Produced by Elyssa DudleyEdited by Lynn LevyEngineered by Daniel RamirezOur classical music critics dissect Bradley Cooper’s performance as the famed conductor Leonard Bernstein in the new film “Maestro.” In his meticulous recreation...
Read moreThomas Adès: ‘Dante’Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Nonesuch)This recording has so much to applaud: the achievement of Thomas Adès in writing such a clever, vivid, effective work; the ambition of...
Read moreThe battle in “Home Alone” between 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) and two burglars known as the Wet Bandits has unfolded on screens around the world every Christmas since the film premiered...
Read moreNarcotics police the world over are sprucing up their video game skills, as cartels go increasingly online to sell drugs and recruit dealers."Cartels have been incredibly tech savvy over recent years, reaching...
Read moreAs the play lay dormant, Mnouchkine, who had seen Nelson’s work in New York, approached him about creating something for Théâtre du Soleil. He told her that he happened to have a...
Read more“The Nutcracker” is a cherished Holiday staple — one that, for every traditional treatment, inspires a left-field twist toward the contemporary.There’s a grain of truth in Lisa Simpson’s comment that everybody does...
Read moreFortnite has undergone a myriad of changes lately, and now it is not limited to just one game, but a combination of multiple ones. At the Big Bang event hosted earlier this...
Read moreSeason 5, Episode 6: ‘The Tender Trap’To the many reversals of Coen character types in this season of “Fargo” — Dot as a lethally capable Jean Lundegaard from the movie, Roy as...
Read more‘Waitress: The Musical’If you didn’t get enough sugar, butter, flour from “Waitress,” the 2016 musical with a melodic pop score by Sara Bareilles, or “Waitress,” the 2007 Adrienne Shelly film starring Keri...
Read moreDan Greenburg, the prolific humorist, best-selling author, essayist, playwright and screenwriter whose satirical prose examined Jewish angst, women and sex, and who later produced a series of humorous children’s books, died on...
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