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Orange County Museum Unveils Thom Mayne Design for New Home

The building in Costa Mesa, Calif., will give the museum 50 percent more exhibition space. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Three Artists, Three Arcs, One Gallery

What do a lyrical painter, a sculptor of sly works and an artist devoted to the line have in common? Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

City Ballet Clears the Stage for a Big Graduation Number

It’s hard work being a dancer. And it’s hard work getting a college degree. This group at New York City Ballet has done both. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘Breath,’ Tasty Waves and Gnomic Truths

In his feature directing debut, the actor Simon Baker plays a surfing guru who tutors two teens in the Way of the Wave. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Fun Summer Things That Are Not the Governors Ball: Governors Island and the Botanical Garden

Visit Governors Island and the New York Botanical Garden this weekend for a few quiet, anti-festival activities. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week

Peter Roehr’s hypnotic photomontages; Sanlé Sory’s portraits of a lost era; and Michelangelo Lovelace’s Cleveland paintings. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Oneohtrix Point Never’s Quest to Make Music That Freaks People Out

The electronic composer Daniel Lopatin prefers difficult concepts and challenging sounds. His new album, “Age Of,” continues his “perpetual state of disbelief.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘C.B. Strike’ Brings J.K. Rowling’s Detective Novels to TV

The Cinemax series adapts the three mystery stories, about a struggling London private eye, that the “Harry Potter” author wrote under a pseudonym. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Drake vs. Pusha-T, Unpacked

An excavation of the skeletons animating the back-and-forth between the two rappers — and a conversation about who’s inching ahead. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: Shailene Woodley Braves the Elements in ‘Adrift’

A true story of survival at sea, directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Drake Addresses Blackface Photo Amid Pusha-T Feud

In a rare public statement, the rapper said a recently surfaced picture from 2007 was part of a project about young black actors being typecast. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘A Kid Like Jake,’ Parents, Gender and a 4-Year-Old

When Brooklyn parents, played by Claire Danes and Jim Parsons, are told that their son enjoys “gender expansive play,” things get interesting. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review:In ‘Upgrade,’ Better Killing Through Technology

The futuristic world of “Upgrade” creates a perfect killing machine out of Logan Marshall-Green. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘The Doctor From India’ Pushes Nontraditional Medicine

The documentary focuses on Vasant Lad and his claims that ayurveda can cure various ailments. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘Rodin,’ a Biopic Heavy as Stone

The film about the sculptor offers two hours of actors struggling to appear lifelike. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘Nossa Chape,’ Soccer Club Rebuilds After Devastating Loss

A new documentary follows the Chapecoense, a Brazilian soccer team, after 19 of its players were killed in a plane crash. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘Social Animals,’ Stalled Lives and Sexual Frustrations

Noël Wells and Josh Radnor play Austin slackers in this mildly entertaining sex comedy. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Bill Clinton: By the Book

The former president Bill Clinton, who collaborated with James Patterson on the new thriller “The President Is Missing,” reads everywhere: “At my work table, in my easy chair, in bed and on the plane. Even in the car when I’m not too tired.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Andrew Garfield and Stephen Spinella Trade Emails on Their Famed ‘Angels in America’ Role

The two actors, who have never met, share insights on understanding the character of Prior Walter and how to maintain the stamina to play him. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Blind to Race, Gender and Disability, Shakespeare’s Globe Goes a New Way

Michelle Terry, the playhouse’s artistic director, defines her agenda with productions of “Hamlet” and “As You Like It.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Audacious Architectural Models of Bodys Isek Kingelez

The visionary Congolese artist speaks of both beauty and the harsh realities of life in his Jetsonian cardboard cityscapes. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Underground Science Festival Has New Faces to Introduce to You

A weeklong festival at Caveat combines science and humor to bring attention to underrepresented scientists. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Mom-Coms Latch On to the Raw Reality of New Motherhood

Series like “The Letdown,” “Motherland,” “SMILF” and “Catastrophe” are part of a new crop of comedies that find humor (and aches) in depictions of new mothers. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold

An intermittently thrilling new musical built around 22 Alanis Morissette songs seems to have 22 different themes, all worthy. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Pusha-T, a Lecturer Seeking a Target, Finds One

The rapper’s new album, “Daytona,” is filled with crisp rhymes over Kanye West beats. But his post-release war of words with Drake has had an even bigger impact. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Portrait of Weegee That Captures the Man and the Myth in Full

“Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous,” by Christopher Bonanos, is the biography Weegee deserves: sympathetic and comprehensive, a scrupulous account with just the right touch of irreverence. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Live Jazz: 3 May Standouts, From Sullivan Fortner to Dana Murray

Great performances, including Guillermo Klein with his 11-piece big band, on stages across New York. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Shaniqwa Jarvis Is No One’s Assistant

The fashion photographer’s portfolio should speak for itself. But in an industry where women of color are underrepresented, her talent and accomplishments haven’t always been recognized. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

La MaMa Moves! Remains a Freewheeling Home for Dance

The festival’s refreshingly old-school mix this year included works exploring identity and aging, as well as a mixed bill that proved most realized. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘American Animals,’ These Guys Didn’t Visit the Library to Study

A movie about a real-life rare-book heist. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Leaving a Big Impression: The Renoir Family Inheritance

The influence of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the career of his filmmaker son, Jean Renoir, is the subject of a show at the Barnes Foundation. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t’: Agnès Varda’s Polarizing Paean to Sisterhood

Is Ms. Varda’s long unavailable feminist musical as divisive as it was 1977? Watch it now in a new 2K digital restoration and decide. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Pugnacious Performer Who Wants to Take the Harpsichord Mainstream

Mahan Esfahani has delighted and outraged audiences in Europe and the United States — and made enemies of other players along the way. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

He’s Tried to Leave ‘Star Wars’ Before. Will This Be It?

Lawrence Kasdan, whose credits include “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Return of the Jedi,” “The Force Awakens” and now “Solo,” looks back on a storied writing career. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘The Americans’ Is Ending. Here’s How People Think It Will Go Down.

Elizabeth dies, Philip dies, they both die. They kill Stan. Stan kills them. The possibilities are endless, and the end is near. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Michael Chabon Tries Hard to Be a Good Dad

Judd Apatow reviews “Pops,” Chabon’s collection of essays about fatherhood and its discontents. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

How American Chefs in the 1970s and ’80s Created a Revolution

Andrew Friedman’s “Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll” describes the changes in American culture brought about in restaurant kitchens. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain of “Wicked,” “Three Tall Women” and “The Boys in the Band.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

On ‘Succession,’ a Media Mogul Gets the Conniving Family He Deserves

The new HBO drama follows a powerful but dysfunctional dynasty and gives it a twist: Amid all the Machiavellian machinations is a reservoir of satire. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Broadway Sets Box-Office Record, Powered by ‘Hamilton’ and Springsteen

The theater season that just ended was remarkably lucrative as producers have become more sophisticated, and more aggressive, about setting prices. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Opening Night of Stratford Festival Canceled Following Bomb Threat

A performance of “The Tempest” was canceled after the Stratford police received a bomb threat, but a search did not turn up any suspicious package. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Conjuring Spirits at the Tap Family Reunion

In “Raising the Bar,” part of a weekend of tap events, the dominant feeling was love of tradition. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In 1973, an Arsonist Killed 32 People at a Gay Club. Why Has History Shrugged?

In “Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation,” Robert W. Fieseler reports on an all but forgotten tragedy in New Orleans. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

On Paid YouTube, Sci-Fi Comedy and the Grown-Up Karate Kid

YouTube Red, soon to be YouTube Premium, is taking baby steps toward competing with the Netflixes of the world (for $12 a month). Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In ‘Harlequinade,’ Gestures Dance, and Dances Tell Stories

Alexei Ratmansky is restaging Marius Petipa’s ballet not by patching together known versions, but by going to back to a written source. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The European Union Is Under Threat. Artists Say It’s Time to Rebrand.

A group led by Wolfgang Tillmans and Rem Koolhaas is discussing how the organization can “be recognized as a force for good, rather than as a faceless bureaucracy.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: A Bus Crash, a Breakup and More Reverberations in ‘Tremor’

Brad Birch’s psychological thriller finds former lovers warily circling each other in Wales. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

She Was a Model for Impressionist Masters. Then She Became One Herself.

