Ed Davis, a composer and musician, talks about growing up with his famous father. The Lyric plans a free memorial concert on Feb. 15.
Concerts for Sir Andrew Davis: The longtime baton of Lyric Opera died last year, his son is safeguarding his memory
Category: Entertainment
Highs and lows of 2025 Super Bowl ads: Aliens, AI, America and Afflecks
Among this year’s spots during the big game, Dunkin’ doubles down, Bill Murray divulges his email address and Elmo looks confused. Me too, Elmo, but the ad worked.
Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl halftime show
“Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show — a powerful, commanding creative choice by the first solo hip-hop artist to ever headline the coveted slot.
Review: ‘Fool for Love’ has its moments but stops short of the Steppenwolf of old
Many of the best moments in this new production of Sam Shepard’s play are thanks to the gutsy Caroline Neff as May.
‘Dog Man’ bests ‘Heart Eyes,’ ‘Love Hurts’ at box office
On a quiet winter weekend at the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s “Dog Man” chased its own tail, repeating as the top movie in theaters.
Call it the Dog Bowl. Westminster show’s canine athletes get their piece of Super Bowl weekend
The Westminster Kennel Club show began Saturday by showcasing agility and other dog sports.
Today in History: ‘Parasite’ wins Academy Award for Best Picture
On Feb. 9, 2020, “Parasite,” a film from South Korea, won the Academy Award for Best Picture, becoming the first non-English language film to do so.
Review: In ‘Beautiful’ at Drury Lane, Carole King’s story begins with her as a 16-year-old songwriter
The biographical jukebox musical about the songwriter gets a new outing at Drury Lane, and Samantha Gershman’s performance is worth seeing.
Today in History: D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ premieres
On Feb. 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith’s controversial epic film “The Birth of a Nation” premiered in Los Angeles.
A new directive for NEA’s federal arts funding: The spirit of ’76
Amid the Trump administration’s ideological makeover of dozens federal agencies, the National Endowment for the Arts is re-routing millions of dollars from its Challenge America initiative, which was designed to assist nonprofit arts organizations with outreach to underserved audience. That money has been shifted to a general Grants for Arts Projects budget, and will favor […]