Broadway Shutters Its Stages Amid Coronavirus Threat
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced a statewide ban of gatherings of more than 500 people. That includes Broadway's 41 theaters.
Arts
In The Derivative Action Flick 'Bloodshot,' Diesel Delivers Low-Octane Thrills
As a soldier reanimated by nanobots, Vin Diesel — "a lumbering fireplug who runs like John Wayne and fights like Roger Moore" — underperforms.
Performing Arts And Cultural Organizations Close Their Doors Due To Coronavirus
Arts and cultural events and institutions across the country are announcing cancellations and closures, including SXSW in Austin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
A Young Woman Faces A Choice In The Sobering 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'
Writer-director Eliza Hittman's tale of a traumatized teen (Sidney Flanigan), who travels to New York for an abortion is best when it hews closest to her point-of-view.
This Young Chess Champion Is 'Not Scared Of Anything On That Board'
Tani Adewumi's family fled Nigeria after being threatened by Boko Haram. They were living in a homeless shelter when Tani won the primary division at the New York State Scholastic Chess Championship.
In 'Recollections Of My Nonexistence,' Rebecca Solnit Once Again Tackles Gender Bias
"[P]erhaps the best thing creative work can do is to compost into the soil so that, unremembered, it becomes the food of a new era, or rather, devoured, digested, the very consciousness of that era."
Too Busy? Make Time To 'Do Nothing'
As many Americans start thinking about what a self-quarantine might look like, author Celeste Headlee has some advice: Put down your phone. Her book explains how we're "overdoing and underliving."
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison For Rape And Sexual Abuse
The 67-year-old former producer received nearly the maximum sentence for the counts he was convicted of last month. At the hearing, he compared the effects of the #MeToo movement to the Red Scare.
'Writers & Lovers' Captures The Cost Of Following A Dream That May Not Pay Off
Lily King's new novel centers on a woman who's spent six years working on her own novel. It's a story of ambition — and what happens when the markers of adult achievement are slow to materialize.
'MBS' Traces The Rise Of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
New York Times reporter Ben Hubbard says Saudi Arabia's leader is full of contradictions: He ended a ban on women driving, but his agents also carried out the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.