As Budget Cuts Loom, French Theater Turns Up the Political Heat
This year’s Avignon Festival has transformed into a staging ground for protests, defiant new works and some early 2027...
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Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read
What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.
‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Dukes,’ With Jane Wickline, and More Must-See Theater
As the summer heats up, our critics are raving about these seven not-to-miss Off Broadway shows.
How Kerry Washington and Whitney White Are Honoring Whoopi Goldberg Through Theater
The actress Kerry Washington and the director Whitney White want to honor Goldberg’s theatrical legacy by revisiting her...
Why Is This Billionaire’s Name All Over Harvard’s Campus?
Investigating the relationship between Leslie Wexner, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvard University.
‘Shifters’ Review: Fast-Forwarding Through a Predictable Romance
Des (Heather Agyepong) and Dre (Daniel Ezra), navigate a mutual magnetic pull in this British love story by Benedict Lombe at...
Isabelle Huppert Speaks Across a Language Divide at the Avignon Festival
A stripped-back, cross-cultural reading with the Korean star Lee Hye-young at the Avignon Festival brought out a rare softness in the French actress.
‘The Potluck’ Review: The Greensboro Massacre, and a Heavy Legacy to Bear
César Alvarez’s ambitious new work is a mixed musical meal: It wants to be a call to revolutionary action but is surprisingly lacking in it.
Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center Without Robert Wilson
“When I’m no longer living, can this place exist?” Robert Wilson wondered in a film about his Long Island art incubator. This month, its annual...
‘Hadestown’ Hits Movie Theaters, and Theater to Stream in July
Streaming picks include the family-friendly sci-fi adventure “Franklin’s Key” in Philadelphia and “Hamlet” at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
An Elite N.Y.C. Public School Admitted 777 Students. Only 3 Were Black.
New York’s specialized high schools give disproportionately few seats to Black and Hispanic students, continuing a pattern that has drawn criticism.
‘The Whoopi Monologues’ Review: Expanding a One-Woman Show
Instead of one Whoopi Goldberg, audiences now experience five actresses: Kerry Washington, Kara Young, Dominique Fishback, Danielle Pinnock and Kecia...
Tracee Ellis Ross Is Back in New York City, Living a Dream Come True
The actress and entrepreneur got an apartment in the city for the summer while she makes her Broadway debut in “Every Brilliant Thing.”
Historian Kerri K. Greenidge and Her Book ‘The Grimkes’ Come Under Fire
Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no...
Judge Allows News Site to Publish School Lockdown Video but Sets Limits
Lawyers for the outlet, New Brunswick Today, said that the order, while a partial victory, still violated the First Amendment. They plan to appeal.
N.Y.C. Council Speaker Turns Up Pressure on Schools Chief Over Contracts
Julie Menin, the speaker, said she had been given excuses for why contracts had not been provided. The mayor’s office called her request “extremely...
Can America’s Best Engine of Social Mobility Weather a Bad Job Market?
New York City’s public universities propel young graduates into the middle class. But some worry that a bleaker early career job market has added...
Utah Moves to Close Teen Treatment Center Accused of Abusing Girls
Paris Hilton helped lead a campaign to shut down the Provo Canyon School, where she said she was beaten and spat on when she was 17.
In ‘Basura,’ Gloria and Emily Estefan Found a New Rhythm
The mother and daughter spent years composing the songs and the score for the show. “In every mother-daughter relationship, it’s complicated,” Gloria...
Little Island Significantly Scales Back Its Summer Schedule
The artistic director said Barry Diller, the former Hollywood magnate who provides the bulk of the park’s funding, “wants to take programming in a...
Professor Fired for Criticizing Charlie Kirk Wins $1.9 Million Settlement
Tamar Shirinian, a former professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, was among those who lost their jobs over their posts about the slain...
Kerry Washington, Cat Cohen and Raúl Esparza Star in Off Broadway Shows in July
Kerry Washington and Kara Young pay tribute to Whoopi Goldberg, while Raúl Esparza takes on Shakespeare in the Park.
The 10 Most Mind-Altering Theater Moments of 2026 (So Far)
Our critic chose 10 moments from the theatrical year that shifted her thinking.
Judges Strike Down Trump Rule on Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants
Two federal courts have blocked a new Trump administration rule that could have narrowed eligibility for a student loan forgiveness program for...
Columbia University Has a New President. Again. This One Plans to Stay.
Jennifer Mnookin will be the Ivy League university’s fifth president in four years. She describes herself as “a principled pragmatist.”
‘Birthright’ Stages a Thrillingly Complex Conversation on Conversation Itself
Jonathan Spector’s ambitious drama about six Jewish friends and their shifting relationship with Israel stretches over three hours and nearly two...
Jennifer Nettles on Her New Musical, ‘Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo’
The Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles has written and is starring in a so-called “pop-eretta” titled “Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo.”
Courtney Sale Ross, Founder and Funder of a Quirky School, Dies at 78
Instead of home-schooling her daughter, she spent hundreds of millions of dollars building an idiosyncratic educational institution in the Hamptons.
Nursing Students and Others Get Higher Student Loan Limits
A legal challenge to a law that takes effect this week has doubled the amount certain graduate students can borrow from the federal government to...
Berkeley Will Start Institute Named for Pelosi
The Trump administration has been scrutinizing the University of California, Berkeley, which insists its new program will be a nonpartisan venture.
‘Pride’: A Tale Retold, Zhuzhed Up With Extra Camp
A new musical based on the 2014 movie “Pride” trades restrained sentimentality for all-in emotion and flamboyance.
What’s Behind Broadway’s New Musical Drought?
Hollywood actors in starry plays, skittish investors and gate-keeping theater owners have all contributed to an unusually tough climate for...