Suzanne Valadon was too poor to study art, but as Catherine Hewitt makes clear in a new biography, “Renoir’s Dancer,” she learned a lot by posing for the great painters of her time. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Peak Performances Announces Residency and Upcoming Season

The 2018-2019 season will include a trilogy by Faye Driscoll, Cuban-klezmer opera, environmental acrobatics and a European look at American democracy. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Warning to Women of a Certain Age: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nightdress

Pamela Druckerman — horrified when waiters began calling her “madame,” not “mademoiselle” — has written a book about women and middle age, “There Are No Grown-Ups.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

When the Dinosaurs Reigned

The paleontologist Steve Brusatte’s “The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs” offers a narrative history of the ancient animals that used to rule the earth. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

New & Noteworthy

A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Turning Circe Into a Good Witch

In Madeline Miller’s latest adaptation of Greek myth, “Circe,” we encounter a thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: A New Film Investigates the Time America Banned an Entire Race

“The Chinese Exclusion Act,” on PBS, explains how and why America decided that the Chinese could never be Americans. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Ding. Hiss. Chirp. Broadway’s Best Sounds (Other Than the Songs).

The Tony Award for best sound design is back after a several-year hiatus. We speak to the five nominees in the play category. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In ‘Reporter,’ Seymour Hersh Recounts Leaping Tall Deadlines in Single Bounds

Hersh’s vaunted career in journalism has included exposes of the massacre at My Lai, the torture at Abu Ghraib prison and many more scoops. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

BTS Becomes the First K-Pop Act to Top Billboard Album Chart

With its “Love Yourself: Tear,” the Korean boy band BTS becomes the first K-pop act to reach No. 1 in the album chart, six years after Psy’s song and video “Gangnam Style” brought the style to the American mainstream. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

An Unlikely Union Between an ’80s Rock Star and a Folk Choir Blossoms in Bulgaria

Dead Can Dance singer Lisa Gerrard teamed up with Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, a group that made unexpected inroads 31 years ago, for a surprising new album. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘Arrested Development’ Chases Its Past, Slowly

With a plot that creeps along like a stair car, the new season has flashes of the old brilliance, but feels like a nostalgia exercise for itself. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Audiobooks for Those Long Summer Drives, Without the Kids

From the sidesplitting to the heartbreaking, the mysterious to the political, this must-listen list has something for everyone in your car. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Audiobooks for Summer Trips With the Kids

Essential, family-friendly narratives for even the longest of car rides. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Sanctions Imposed on Berkshire Museum for Sale of Artworks

The Association of Art Museum Directors requested that its members refrain from lending works to the museum after it sold artworks to fund an expansion initiative. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Danny Boyle to Direct New James Bond Film

Mr. Boyle will direct a screenplay by a longtime collaborator, John Hodge, whose credits include “Trainspotting.” Daniel Craig returns as Bond. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘Solo’ Sputters at Box Office, Raising Worries of ‘Star Wars’ Fatigue

Ticket sales for “Solo” were big, but by “Star Wars” standards they fell far short. Multiplex gridlock and disgruntled fans were among possible explanations. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

MoMA Sees a Problem in a Cafe’s Name. The Cafe Sees None.

The cafe MoMaCha filed a response to the Museum of Modern Art’s lawsuit, indicating that it had no plans to abandon its name. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Dominican Wrestling Hero Gets a Biopic to Match His Star Power

The trilogy of movies about Jack Veneno, who electrified fans in the 1970s and ’80s, is a major step forward for the country’s film scene, one critic says. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Seeing America as Our Ice Age Ancestors Did

Part travelogue, part archaeological study, Craig Childs’s “Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America” reads like a docudrama — and doesn’t reflect reality. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Screenwriters Talk Shop: How to Get Audiences to Return for Part 2

We spoke to the writers of “Avengers: Infinity Wars” and other franchises to find out how they approached the second to last installment in a series. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘Ivan the Terrible’ Painting Damaged in Russia in Vodka-Fueled Attack

Russian news reports said the suspect thought the 1885 canvas, “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581,” by the Russian realist Ilya Repin, was historically inaccurate. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Cult Hit in Argentina, This Novel Evokes and Evades Malignant Machismo

In “The Desert and Its Seed,” Jorge Barón Biza asks: How can someone who knows pain be capable of violence? Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

5 Novels Selected To Vie as Best of the Booker Prize Winners

The authors up for the one-time award include Hilary Mantel, V.S. Naipaul and Michael Ondaatje. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

She Went to Interview Morgan Freeman. Her Story Became Much Bigger.

