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Playing a Leading Role in the Ruins of a Tornado

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:20pm GMT by By KATHRYN SHATTUCK

A new television series chronicles the rebirth of Greensburg, Kan.

Books of The Times: The Unexamined Life? He Never Heard of It

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 5:07am GMT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI

With “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” David Sedaris is like a stand-up comedian, rummaging through his daily experiences for comical nuggets.

Theater Review | 'The Cocktail Hour': The Family That Drinks Together Bickers Together

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 5:05am GMT by By NEIL GENZLINGER

A. R. Gurney’s play must have seemed fairly thin when it had its premiere in 1988. Now it is in danger of registering as just plain annoying.

Bob Anderson, 75, Child Actor, Is Dead

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 5:04am GMT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mr. Anderson grew up in Hollywood in a movie family and played the young George Bailey in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Dance Review | 'The Prodigal Son': A Balanchine Prodigal Who Inhabits the Journey

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 5:02am GMT by By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Damian Woetzel’s performance of the title role in Balanchine’s ballet “The Prodigal Son” is worthy of applause.

Music Review | J*Davey: At the Intersection of Styles, Taking Some Songs for a Ride

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:59am GMT by By JON CARAMANICA

J*Davey mixes electro with soul and finds renewed interest in the beat.

Theater Review | 'Monsterface': Following as Plots Thicken and Thicken

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:57am GMT by By ANITA GATES

Way too much is going on in Daniel Roberts’s affable but disjointed drama.

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Music: Rapper’s Road to Pop

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:52am GMT by By JON PARELES

With his new album, “Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne makes a move toward the mainstream.

Theater Review | 'Three on a Couch': A Writer Decides to Leave His Legacy and Enjoy It Too

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:51am GMT by By ANITA GATES

The three funniest words in “Three on a Couch” are JetBlue and Paula Abdul. And they are punch lines to two of the play’s rare straightforward pieces of humor.

Getting to Spend a Year as a Shadow to a Star

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:50am GMT by By STEPHANIE STROM

An apprenticeship program started by Rolex pairs developing artists with masters.

Arts, Briefly: Another Scandalous Video, Another Apology

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:47am GMT by Compiled by BEN SISARIO

Amy Winehouse apologized on Monday for yet another offensive appearance in yet another videotape that surfaced over the weekend on the Web site for yet another British tabloid.

Arts, Briefly: Japanese Architect to Make American Debut

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:43am GMT by Compiled by BEN SISARIO

The University of California, Berkeley, Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive have unveiled the design for the first American project by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito.

Arts, Briefly: Sunday TV: N.B.A. and the Rest

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:42am GMT by By BENJAMIN TOFF

ABC easily dominated Sunday night’s ratings with live coverage of the N.B.A. finals, and CBS was the second-most-watched network.

Arts, Briefly: Footnotes

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:37am GMT by Compiled by BEN SISARIO

Kanye West’s elaborate “Glow in the Dark” tour is returning to Madison Square Garden on Aug. 5.

Arts, Briefly: Film Notes

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:36am GMT by Compiled by BEN SISARIO

Brian De Palma will direct “The Boston Stranglers,” based on the book by Susan Kelly about the series of murders of young Boston women in the early 1960s .

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Arts, Briefly: ‘August’ Cast Changes; ‘November’ to Close

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:36am GMT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON; Compiled by BEN SISARIO

Estelle Parsons will be stepping into “August: Osage County,” and “November” is closing July 13.

Arts, Briefly: Broadway Vets

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:35am GMT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON; Compiled by BEN SISARIO

Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen are planning to return to Broadway in “Impressionism,” a new play by Michael Jacobs.

Arts, Briefly: Stolen Artifacts Returned to Iraq

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:33am GMT by Compiled by BEN SISARIO

A cache of ancient artifacts stolen from the National Museum of Iraq during the American-led invasion in 2003 were returned.

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Theater Review | 'The Framer': A Picture of a Family’s Tragicomic Tree

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:33am GMT by By WILBORN HAMPTON

Edward Allan Baker’s new play has a serious identity problem.

Field Trips to Dark Reaches of the Soul

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:21am GMT by By CHARLES McGRATH

With “The Garden of Last Days,” Andre Dubus III explores Florida’s link to terrorism, one seedy bar at a time.

More Girls, Little Ones, Try to Take Back the Multiplex

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:19am GMT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY

“Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” has no sex and not much of a city. But this G-rated movie is shaping up as Hollywood’s next serious bid for female viewers.

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Critic’s Choice: New DVDs: Deneuve and Loren Still Haunt the Screen

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 4:15am GMT by By DAVE KEHR

Lionsgate Entertainment honors Sophia Loren and Catherine Deneuve, two near-mythological figures of the European cinema, with boxed sets of seldom-seen films.

Among Scientific Treasures, a Gem

Posted: June 10th, 2008, 3:38am GMT by By DENNIS OVERBYE

A collection of scientific writings to be auctioned off next week constitutes pretty much a history of science and Western thought.

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