Culture and Society

In 'Bughouse' John Kelly inhabits the soul of the amazing outsider artist and recluse Henry Darger.

A beautifully designed and executed production, with Broadway-star singing and acting, is partly spoiled by some questionable-at-best creative decisions.

How often does a student opera company get to stage the U.S. premiere of a work by a major 20th-century composer? Mannes Opera has done just that with Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 'The Silent Serenade'

Shawkat's performance is warm and gutsy, powerful and generous, impressive on its own terms and even more so as a stage debut.

A 72-year-old woman shares her 14-month Mounjaro and metformin journey: 90 pounds lost, chronic kidney disease reversed, and knee pain gone – without surgery.

Changes in Austin have forced SXSW to make changes. The changes, though, might just be fun.

Once Goldenthal had completed the music for a scene, he and Lubavitch continued their dialogue as the choreographer worked with the dancers, refining the dance in the studio...

Michael Kahan talks about what amazes him after 300 episodes of 'Funny in Failure,' his podcast about funny and successful people.

Elevator Repair Service's 'Ulysses' is zany and humorous in part, and challenging, complicated and opaque at times. However, it is always engrossing.

Rocker Jesse Malin's touching and joyful autobiographical musical brings to life the legendary NYC music scene of the '70s and '80s even as it revolves around the spinal stroke that rendered him paraplegic in 2023.