Constantine Maroulis, left, and Amy Spanger in a scene from the ’80s-rock musical, “Rock of Ages.”
“Rock of Ages” is a seriously silly, absurdly enjoyable arena-rock musical.
The lead characters in two new police dramas that begin this week, “The Unusuals” on ABC and NBC’s “Southland,” are upper-class kids who defy their upbringing to become cops.
Sonically upgraded reissues of the group’s original British albums, in both stereo and mono, will be released on Sept. 9.
The Juilliard School’s music-training program for poor minority schoolchildren has been slashed, disappointing dozens of children preparing to audition.
At a time when booksellers are struggling to lure readers, strong sales of romance novels buoy a sluggish market.
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Watching “Harper’s Island” can be compared to seeing the blurry outlines of a relationship’s future on the first date.
Anna Deavere Smith will return to the New York stage this fall for the first time in nine years with a new production at Second Stage Theater.
During the first of three sold-out shows at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza on Monday, Katy Perry was at a sort of crossroads — a clearly ascendant pop star who seemed in search of a new direction.
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This week: Jon Pareles reviews "It's Blitz" by the New York band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and former Hüsker Dü and Sugar vocalist and guitarist Bob Mould performs in our studios and talks to Ben Sisario about his new album.
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Melena Ryzik reports from a benefit for the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center.
The writer Margaret Atwood is known for her quirky dark humor. But she’s also fearless in jumping, feet first, into serious issues like global debt, the environment, gay rights and censorship.
Gyorgy Ligeti’s "Le Grand Macabre" is no ordinary representational opera but an episodic, quirky, strikingly black comedy that appears to be headed toward the destruction of the world.
Worthy productions like “Parlour Song’' and “Saturday Night” can be lost in the maze of theater offerings in London, but shouldn’t be.
An exhibition at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome through May 3 shows Caesar not only as a ruler and doer, but also as an inspiration to artists throughout the ages.
When he was inspired by his subject, John Constable turned out some of the most remarkable likenesses of his time.
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