, when the British pop musician Charli XCX released her raw, prismatic sixth album, “Brat,” I had some difficulty choosing just one of its tracks for our Friday...

The balls stay in the air with the mesmerizing rhythm of one of the cabaret acts at the show’s fictional nightclub, Moka Efti; the effect can be, to use the favorite descriptor...

London’s theaters offer something for everyone. Whether in big West End venues or on stages tucked away above a pub, the city’s shows include the classics, new plays and some productions that...