Warsan Shire, the Woman Who Gave Poetry to Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’
By AMANDA HESS
Ms. Shire’s previously published verse forms the backbone of Beyoncé’s album and its exploration of family, infidelity and the black female body.
Found: a nearly 47,000-word journalistic series called “Manly Health and Training” that had been lost for more than 150 years.
On his fourth solo album, Drake is fending off attacks, maintaining his grip on turf he controls and wondering what might be next.
Brandon Victor Dixon and Audra McDonald in the musical “Shuffle Along” at the Music Box Theater.
It shares its name and most of its song list with a landmark musical from 1921, so is it old or new?
That means it will have to go head-to-head with the smash hit “Hamilton” and other likely candidates in the best new musical category.
The Tony nominations will be announced on Tuesday, and it’s possible that more African-American actors than ever will be among those chosen.
The institution is reopening on May 14 with a striking all-white addition and fresh initiatives promoting visual and cultural diversity.
The comedian Josie Long performing at a charity concert in Glasgow last year.
Josie Long and Josh Gondelman are part of a new breed of performers who deliver their monologues without a drop of bile.
Beyoncé kicked off her “Formation” World Tour at Marlins Park in Miami on Wednesday.
The opening night of the tour began something like a funeral and ended very surely at baptism, an arc already familiar from her latest release.
Ms. Shire’s previously published verse forms the backbone of Beyoncé’s album and its exploration of family, infidelity and the black female body.
In a conversation, writers for The New York Times put this superstar’s latest effort into a context wider than just the music.
On what would have been Shaw’s 100th birthday, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will honor him at Carnegie Hall with “A German Requiem.”
Antique English pieces that once dominated auctions take a back seat as tastes in furniture shift to contemporary designs.
Programmed by Benjamin Millepied, the company’s director, Ms. Marin’s unconventional work evokes a world of victims and oppressors, the hunters and the hunted.
The actress, who recently won an Oscar for her work in “The Danish Girl,” will take over the role, which was previously played by Angelina Jolie.
Employees 55 or older with at least nine years of service will be offered the package, the result of coming expansion and renovation, the museum said.
The artist Andra Ursuta connects competitive masculinity and death in an ambitious and heavy-handed exhibition at the New Museum.
This mass performance piece — an avian-powered show at the Brooklyn Navy Yard — is the artist’s valentine to the vanishing world of rooftop pigeon fanciers.
Mr. Swift’s slim new novel about a young maidservant’s coming-of-age features nods and bows to “Downton Abbey” in a story of love, war and loss.
The pop singer has collaborated on a version of “True Colors” with the D.J. and electronic producer Zedd.
The company, Core Media Group, cited declining ratings and the loss of broadcasting fees and sponsors as among the reasons for the Chapter 11 filing.
In this adaptation of Kevin Wilson’s novel, siblings grapple with memories of an upbringing spent being used as artistic props by their parents.
Jo Weldon, a longtime observer of people who wear clothes made of big-cat patterns, will discuss her research in a lecture at the Morbid Anatomy Museum.
Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts star in this holiday-themed film that generates inadvertent laughs and has predictable plotlines.
A show revisits a company that sold art to ordinary Americans — and sheds light on a writer’s family history.
The Modern reworks its second-floor galleries; a new vision for the Armory Show; a 450-medal gift to the Frick; and a School of London show.
Franck Krawczyk’s “Après” pays homage to Bach, Mozart and Beethoven in a textured 18-minute work.
The Spanish singer Buika followed the Portuguese singer Ms. Moura on Tuesday night in a double bill.
Ticketfly, an online upstart owned by Pandora, has reached a deal to be the exclusive ticketing provider for the Bowery Ballroom and the Mercury Lounge.
The troupe presents its new show, “ETM: Double Down,” at the Joyce, where dancers play the stage floor, conventional instruments and wooden boards.
The choreographer Heather Kravas extends her passion for repetitive movement and simple props in this piece at the Chocolate Factory.
Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director, is the fifth and final artist to inhabit the spacious fifth floor in the museum’s “Open Plan” exhibition.
Red Bull Theater’s jaunty new production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s work is directed by Marc Vietor at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
The breadth and depth of what a portrait can be are explored in an exhibition that takes in a dazzling range of mediums and messages.
This film centers on Srinivasa Ramanujan, a brilliant mathematician from India, and his unlikely friendship with the Cambridge professor G.H. Hardy.
Now considered one of America’s great self-taught artists, Mr. Von Bruenchenhein created diverse works that remained largely unknown until after his death.
