Arts
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‘The Lion King’ at 30: Jason Weaver Sang for Simba but Few Knew It
The actor was playing a young Michael Jackson when Elton John spotted him. Three decades later, the new attention to…
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Virginia Woolf, but Make It a Polyphonic, Sensory Ballet
American Ballet Theater brings Wayne McGregor’s “Woolf Works,” which evokes elements of three novels and the writer’s biography, to New…
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Mabe Fratti, a Spark in Mexico City’s Experimental Music Scene
The singer, cellist and composer has found inspiration in the city’s flourishing avant-garde. Her new LP, “Sentir Que No Sabes,”…
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Taylor Swift Notches a Ninth Week at No. 1 With New CD Versions
The singer’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” now has the second-most weeks at No. 1 of any Swift album.
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Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ Breakthrough
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music The iconoclastic pop star Charli XCX has long flirted with mainstream…
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How a 1933 Book About Jews in Magic Was Rescued From Oblivion
Richard Hatch was searching the card catalog of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, hunting for intriguing titles under the…
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Game Reviews: Escape the Heat by Ascending an Ocean Throne
Crab God is an alluring endeavor that’s instructive about real-world environmental challenges. Riven enters the 3-D era with a remake…
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I Saw My Anxiety Reflected in ‘Inside Out 2.’ It Floored Me.
In a way that’s both cathartic and devastating, Pixar’s latest portrays how anxiety can take hold, our critic writes.
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Discord at the Symphony: Losing a Star, San Francisco Weighs Its Future
The struggles of one of the nation’s finest orchestras show the difficulties facing classical music in the United States.
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‘House of the Dragon’: Elliott and Luke Tittensor on That Brutal Duel
Episode 2 pit brother against brother, in more ways than one. The two actors, identical twins, talked about the intensity…