

Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Review: Long-Lost ‘Love Life’ Still Has a Lot to Say About America
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kate Baldwin and other top-shelf singers star in an overly sentimental production of the long-lost Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner show.

Why ‘Last Tango in Paris’ Derailed Maria Schneider’s Life
“Being Maria” uses the actress’s own words to show how the star’s frank discussion of the experience was an early salvo in the #MeToo movement.

Mayhem Has the Wildest Story in Black Metal. Somehow, It’s Turning 40.
The Norwegian band’s early years were punctuated by headlines about death and church burnings. It went on to become a beacon of experimentation in the...

‘O’Dessa’ Review: One Song to Rule Them All
Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”) rules this postapocalyptic musical with a guitar and an attitude.

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Brings the Thrill of Music Making to Broadway
A new musical inspired by the 1997 hit album gives a fictional back story to the veteran performers of the Havana music scene.

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, multidimensional comedy and extraterrestrial drama.

Theater to Stream Now: ‘Beckett Briefs’ and One of Gavin Creel’s Last Shows
Also available for streaming: A masterful F. Murray Abraham in “Beckett Briefs,” and Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon in a take on “Streetcar.”

‘The Electric State’ Review: 1990s Robot Apocalypse? As if!
Who needs dystopian artificial intelligence to destroy faith in humanity when you can watch this sci-fi extravaganza?

‘Mary Said What She Said’ Review: A Hypnotic Huppert
In this Robert Wilson production, Isabelle Huppert is everywhere onstage, all at once, reciting a nonstop script that may well touch on everything.

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include unleashed libidos, striking animation and strange underground caves.