Review: Jessica Lange Stars in Paula Vogel’s ‘Mother Play’

The characters age perhaps more than 40 years in the play’s 105 minutes. Another actress as Phyllis might have done more to communicate the small ravages of time, but Lange…

Mike Pinder, Founding Keyboardist of the Moody Blues, Dies at 82

Mike Pinder, the last surviving founding member of the Moody Blues, whose innovative use of the Mellotron — a predecessor of the sampler — helped make the band a pioneer…

What to Watch This Weekend: An Experiment from Comedy Weirdos

What if I told you that midway through “Knuckles,” the new Paramount+ limited series based on the character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, there’s a mini rock opera featuring…

Michael Cuscuna, Who Unearthed Hidden Jazz Gems, Dies at 75

Michael Cuscuna, who brought an artist’s level of devotion and a scientist’s attention to detail to the work of exhuming and producing archival jazz recordings — work that vastly expanded…

Popcast (Deluxe): Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured’ Era

This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on: The new Taylor Swift album, “The Tortured…

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Star Countertenor, to Lead Opera Philadelphia

Anthony Roth Costanzo, the celebrated American countertenor who is one of opera’s biggest stars, will lead Opera Philadelphia as its next general director and president, the company announced on Thursday.…

Disney Scrapped ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles.’ Roku Saved It.

Last summer, the writer and producer Aron Eli Coleite was on holiday in Las Vegas with his wife when he received an urgent call from Nicole Clemens, the president of…

Iran Sentences Prominent Rapper to Death, Lawyer Says

A dissident rapper has been sentenced to death in Iran after releasing music in support of antigovernment demonstrations that rocked the country in 2022, according to his lawyer, in a…

The Culture Desk: Alicia Keys on Reimagining “Fallin” for Broadway

Alicia Keys was only 20 years old when her 2001 single “Fallin’” became an international sensation, topping the Billboard charts, winning multiple Grammys and helping propel her to stardom. Now,…

At SFMOMA, Music is More than Just Sound

This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are striving to offer their visitors more to see, do and feel. The flute music was, you know,…