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Dec 23, 2025
The show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since "Wicked." It wasn't enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.
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Dec 23, 2025
We want to know why it resonated with you.
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Dec 23, 2025
Ballet Jörgen's holiday scare reaffirmed its mission: taking the art form to remote towns and outposts where most people have never seen a pas de deux.
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Dec 23, 2025
Seven takeaways from the final episodes of "The End of an Era," the Disney series exploring her globe-trotting concert extravaganza.
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Dec 23, 2025
Seven takeaways from the final episodes of "The End of an Era," the Disney series exploring her globe-trotting concert extravaganza.
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Dec 23, 2025
Usually, holiday opera is scarce on major stages in New York. But this year, there are two at Lincoln Center alone.
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Dec 23, 2025
The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 influencers to help convince a younger, online audience that opera isn't scary or even unaffordable.
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Dec 23, 2025
A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi power-pop project (Sharp Pins) and more.
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Dec 23, 2025
Yes, "KPop Demon Hunters" makes the list. But that was just one of the standouts in a great year.
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Dec 23, 2025
Adapted from romance novels, this Canadian series has been a surprise hit for HBO Max.
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Dec 23, 2025
These days, most best sellers are written by authors with household names. Not these five breakout books.
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Dec 23, 2025
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman and Rita Wilson served a platter of high-octane holiday high jinks in this unhinged 1996 comedy.
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Dec 23, 2025
The British actress's directorial debut, "Goodbye June," is based on a script written by her son and follows a fractured family reuniting in the hospital over the holidays.
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Dec 22, 2025
She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, including from John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign.
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Dec 22, 2025
Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.
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Dec 22, 2025
Two new London murals, widely attributed to the mysterious street artist, combine seasonal themes with what appears to be social commentary on rising child homelessness in Britain.
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Dec 22, 2025
Mr. Zampella co-founded two game studios and worked on the Medal of Honor, Titanfall, Apex Legends and Battlefield franchises.
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Dec 22, 2025
The Blues-influenced singer and guitarist built a lasting career, particularly in Europe, with hits that included "Driving Home for Christmas" and "Fool (If You Think It's Over)."
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Dec 22, 2025
With his producing partner, Jeffry Katz, he made lightweight ditties like "Yummy Yummy Yummy" that soared up the charts in the late 1960s.
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Dec 22, 2025
The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it "meritless."
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Dec 22, 2025
Yang, who joined the NBC sketch show in 2018, earned five Emmy nominations during his run.
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Dec 22, 2025
The "Mandy" and "Copacabana" singer said he would undergo surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his left lung, and he postponed several concert dates.
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Dec 22, 2025
Netflix's "The Price of Confession" and Hulu's "Nine Puzzles" are thrillers with complicated plots and complicated protagonists.
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Dec 22, 2025
An actor at the Dickens Museum in London is delivering dramatic performances of the classic holiday tale, just like the writer himself once did for sold-out crowds.
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Dec 22, 2025
An operatic Vivaldi pastiche, with a new story by Sarah Ruhl, offers an ambivalent message about how art can make people pay attention.
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Dec 22, 2025
This year, "Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes" pays homage to the legacy of the group, but its future seems to be more about sisterhood than dancing.
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Dec 22, 2025
Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton and Brian Wilson are among the cultural luminaries who died this year.
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Dec 22, 2025
Although video games are taking longer to make, a studio renowned for immersive experiences managed to release three this year.
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Dec 22, 2025
A documentary about the journalist Seymour Hersh premieres, and lots of shows wrap up their seasons.
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Dec 21, 2025
The character actor had grown up in Maryland, where "The Wire" was set, and went on to star in horror films like "It Chapter Two."
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Dec 21, 2025
The screenwriter and producer created several television hits about law enforcement. He made one of the first police dramas to star two main characters of color.
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Dec 21, 2025
At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell's stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay's novel hovers between reverie and reality.
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Dec 21, 2025
The institution has tried to work with the administration's demands that it present a more uplifting view of American history.
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Dec 21, 2025
The Chinese government once focused on political dissidents and exiled activists. Now, federal officials say, it is targeting artists in the United States whose creative protests test its tolerance.
