On Saturday, ’80s pop star Cyndi Lauper was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and on Sunday, her ’80s pop-style musical “Working Girl” opened at La Jolla Playhouse. Based on the 1988 film ...

Watching HBO's new comedy "I Love LA," you can almost see the outlines of the earlier HBO comedies it's trying to emulate. With its blend of self-conscious twentysomethings, bold sexual frankness and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Opera opened “La Sonnambula.” Now, it is offering another bel canto classic: “La Fille du Régiment.

As the nights draw in, it seems highly appropriate to return to Glyndebourne for the start of its Autumn Season and the chilly streets of Puccini’s La bohème. Floris Visser’s profoundly poignant ...

Nadine Sierra stars in the company’s new production, thoughtfully directed by Rolando Villazón, of Bellini’s opera about a woman coming up against the strictures of a Swiss village. Heidi Waleson ...

Venice: Tony Servillo plays an aging politician who's lost his way in this strangely sedate movie from one of the world's most dedicated maximalists.

It’s fitting that Sorrentino begins his film with written titles enumerating how the Italian constitution defines the role of the President. De Santis sees himself as a jurist first and foremost, ...

Paolo Sorrentino is, and I apologize if I’m blowing your mind right now, Italian. Like, very Italian. My last name is “Bibbiani” and I will never be one-tenth as Italian as Paolo Sorrentino. His films ...

The director of Oscar winner 'The Great Beauty' imagines the final days in office of a fictional President of the Italian Republic in this Venice Film Festival opener. By David Rooney Chief Film ...