Juliette Binoche stars as the mother of a young man who has just been killed, and Lou de Laâge plays his girlfriend, who doesn’t know.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces a season with Nate DiMeo of “The Memory Palace” and PubliQuartet as quartet in residence for 2016-17.
At a tricky moment for Fox, Mr. Wallace has been allowed leeway, even including criticizing his own network.
The movie, on Netflix, also stars Eric Bana and is an adaptation of a French comedy about a radio reporter and his sound engineer.
His cabaret show united over a dozen musicians in a passionate generational camaraderie at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
Thirty wry old-timers are impressive raconteurs in this documentary directed by Alex Fegan, released during the centenary of the Easter Rising.
Images of the planet, and even mundane tasks, take on a fascinating quality in this documentary shot by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
A private investigator, a murdered stripper, a mystery and a reverent throwback to the spirit of Mickey Spillane.
Mr. Cohen, who performed at the Jazz Standard, has a new album, “Into the Silence,” created in memory of his father.
In Bob Yari’s autobiographical film, a young Miami journalist’s fan letter leads to a fishing trip and a long friendship with his literary hero.
The 28-year-old artist’s first solo show in New York, “Winter Paintings,” features works that have wonderful palettes and exude a tossed-off charm.
The pianist performed two popular sonatas — the “Pathétique” and the “Appassionata” — as well as three lesser-known works at Carnegie Hall.
C. Robert Cargill said his statement that a wish to avoid offending China contributed to removing Tibetan aspects of the Ancient One was only his personal musing.
Assorted characters on an island bicker and lounge against a backdrop of news reports heralding social and financial catastrophe.
A macho father released from prison decides to move in with the son he abandoned, who is a sweet-natured gay hairdresser and an aspiring drag queen.
Jonathan Pryce and Jerome Holder star in this feature about an elderly Jewish baker in London who ends up hiring a young black Muslim as his assistant.
Although the acting can be wooden at times, ‘Pali Road’ is a decent film set in a gorgeous locale.
From the Watching team, expert TV and movie recommendations for the next few days.
Even as viewers’ time becomes more precious, individual episodes are bloating. Television has come down with a case of gigantism.
With the coming of her new film, “Money Monster,” Ms. Foster talks about privacy, the desperation to communicate and her ceaseless self-examination.
Mr. Hart, who stars with Dwayne Johnson in “Central Intelligence,” talks about acting with Mr. Johnson, being funny in high school and working hard.
The director and production designer of the new film explain their thinking behind what to change and what to leave alone.
As the CBS drama ends after seven years, Julianna Margulies and the show’s creators discuss their journey, and the increasing scarcity of network serialized dramas.
The writer and director discusses a sequence from his film featuring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons.
The duo star as hapless cousins who feign toughness to recover a pet from gang killers.
It’s a big city, with plenty to do, see, hear and watch. Here is a selection of cultural events taking place in New York this weekend and over the week ahead.
The Lyon family continues to come to terms with Empire’s pending heir and inches closer to regaining control of the company.
As the HBO series starts its sixth season, it enters unexplored territory, moving past the source material of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels.
One of the great things about this series is how dedicated it is to discussing money.
How did they fit so many plots into one episode?
Sunday’s Season 6 premiere pointed toward a new era for Sansa Stark.
The show’s moving map, the dripping crimson of “Daredevil,” and other opening title sequences give birth to a new art on the home screen.
The sadistic character, played by Iwan Rheon, gleefully flays, rapes and gelds. Who knows what dark impulses he will follow in Season 6.
The prolific songwriter and performer’s decades of music transcended and remade funk, rock and R&B with hits like “Purple Rain” and “1999.”
Rivalry defined his career from the beginning — and drove some of his greatest displays of genius.
Eight of the singer’s albums returned to the Billboard Top 200 in the days after his death.
His ashes’ location will stay private, his publicist said. Meanwhile, an inquiry into the musician’s death continues, and a group of ‘his most beloved’ laid him to rest.
The pop star was not only sex, but also a sexual orientation. His own. And it was oriented toward you.
New York Times culture critics discuss Prince and his music.
A great cat-and-mouse suspense story unfolded, as the Soviets and Americans played a game of Where’s Martha? And, it was authentically heartbreaking.
But is Jonathan convincing as a tough guy? Given that he can’t seem to stop serving coffee?
Season 3 of the HBO comedy picks right up where Season 2 left off.
Despite the departure of its creator, “Veep” returned this week as funny as ever.
This episode folds in another parallel “Walking Dead” story line.
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Shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil 400 years ago this weekend. As the world prepares to celebrate the anniversary, test your knowledge of the Bard with this quiz.
Hold on to your Cavariccis: we’ve got a quiz all about ’80s references in the Broadway musical “American Psycho.”
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