Nonhlanhla Kheswa, left, and William Nadylam portray a couple in “The Suit.”
“The Suit,” at the Harvey Theater, retells a story about adultery and pitiless punishment by the South African writer Can Themba.
Sergei Filin, who was severely burned last week when acid was thrown in his face, said he had asked the Bolshoi theater’s general director for protection after receiving threats but was refused.
Master Sgt. Kristin duBois of the Marine Band said it is standard operating procedure to record the music for the inauguration in advance.
The Scottish novelist Ali Smith’s slim new book, “Artful,” is equal parts ghost story and academic treatise: a set of lectures by a dead writer placed, like the filling of a dumpling, inside a love story.
Sonia Sotomayor’s searching and emotionally intimate memoir, “My Beloved World,” charts her life’s journey to become a Supreme Court justice.
France’s National Library is negotiating to buy the manuscript of “The 120 Days of Sodom,” the Marquis de Sade’s tale of rape, murder and torture, which Sade believed was lost in the storming of the Bastille.
“The Taste,” a new ABC show using a format similar to that of “The Voice,” features contestants who are judged by four food celebrities, including Nigella Lawson.
The Lone Bellow, a Brooklyn band with roots in the South, is releasing its first album; it is often mentioned in the same breath as popular Americana bands like Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers and the Civil Wars.
The actress performs a scene from Laura Marks’s new drama at City Center.
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The Oberlin Conservatory began its New York residency with contemporary and classical concerts.
Mr. Winner, a British director who specialized in violent action movies, partnered with Charles Bronson for several films.
Aaron Neville finally makes his doo-wop album, while the group Widowspeak dwells on decline.
In Corneille’s play “Le Cid,” a man faces the dilemma of letting an insult stand or responding with deadly force.
James DeVita charts his career during “In Acting Shakespeare” at the Pearl Theater, a play adapted from Ian McKellen’s “Acting Shakespeare.”
From Brit Hume’s assessment of Beyoncé to President Obama’s last look back at the joyful crowd, television encapsulated all that was weird and wonderful about the inauguration.
A Russian-language adaptation of Tolstoy’s “Family Happiness,” with layers serious and silly, is playing at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
A look at coming events at the intersection of science and culture.
The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players finished their winter season on Friday with “The Yeomen of the Guard.”
The Bronx Opera, which presents works in English, offered Rossini’s “Gazza Ladra” (“Thieving Magpie”) on Saturday at the Kaye Playhouse.
Marilyn Horne’s annual New York week of master classes for young singers concluded on Saturday with “The Song Continues,” a recital at Zankel Hall.
In “Edge of America,” a new series on the Travel Channel, the host showcases how bizarre recreational preferences can be.
Although the independent film business is healthier than in years, the vast majority of the feature films at this year’s festival won’t recoup production costs.
Mr. Frasconi used his woodcuts to comment on everything from the dictatorship in Uruguay, where he grew up, to the Kent State shootings of 1970.
Ms. Foster’s speech brought unexpected tears, not because she made a mess of it, but because every time one of us comes out it’s a moment of profound courage and vulnerability.
Ribera’s portraits, hidden up high and in the darkness of a church in Naples, Italy, are, like the city, expressions of the spiritual embedded in the profane.
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Timur Gareev said his experience playing blindfolded against 27 opponents at once helped him win the North American Open with his eyes wide open.
In poker it is acceptable to try to mislead your opponents. Perhaps you may seem uncertain about betting when you have a very strong hand. That would be a tad naïve, but it will work against some players.
"No Quarter,'' written by Polly Stenham, concludes with some hope for the next generation, while "Hansel and Gretel'' shows the director Katie Mitchell's playful side.
Productions of Verdi in Venice and Handel in Vienna work hard to bring freshness to well-used material.
The Neues Museum is celebrating a bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti that "fell" into its hands 100 years ago.
When it was introduced in the 1960s, Kodak's Carousel was a dazzling innovation.
With little money and few pieces of art, curators in London successfully demonstrate the dilution of landscape art into coloristic impressions.
Gérard Depardieu's recent antics in Russia have become a seemingly endless source of jokes and cartoons. But they are an example of a long history of using cultural figures to shape a country's image.
Despite much turmoil in the region, an Italian archaeologist is digging at a famous site that sits on Turkish-Syrian border.
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