After Mr. Freeman spoke to a CNN reporter, Chloe Melas, in a way she considered inappropriate, she tracked down other women who said the actor had mistreated them. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Yes, We Stuck With ‘American Idol’

Maddie Poppe won the show, rebooted on ABC with a new cast of judges. What worked, what didn’t and who really stood out? Two longtime “Idol” enthusiasts discuss. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Joy! The Embarrassment! Stars Remember Dates at the Movies

A surprise kiss. A cramped car. Actors and actresses in this season’s crowd-pleasers remember their own summers at the multiplex. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Devastating Friendship Forged in India’s Underbelly

After being drawn into the world of human trafficking, two Indian girls encounter relentless cruelty at home and abroad in Shobha Rao’s novel, “Girls Burn Brighter.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Envelope, Please. And Make It Quick.

Some of us don’t have the time — or the attention span — to watch full-length feature films. The Golden Trailer Awards are just for us. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Morocco’s D.I.Y. Dance Crews

Break dancing has been a crucial outlet for young people throughout the country, where government funding for the arts is limited. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Woody Harrelson, Rogue Number One

Hollywood’s cosmic cowboy is working furiously — all while performing science experiments on his reality. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

Sandy Hook families confront Alex Jones in court. André Leon Talley is the subject of a new documentary. We rank the tastes of summer. The world says farewell to Philip Roth. And more. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Scrappy Makeover for a Tweedy Literary Fixture

The Times Literary Supplement was founded in 1902. Its editor, Stig Abell, was hired to usher it into a new era. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Novel of Sri Lanka’s Civil War, in Lush Tropical Detail

Roma Tearne’s “Brixton Beach,” a multigenerational family story, touches on sectarian strife in Sri Lanka and the nostalgia that comes after leaving home. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Visa Stops Morgan Freeman Commercials After Sexual Harassment Report

The credit card company said it would “suspend its marketing” featuring Mr. Freeman’s voice after several women told CNN about inappropriate touching or comments by the actor. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Philippe Vergne Resigns as Director of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles

The firing of a top curator in March set rumors swirling. Now MOCA’s director is stepping down after four years. The museum calls it “a mutual decision.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

At Sotheby’s, ASAP Rocky Breaks Out of the Box

The rapper and style muse put himself through a series of physical challenges before unleashing his new album, “Testing.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘Killing Eve’: The Showrunner and Stars on the Love Story Behind the Sleeper Hit

The showrunner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and the stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer discuss the BBC America spy thriller, which ends its first season on Sunday. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Auction Buyers Are Catching on to African-American Art

Museums have been re-evaluating their collections to give more prominence to works by black artists. Recent sales in New York show the market is following. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘Hair Live!’ Is Coming to NBC in 2019

The live telecast version of the musical will follow “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which aired in April and starred John Legend and Sara Bareilles. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

During Ramadan, Read These 3 Books by Muslim Authors

A family epic, a fantastical journey and a children’s book to teach young readers about the religious holiday. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Happy Error: The Week in Classical Music

Terry Riley, Ravel and Leonard Bernstein were among the highlights. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In the Dance Lab With Martha Graham

There were hits and misses, and a spirit of exploration, as the Graham company tried out new technologies during a two-week Google residency. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

David Sedaris on ‘Calypso’

Sedaris talks about his latest book, and Alisa Roth discusses “Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: The Philharmonic Points a Trippy Kaleidoscope at the Past

Luciano Berio’s “Sinfonia,” written for the orchestra in the late 1960s, returned for a run of performances alongside a teeming work by Strauss. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Playlist: George Clinton Reunites With Parliament, and 13 More New Songs

Jennifer Lopez, Diplo and Mark Ronson, Joshua Redman and more tracks that caught our critics’ attention this week. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Jazz Giants Dave Burrell and Archie Shepp Retrace Their Five-Decade History

The pianist Mr. Burrell is the lifetime-achievement honoree at the Vision Festival, where the two rejoined forces for a fiery set. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Whitney Museum Honors Three Women

Benefits were held for the Whitney Museum, Solving Kids’ Cancer, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and PEN America. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future

Several new books examine methods of conducting war, from the days of George Washington to the latest developments in cyberwarfare. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘I Have a Visceral Need for Him to Have Handcuffs On’: Harvey Weinstein’s Victims React

Rose McGowan, Asia Argento, Mira Sorvino, Annabella Sciorra and others expressed satisfaction and relief as Mr. Weinstein was arrested. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Journey Home to Find the Meaning of Fatherhood

“Fatherland,” now playing in London, is an ambitious, genre-defying work that brings together interviews about what it means to be a parent, enlivened with music and dance. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

He Has Fans, Fame and an Acclaimed ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera. So Why Is Charles Wuorinen So Cranky?

