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A Cultural Leap: Lisa D’Amour Juggles ‘Airline Highway’ and ‘Milton,’ a Tale of Five Towns

While the playwright Lisa D'Amour prepares her “Airline Highway” for New York, she's developing “Milton,” a show based on interviews with residents of American...

A Cultural Leap: Lisa D’Amour Juggles ‘Airline Highway’ and ‘Milton,’ a Tale of Five Towns

While the playwright Lisa D'Amour prepares her “Airline Highway” for New York, she's developing “Milton,” a show based on interviews with residents of American...

ArtsBeat: SXSW Music 2015: An ‘Empire’ Writer Tries to Make His Way in the Real-World Music Business

Malcolm Spellman, a writer and co-producer on “Empire,” arrived in Austin as the co-owner of Blackball Universe, a tiny record label, just as the...

ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Tire Fire

This week's episode was just the kind we love. It was shocking, it asked big questions and it tied up some loose ends.

ArtsBeat: TV Review: ‘Empire’ Ends Its First Season With a Fervid Finale

Fox's hit show closed out with a two-hour finale full of enough plot for an entire season of any other series.

ArtsBeat: ‘Broadchurch’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: The Revenge of Sharon Bishop

Let's talk about Sharon Bishop, who is emerging as the season's MVP. ...read more

Samuel Charters, Foundational Scholar of the Blues, Dies at 85

Mr. Charters's field research and books, including “The Country Blues” and “The Roots of the Blues,” established a field of musical history to study...

Andy Fraser, Free’s Bassist, Dies at 62

Mr. Fraser wrote, with Paul Rodgers, the British rock band's biggest hit, “All Right Now.” ...read more

Sony’s PlayStation Vue Is Introduced in 3 Cities

The web-based service, targeted at gamers, is initially available to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 owners in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.

In Taryn Simon’s Paris Show, a Look at How a Hidden Hand Organizes Reality

The first French retrospective devoted to this American photographer explores the power dynamics shaping how we process history, identity and more.