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The Italian director Romeo Castellucci, known for his avant-garde theater productions, will take on Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" in his La Scala debut.

Two conductors -- a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists -- bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner's epic in a decade.

Nearly 30 years after her death, the artist's freakish and fashionable doll sculptures are finally getting their due. But those who knew her best are still grappling with her legacy.

"The Mothership Connection" grew out of the artist Zak Ové's fascination with "how masquerade had become a space for pivotally working towards Trinidad's independence."

This movie adaptation has a couple of laughs, but could have been better served by expanding its reach.

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.

New shows by Jen Tullock, Jordan E. Cooper and others have a common theme: You can walk away from the church, but the songs stay with you.

Mthuthuzeli November was determined to get out of his impoverished home town. Now has his work alongside George Balanchine at the Paris Opera Ballet.

Ryan Murphy's new show airs on Hulu and two mockumentaries have their season premieres.

She was her mother's handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.