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Thirty years ago, when the Who’s 1969 concept album “Tommy” was transformed into a rock opera for Broadway, it was hailed as a triumph of the form — a production that had...

After a hiatus from public life and interviews, Zayn Malik, the former One Direction member, appeared on a podcast that aired on Wednesday and talked about his decision to leave the group,...

When did you first learn about “Parable of the Sower”?My mom and I gave each other the book for Christmas when it first came out. I bought one for myself and one...

More than four years of family conflict over the estate of Aretha Franklin ended Tuesday when a Michigan jury decided what her family could not — which of two hand-scrawled wills represented the...

Christian Gerhaher never left the stage.He could have, as the title character in Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck.” But in Simon McBurney’s brutal, elegiac production at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, Gerhaher was exposed...

Dear listeners,Whenever I put together one of these monthly collections of “songs you should hear now,” culled from our weekly new music Playlists, my brain leaps to the “Now That’s What I...

Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon MusicOne of this year’s most popular rap songs is “All My Life,” a singing-kid-chorus collaboration between the Chicago rap veteran Lil Durk...

Madonna’s North American tour is officially postponed.Two weeks ago, the pop star’s new Celebration Tour — a greatest-hits outing announced to great media fanfare in January, which was set to open this week...

Google search results broke my heart this weekend.Which was strange, because they didn’t include anything overtly emotional. They were lines like: “Yes, we are open. Call our consultants today.” And: “Reliable, seasonal...

It was a crowd that had come to dance, dressed for a rodeo in the distant future: sparkling cowboy hats, silvery fringe, outré sunglasses and any other sartorial detail that represented “Renaissance,”...