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‘Stereophonic’ Finds Drama in a ’70s Rock Recording Booth

The playwright David Adjmi explores the in-studio creation process in a play with new songs by the former Arcade Fire member Will Butler.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Art Collectors and Collections Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith (Exhibit) Ginsberg, Allen Mekas, Jonas Music Nineteen Hundred Sixties Smith, Harry (1923-91) Whitney Museum of American Art

Harry Smith, a Culture-Altering Shaman, at the Whitney

A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.

By Holland Cotter

Content Type: Personal Profile Music Scherzinger, Nicole Sunset Boulevard (Play) Theater

Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond? Yes, There’s a Connection.

It’s been cathartic to “create art from places of torment,” the singer-actor said ahead of the opening of “Sunset Boulevard” in London.

By Roslyn Sulcas

Carnegie Hall Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Kavakos, Leonidas Muti, Riccardo

Riccardo Muti Takes a Victory Lap With the Chicago Symphony

The orchestra’s former conductor — now its music director emeritus for life — opened Carnegie Hall’s season with a two-night engagement.

By Oussama Zahr