Theater Review | 'Basetrack Live'
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
“Basetrack Live” draws from video testimonials, photography and a website to recount the experiences of Marines in Afghanistan and their families stateside.
By CAROL VOGEL
A 1963 Andy Warhol painting of Elvis Presley pointing a gun sold for nearly $82 million, contributing to an $852.9 million auction total.
Music Review
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
William Kentridge’s version of “Winterreise,” featuring the baritone Matthias Goerne and the pianist Markus Hinterhäuser, received its American premiere at Alice Tully Hall.
Dance Review
By GIA KOURLAS
Natalia Osipova was the shining lead in the Mikhailovsky Ballet’s United States debut, “Giselle, ou les Willis,” at Lincoln Center.
Books of The Times
By ATTICUS LISH
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER
“Preparation for the Next Life,” Atticus Lish’s first novel, is a slow-building, unsentimental love story depicting blinkered lives at the American margins.
By DAVID STREITFELD
The accord allows the publisher to set prices on its e-books, a major issue in a battle that led Amazon to discourage sales of Hachette books.
By STACEY ANDERSON
“Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets,” a documentary by Florian Habicht, looks at the band Pulp through the eyes of its fans.
By WILLIAM GRIMES
“Quotations of Chairman Mao” at the Grolier Club includes many versions of the “Little Red Book” that became a de rigueur accessory in Chinese pockets.
By MICHAEL COOPER
The Metropolitan Opera is asking its soloists, including some of its best-known stars, to voluntarily reduce their pay by as much as 7 percent to match the salary cuts other performers agreed to.
Theater Review | 'Grand Concourse'
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
“Grand Concourse,” by Heidi Schreck, goes behind the scenes at a soup kitchen in the Bronx.
Dance Review
By BRIAN SEIBERT
American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, a repertory company for musical-theater dance, made its debut at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday.
Music Review
By DAVID ALLEN
The quirky mix in Anne-Sophie Mutter’s recital at Carnegie Hall included Sebastian Currier’s “Ringtones” and pieces by André Previn, Beethoven and Franck.
Theater Review | 'Chairs and a Long Table'
By ALEXIS SOLOSKI
The lingering theatrical convention of casting Caucasians in roles that call for Asians incites exasperation in Han Ong’s play “Chairs and a Long Table.”
By PHILLIP ALDER
A deal from the Rand Senior Teams final at the world championships in China last month.
By BILL CARTER
Mr. Jackson served 12 years as a judge and one year as a mentor to the contestants on the show. He was the last original judge on “Idol.”
By BEN SISARIO
As YouTube pushes into paid content, other online music outlets are being forced to defend or change their business models to better compensate artists.
By BRUCE WEBER
A writer and teacher with a varied career, Mr. Meltzer led the successful fight to rescue one of New York City’s most grandiose showplaces from being turned into a discothèque.
By PETER KEEPNEWS
Ms. Susi was a character actress best known for the off-screen role of a haranguing mother on the CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.”