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Dec 21, 2025
Hosted by Ariana Grande and featuring Cher as its musical guest, the show had plenty of holiday tunes and a satirical greeting from President Trump.
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Dec 21, 2025
Onscreen, she tends to play women fighting the patriarchy; offscreen the image she cultivates has meant conservatives consider her one of their own.
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Dec 21, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, New York's mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?
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Dec 20, 2025
A major player in the block-trading boom, he left Wall Street for the art world, winning a Jeff Koons sculpture at auction for $91 million in 2019.
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Dec 20, 2025
Yang has been part of the NBC sketch show since 2018, earning five Emmy nominations.
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Dec 20, 2025
She had been working with refugees and channeled her anger over their situation into the ferocious performance, which was filmed several years ago.
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Dec 20, 2025
Aimee Ng, the museum's new chief curator, broke out of the academic mold with a video series called "Cocktails With a Curator." Here's how she's drawing new audiences.
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Dec 20, 2025
"I don't do drugs anymore," the actor and singer said, "but when a random baby in a stroller smiles at me, it feels like I just did a bump of coke."
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Dec 20, 2025
He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.
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Dec 20, 2025
He was a foremost authority on the president, tracking his career from his first term as California governor through his eight years in the White House.
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Dec 19, 2025
His Pulitzer-nominated book "Graven Images" inspired a reassessment of Puritan art, challenging the belief that imagery carved on headstones was meaningless.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Kennedy Center installed President Trump's name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
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Dec 19, 2025
Thanks to a steamy television adaptation, Rachel Reid's romance novels about closeted hockey players have become mainstream best-sellers.
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Dec 19, 2025
Thanks to a steamy television adaptation, Rachel Reid's romance novels about closeted hockey players have become mainstream best-sellers.
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Dec 19, 2025
A busy designer who worked on over 100 films, he was also a racecar driver and a painter of photorealistic works, many depicting cars and their operators.
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Dec 19, 2025
Leading the acclaimed salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, he brought the music of his native island to a worldwide audience for more than 60 years.
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Dec 19, 2025
The release of a "Spinal Tap" concert film that was filmed at Stonehenge has been delayed.
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Dec 19, 2025
A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.
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Dec 19, 2025
A busy designer who worked on over 100 films, he was also a racecar driver and a painter of photorealistic works, many depicting cars and their operators.
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Dec 19, 2025
The couple are gearing up for the Broadway opening of "Bug," about a descent into paranoia and psychosis in a squalid motel room.
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Dec 19, 2025
Nearly a decade after the hit sci-fi horror series debuted, cast members including Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo and Maya Hawke gathered in New York City.
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Dec 19, 2025
Despite huge collaborations, top-selling albums and sellout tours, the leading stars of the Dominican genre still feel like they haven't received their due.
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Dec 19, 2025
In this month's picks, torrents, trolls and time travel.
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Dec 19, 2025
The final column of the year looks at the end of things — the end of the world, the end of youth — along with an underrated holiday gem.
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Dec 19, 2025
Some had wondered how the show about Abraham Lincoln's wife would fare after its creator left the Broadway cast. But mirth is abundant as it opens on the West End.
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Dec 19, 2025
Rare recordings of E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver and more offer a tour through literary history led by authors in their own words — and voices. Take a listen.
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Dec 19, 2025
Two years after the assault, Marco Goecke is staging a nontraditional "Nutcracker." Ballet Basel hopes the focus will stay on his choreography.
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Dec 19, 2025
The newest chapter in the saga of the Na'vi people continues to build their highly detailed world. Here's a guide to catch you up on the developments.
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Dec 19, 2025
Whether you're a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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Dec 19, 2025
A sport once synonymous with cable now finds its biggest matches on Netflix, Prime Video and DAZN, a European-based sports platform.
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Dec 19, 2025
Julie Taymor's abridged production of Mozart's opera has been trimmed down to 90 minutes as the Metropolitan Opera bids to recruit a new generation.
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Dec 19, 2025
Here are just a few of the year's finest indies, documentaries and international selections, available to stream at this very minute.
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Dec 19, 2025
This documentary could be better, but it offers a helpful lesson for film fans new to the movies of that decade.
