Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection. Read […]
Category: Arts
Israeli music festival that Hamas attacked on 7 October is re-created in New York exhibit
An immersive exhibition brings the Nova Music Festival’s campgrounds—including tents and burned-out cars—to Lower Manhattan Read More
Taylor Swift Has Given Fans a Lot. Is It Finally Too Much?
Swift has been inescapable over the last year. With the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” her latest (very long) album, some seem to finally be feeling […]
Lileana Blain-Cruz Directs ‘El Niño’ For Her Met Opera Debut
In an interview, Blain-Cruz explained why an oratorio like John Adams and Peter Sellars’s “El Niño” is more difficult to stage than the usual opera. Read More
Review: ‘Grenfell’ Sees Tower Fire Through Residents’ Eyes
At St. Ann’s Warehouse, this documentary play about a London fire is blood-boiling and aggrieved. Read More
PEN America Cancels Literary Awards Ceremony Amid Gaza War Fallout
The event had been set for April 29, but weeks of escalating criticism of the organization’s response to the war had led nearly half of the prize […]
‘Patriots’ Review: What Happened to the Man Who Made Putin?
Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen shine as a kingmaker and his creature. But in Peter Morgan’s cheesy-fun play, it’s not always clear which is which. Read More
‘Cabaret’ Opening on Broadway: Eddie Redmayne, Angela Bassett and Baz Luhrmann
A party for the buzzy revival of the Broadway musical was held at a theater that has been transformed to look like a 1930s-era nightclub. Read More
Huey Lewis’s Music Makes ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’
The new musical doesn’t take itself too seriously and has many winning moments — almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story. Read More