Arts

As ‘American Dirt’ Racks Up Sales, Its Author Becomes the Story

Jeanine Cummins’s novel about migrants fleeing violence is a hit with booksellers, but critics have called it “trauma porn” that exploits another country’s pain.

Nancy Drew Is Dead! Don't Worry, the Hardy Boys Are on the Case.

A new comic book series imagines that Nancy has been killed, infuriating some fans of the unstoppable teen detective who made her debut 90 years ago.

Staatsballett Berlin Leaders to Leave Prematurely

After only a year together on the job, Johannes Ohman and Sasha Waltz are stepping down. He will lead another house, and she will to return to choreography.

Margo Lion, Producer of ‘Hairspray’ and More, Dies at 75

In an era when big-budget theater was an increasingly corporate affair, Ms. Lion was a proudly independent producer.

Fiction

The Stories in This Chicago Housing Project Could Fill a Book

And in Jasmon Drain’s debut collection, “Stateway’s Garden,” they do.

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Cave’ and a New ‘Sabrina’ Season

A Syrian documentary is on National Geographic. And “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” returns to Netflix.

85,000 Pieces From Beloved Chinatown Museum Likely Destroyed in Fire

The president of the Museum of Chinese in America said that she was “just distraught” and that the collection was one of a kind.

‘Oscar Wao’ Review: The Tragedy, and Comedy, of Manhood

In a Spanish-language stage adaptation of the Junot Díaz novel, the friendship between two Dominican men is a testing ground for competing visions of masculinity.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Hires a Resident Intimacy Director

Sarah Lozoff is joining one of the nation’s leading regional theaters for all 11 of its productions in its 2020 season.

Rosie Perez, at Weinstein Trial, Backs Up Rape Allegation

Ms. Perez told jurors that, decades ago, her fellow actress Annabella Sciorra “swore me never to tell” that she was attacked by Harvey Weinstein.

Claudio Roditi, Lyrical Jazz Trumpeter, Is Dead at 73

The Brazilian-born Mr. Roditi fused in his playing the gentle lilt of samba with the drive of the post-bop trumpet tradition.

Roxane Gay Revisits ‘Darkness’ as a Graphic Novel

The author’s latest comic book endeavor adapts a short story, “The Sacrifice of Darkness,” from her 2017 collection “Difficult Women.”

The Playlist

Pearl Jam Dances to a Different Beat, and 11 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Megan Thee Stallion, Hayley Williams, Jessie Reyez and others.

critic’s pick

Review: Gustavo Dudamel Excels, Yet Again, at the New York Philharmonic

In his second week with the orchestra, this star conductor led works by Schubert and Mahler.

#SpeakingIndance

In a Meditative Zone

New York City Ballet principals Joseph Gordon and Lauren Lovette dance part of a pas de deux from Balanchine’s “Stravinsky Violin Concerto.”

Protesters and Politicians Rally to Protect Berlin’s Clubs

Nightclubs have a unique role in the city’s culture and economy. But real estate investors and infrastructure projects have put many venues at risk.

How ‘Honeyland’ Became an Oscar Game Changer

The movie from North Macedonia is the first to be nominated for both best documentary and best international feature.

Sundance film Festival

What Taylor Swift Reveals in the New Documentary ‘Miss Americana’

It covers pressure not to speak out politically and an eating disorder kept at bay as she questions her eagerness to please. What’s missing? Her feud with Scooter Braun.

A Legendary Documentary Maker Closes ‘an Open Wound’

Cecilia Mangini made a splash in 1958 with a movie about disaffected Roman teenagers. Her latest, drawing on material from North Vietnam in the mid-1960s, will be released this weekend.

Marlon James to Host New Literary Podcast

The Booker Prize winner is teaming up with his editor, Jake Morrissey, on “Marlon and Jake Read Dead People.”