About to turn 80, this composer isn’t backing down from decades of railing against the decline of “high culture.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Jim Parsons Takes a Break From Sheldon to Play Dad

Mr. Parsons talks about his new movie, “A Kid Like Jake,” his return to Broadway in “The Boys in the Band” and life beyond “The Big Bang Theory.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Chazz Palminteri Is Singing. Sonny Would Tell You to Listen.

The actor, who first wrote the play as a one-man show in 1989, makes his Broadway musical debut as the gangster Sonny in “A Bronx Tale: The Musical.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

This Week: Kicking Off SummerStage and Shakespeare in the Park

Cue the dusk and the balmy breezes. It's time for open-air plays and concerts in New York. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Leibers Are Gone. But Their Bling Is Back.

The exhibition “Marriage of True Minds Remembered” features rarely seen bags designed by Judith Leiber and four new paintings by Gerson Leiber. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s ‘Dear John’ Letter to Kim Jong-un

Mr. Kimmel said President Trump seemed to be doing a version of “You break up with me? I break up with you.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Philip Roth’s Best Book

20 novelists, critics and historians make their case. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Missing Bodies, Missing Killers, Deadly Missed Opportunities

In Marilyn Stasio’s column, a pond in Maine and a British choir loft may be crime scenes. World War II Reykjavik and modern-day Glasgow surely are. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Sensational Rise and Fall of Truman Capote

How the success of “In Cold Blood” led to a quick fame, followed by a long infamy. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

David Sedaris Has a New Essay Collection. It Changed Alan Cumming’s Whole Worldview.

In “Calypso,” Sedaris delivers a caustically funny take on the indignities and banalities of everyday life, Cumming writes. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power

A Spoleto Festival performance of Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir is part of a small resurgence in the vocal works of this Swiss composer. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘I’m the One You Want to Sit Next to When Things Are Dull’

Sweet-and-sour humor permeates Dorothea Benton Frank’s latest Southern comedy of manners, “By Invitation Only.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

New in Paperback: ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘Compass’

Six new paperbacks to check out this week. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The French Revolution Made Him an Exile, and a Writer

Alex Andriesse’s translation of “Memoirs From Beyond the Grave, 1768-1800” follows François-René de Chateaubriand from Europe to America and back. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Notes From the Book Review Archives

In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Tina Brown on Truman Capote‘s brilliant and tragic life. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Most Surprising Entry in Venice’s Architecture Biennale? The Vatican’s

For the Holy See’s first foray into the architecture exhibition, a dozen architects built chapels “for believers and nonbelievers alike.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: Taking Another Spooky Hike Up ‘Hanging Rock’

A six-episode series on Amazon retells a tale of Victorian-era repression and vanishing Australian schoolgirls. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Another Side of Stuart Davis, the Black and White, to Go on Display

A show devoted to his large-scale black-and-white works on canvas and paper will be on view in September at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

What Philip Roth Taught Me About Being an American Jew

His books answered the question of how my Jewish education would translate into the real world, should I survive the ordeal of childhood. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Speak, Memory: The Haunting Memoir of ‘The Tale’

A long-buried memory of childhood sex abuse sends a filmmaker digging through her past. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘Ding Dong It’s the Ocean,’ Seas Rise and a Party Crashes

The play, created by Rady & Bloom, follows a celebration that goes nowhere, with nothing going according to plan. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

I Also Went to the Royal Wedding

And all I got was a devastating reminder of my own insignificance. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

In ‘The Color of Pomegranates,’ the Cinema of the Cryptic

Newly restored, Sergei Parajanov’s ravishing masterpiece is out on Blu-ray and available for streaming. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

O’Keeffe’s Paradise, Lost and Found

Maui, Wowee: Georgia O’Keeffe’s largely unknown Hawaiian paintings and oil sketches have surfaced in the Bronx, at the New York Botanical Garden. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Creativity That Comes From the Heart and Lives in the Memory

From the Bayreuth Festival to Chicago and New York, looking for new ways to entertain. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

8 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

How ‘Cursed Child’ Puts Parenting at the Center of the Potterverse

Two children’s literature experts consider what works in the Broadway play — for kids, sure, but for grown-ups too. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Who is Neville Longbottom, and Why Should I Care? A Potter Newbie on That Broadway Show

The stagecraft is impressive, but if you’re not familiar with J.K. Rowling’s world of wizards, “Cursed Child” can be a mystifying slog. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Drummers Dance, Dancers Drum

