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Gabriel Graetz and Paul Melendy power Charles Ludlam’s camp classic, even as a stripped-down design leaves some comic potential untapped.
This was not genre-pushing experimentation. Kurt Rosenwinkel’s tunes stayed well within recognizable patterns of chords and rhythms, but the inventive craft alerted the ear at every turn.
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Prolific avant-garde composer, saxophonist, arranger, producer, and improviser John Zorn led a sharply attuned band through knotty takes on his Masada songbook.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
At Shalin Liu, Skylark pairs Poulenc’s “Figure humaine” with Civil War–era music in a program of striking contrasts
In a sweeping account of the nation’s anniversary milestones, Eddie Glaude Jr. shows how whitewashing and racial exclusion have shaped America’s self-image from 1826 to 2026.
Rebecca Novack’s debut blends murder mystery and social satire in a sly, shape-shifting narrative driven by a sex worker who may be telling us exactly what we want to hear.
Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells star in a bittersweet new drama about grief, love, and second chances.
Arts Commentary: The Last Laugh — Stephen Colbert, Comedy, and Cultural Resistance
How Stephen Colbert’s late-night run became a casualty of corporate power, political retaliation, and the thin skin of America’s oligarch class.
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