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Dec 19, 2025
Museums and the consultants who advise them have been busy reviewing their own precautions in the aftermath of the brazen daylight break-in at the Louvre.
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Dec 19, 2025
As the president addressed the nation about the economy, it was "hard to tell if he was giving a speech or having a seizure on TV," Kimmel said.
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Dec 18, 2025
The clemency decision by Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee could make it easier for the country star to travel internationally.
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Dec 18, 2025
"Plain and Simple," her best-selling 1989 book, was a go-to text of the anti-materialist movement known as voluntary simplicity.
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Dec 18, 2025
For the franchise's third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big battle sequences. It's a lot.
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Dec 18, 2025
To capture Jane Austen's brief life and enormous impact, editors at The New York Times Book Review assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives.
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Dec 18, 2025
Plus: Norwegian ski sweaters, an antique-filled hotel in Jakarta and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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Dec 18, 2025
Roger Ebert said he "hated, hated, hated, hated, hated" Reiner's 1994 film "North." The director took it in stride.
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Dec 18, 2025
In their documentary, Laura Poitras ("Citzenfour") and Mark Obenhaus trace the career highs and lows of the famed investigative journalist.
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Dec 18, 2025
Roger Ebert said he "hated, hated, hated, hated, hated" Reiner's 1994 film "North." The director took it in stride.
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Dec 18, 2025
The famous painting by Grant Wood shows a farmer holding a pitchfork and a woman standing next to him. The earlier sketch is a bit different.
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Dec 18, 2025
Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more.
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Dec 18, 2025
How a movement went from dreamworld to vanguard to establishment of its own.
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Dec 18, 2025
An unlikely movie star in the 1990s, she has weathered ups and downs to find herself, at 55, as busy as ever. Next is a role in "Emily in Paris."
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Dec 18, 2025
An unlikely movie star in the 1990s, she has weathered ups and downs to find herself, at 55, as busy as ever. Next is a role in "Emily in Paris."
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Dec 18, 2025
The latest installment to this entertainment juggernaut relies on a cheap, rote formula and easy gags to keep children engaged.
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Dec 18, 2025
Will Arnett and Laura Dern add emotional heft to Bradley Cooper's intimate comedy about a separated spouse who finds solace in stand-up.
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Dec 18, 2025
Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in a thriller that is best seen with a full house.
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Dec 18, 2025
Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in a thriller that is best seen with a full house.
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Dec 18, 2025
The story of David and Goliath is presented as a feel-good family epic in this animated musical released by the popular religious media company Angel Studios.
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Dec 18, 2025
Thrillers, literary fiction, history, memoirs and more: Here are the most popular books you saved to your reading lists.
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Dec 18, 2025
The band became a major success in 1993 with the hit "Mr. Jones." Since then, the group has done its best to keep rock music alive.
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Dec 18, 2025
Nicole Eisenman's latest exhibition builds on a long tradition of artists using their work to speak out against fascism and oppression.
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Dec 18, 2025
Our critics picked their favorite moments, not necessarily from their favorite shows of the year — a certain "South Park" episode, for example.
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Dec 18, 2025
Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae and Addison Rae's music is influenced by the superstar who shot to fame before they were born. They've learned lessons from her hard times, too.
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Dec 18, 2025
Pentridge Prison's radio station played donated albums for its inmates. Twenty-six years after the site's sale, a local shop has landed its vinyl.
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Dec 18, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel called the president's last-minute speech "a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing' tonight on every channel."
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Dec 17, 2025
The novelist Dinaw Mengestu will lead the literary group at a time of escalating threats to free expression at home and abroad.
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Dec 17, 2025
He rose from poverty to become one of the Netherlands' most revered dance makers, creating more than 150 avant-garde works in a career spanning eight decades.
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Dec 17, 2025
The 96-year-old on postcolonial history, his first camera and the importance of talking to younger artists.
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Dec 17, 2025
A group of prominent figures issued a statement memorializing Mr. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner. "We were their friends, and we will miss them forever."
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Dec 17, 2025
The son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, who has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, has long struggled with drug addiction.
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Dec 17, 2025
Her work had a clean, minimal aesthetic at odds with the ambiguities it suggested. It was also unusually accessible.
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