The BAM/Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble, appearing at Dance Africa, give their all when dancing. They have also learned percussion skills. Watch our two videos. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Welcome to Summer: The Rooftop Edition

Music on rooftops. Bars on rooftops. Movies on rooftops. It’s Memorial Day weekend. Finally. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Jason Bateman Apologizes After Furor Over Defending Jeffrey Tambor

Jason Bateman, one of the stars of “Arrested Development,” issued an apology on Thursday after critics said he excused a co-star’s abusive on-set behavior. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Revolutionary ‘Sinfonia’ Returns to the Philharmonic

Luciano Berio’s 1968 harbinger of musical postmodernism will feature Roomful of Teeth and be conducted by Semyon Bychkov, who knew the composer. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: In ‘Who We Are Now,’ Chaotic Lives Intersect

Julianne Nicholson is an ex-con and Emma Roberts is an attorney in this film by Matthew Newton. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: A Young Orphan Finds a New Home in ‘Summer 1993’

This autobiographical debut from the writer and director Carla Simón is light on drama yet dense with unspoken feeling. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘In Darkness’ Finds a Blind Pianist Wrapped Up in a Murder

Natalie Dormer, who stars in the film, also wrote it with the director, Anthony Byrne. Set in London, the mystery also stars Emily Ratajkowski. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: Deep in the Woods, Something ‘Feral’ Stirs

This methodical and efficient cabin-in-the-woods horror movie subjects college graduates to a zombie infection. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘The Misandrists’ Makes a Mockery of Matriarchies and Patriarchies Alike

Bruce LaBruce’s film turns lesbian separatism into satire. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: An Alien Teaches a Teenage Punk ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’

John Cameron Mitchell’s loony romantic comedy encourages young love to bloom in the soil of an alien visitation. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Review: ‘Les Parents Terribles,’ From Jean Cocteau, in a New Restoration

This 1948 family melodrama gets its U.S. theatrical premiere. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

A Ballet Heroine, Step by Step

Who is Swanilda, the lead of “Coppélia”? Our critic demonstrates how her ebullient, game-changing character is shown in her steps. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump for Using the Term ‘Spygate’

The president is accusing the F.B.I. of embedding a mole in his 2016 presidential campaign, and he is calling it “spygate.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Designing Buildings That Speak to the World

The Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron find site-specific solutions for each project, collaborating not only as designers but also as curators. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

When a Stroke Felled Her Mother, This Author Ran Away to the Circus

In “The Electric Woman,” Tessa Fontaine traces her experience of losing her mother against her life as a performer in America’s oldest sideshow. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

The Architect Kulapat Yantrasast Loves ‘Making Good Spaces’

A matchmaker and a collaborator, he says he’s “not in it to create a monument to myself.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Creators of Architectural Exhibits Reach To the Cosmos for Inspiration

At the Venice Architecture Biennale, seven exhibits explore what it means to be a citizen of the universe. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

These Houses Have the Ultimate Water View

As cities run out of space, the water is one of the last remaining zones for centrally located development. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

Lauren Groff: By the Book

Lauren Groff, author most recently of the story collection “Florida,” sees Mr. Rochester as a villain: “He’s a sociopath who keeps his grieving wife locked in the attic and tries to gaslight poor, plain, abused Jane Eyre then marry her bigamously.” Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

‘Uncle Drew’: Branding Vehicle or Feature Film? Yes

The comedy was spun from a series of viral ads for Pepsi, believed to be the first time a movie plot has been based on a commercial. Article source here: New York Times Arts Section

THE 2ND ANNUAL TRAINING FOR BROADWAY EVENT SERIES

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 Fit for Broadway is proud to announce our second annual Training for Broadway  Event Series! June 10th is the best day of the year in our books so we are hosting a week long, free event series with our favorite fitness & wellness studios in NYC. Our FFB mission is to create a community  inspired to BE . This week long series will be a time to come together and train our mind, bodies and spirits for our goals this year! Events are free, but space is limited. Please RSVP for each event separately. We’d love to see you at one or all! location: 107 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011   On JUNE 3rd, we’re training for Broadway at BRRRN. We will experience BRRRN signature, 2nd° Class, a Core & Cardio Slide Board Series: This 45-minute, circuit-based class is focused on core and total body conditioning. “Our mission is to cultivate a body-positive community focused on progress, not perfection. To be purveyors of meaningful experiences, a sanctuary for both hard and soft bod