Arts
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‘The Great Czech Piano Cycle’ Arrives at Carnegie Hall
The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is appearing at Carnegie with Dvorak’s “Poetic Tone Pictures,” a rarity being performed there for the first time.
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Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon
It was a momentous occasion as Wang played all five of Rachmaninoff’s works for piano and orchestra at Carnegie Hall for one show only.
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Review: Kronos Quartet Offers a Creative Snapshot of a Global Pandemic
A diverse group of composers presented nine new and recent works at Carnegie Hall on Friday, ranging from exuberant joyfulness to existential questioning.
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Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Brightens Up Berlin
The vivid characters and the infectious melodies of the 1983 musical prove remarkably durable in Barrie Kosky’s madcap production at Komische Oper Berlin.
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Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs
From Television through his solo career, the songwriter created enigmatic tidings and cat’s-cradle guitar structures. He died on Saturday at 73.
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Easy Does It: Bringing Old-School Wisdom to City Ballet
Kyra Nichols, a former principal, returns to the company for the first time since her 2007 retirement to coach ballets by Balanchine and Robbins.
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Jewish Heirs Sue Guggenheim Over Ownership of a Prized Picasso
The museum says the painting’s owner, who sold it after fleeing Nazi Germany, made a “fair transaction.” His heirs say he sold under duress.
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‘S.N.L.’ Spoofs Merrick Garland’s Hunt for Classified Documents
Michael B. Jordan hosted an episode that was saved by a couple of commercial parodies.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.N. Hears of a Little-Known Killing Field
At the United Nations’ annual ceremony to mark the Nazi horrors, Karen Frostig described her work to commemorate a concentration camp where thousands of Jews, including her grandparents, were murdered.
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At Last Back at Sundance, Filled With Rocky Relationships and Glorious Writers
Dramas about couples (“Cat Person”) and families (“A Thousand and One”) tackle complex lives; documentaries on Judy Blume and Nikki Giovanni entertain.