Chubby Checker, Outkast and the White Stripes Will Join the Rock Hall
Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Bad Company and Soundgarden — but not Oasis or Phish — are also part of the 40th anniversary class.
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‘Dead Outlaw’ Review: This Bandit Has Mummy Issues
A truly twisted yarn about a long-lived corpse makes a surprisingly feel-good Broadway musical.
At 50, the Takacs Quartet Remains as Essential as Ever
Recently, the Takacs Quartet gave a recital at the University of Colorado Boulder. In many ways, it could have been perfectly routine: some Bartok and Beethoven before an adoring audience at the college where the group has taught in residence since …
‘Just in Time’ Review: Jonathan Groff Channels Bobby Darin
Groff is sensational as the ’60s “nightclub animal” in a Broadway bio-musical jukebox that doesn’t live up to its star.
In TikToks and a Memoir, a Nun Makes the Unexpected Case for Convent Life
On a Sunday night during Lent, a circle of Episcopal nuns sat in their lamp-lit library, chatting, knitting and gazing upon an unlikely altar: An orthopedic dog bed cradling their venerable mutt, Jennie, who was recovering from ACL surgery. Vespers …
The Son of a Superagent Finds His Way in a Tarnished Hollywood
In the unsentimental memoir “The Golden Hour,” Matthew Specktor ponders, among others, the father who succeeded in a punishing business now in its waning glory.
This Spring, One Mega-Dealer Dominates N.Y.C. Museums
Hauser & Wirth artists have major exhibitions everywhere you look, spotlighting the rising influence of powerful art galleries on the city’s top museums, a Times report found.
A Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body
Hasan Piker thinks being a man is simple. Like many of the successful internet personalities who appeal to a generation of young men, Mr. Piker, a 33-year-old Twitch and YouTube streamer, is a “bro”: He likes weapons, inhales supplements, uses …
Washington’s Besieged Journalists Raise a Cocktail Glass, Darkly
The annual weekend celebrating America’s free press went forward, even as the Trump administration chips away at press freedoms.
Washington Arrives on the Red Carpet
Wonky but chic: A crowd made up mostly of political journalists showed up for the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday.