By Wesley Morris A good musician’s relationship with the past is tricky. You want to move forward without entirely forsaking what you’ve...

By Amy Nicholson “Dad, this is the literally the best day of my life,” teenager Riley (Ariel Donoghue) beams to her doting father, Cooper...

By Laura Cappelle Women’s artistic gymnastics may be one of the few Olympic events to feature music and choreography, but it doesn’t mean...

By Michael Paulson In the nine years since “Hamilton” opened on Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda has acted (in the film “Mary Poppins...

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By Gia Kourlas In dance and in sports, there is a common ritual: warming up. As much an art as an activity, it energizes not just the...

By Amelia Nierenberg Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singer who shot to fame in the 1980s and ’90s and was known for her activism, died at age...

By Alex Marshall Six novels by U.S. authors, including Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers, are among the 13 titles...