Entertainment
Punk fashion and the Met Ball: An embarrassment
A big sartorial gala dedicated to "punk" makes a mockery of the movement's anti-establishment ideals35
New film: “The Great Gatsby”: Heavy handed
The fundamental weakness of Baz Luhrmann's extravaganza is not that it treats the novel with too little reverence, but with too much38
The week ahead: May 17th 2013: Swede sound of success
Li Keqiang visits India and Pakistan, American psychiatrists gather in San Francisco, Sweden hosts the final of the Eurovision Song Contest and Microsoft unveils its latest console0
Guidance for insects: Brood 2030
How America will look to the cicadas when they next return18
The legacy of punk: Destroy and create
Perhaps there is nothing less punk than having an exhibition at the Met33
Vampire films: The undead will live forever
The vampire genre is a commercial shape-shifter that shows no sign of dying out16
The Mariinsky theatre: Goldfingered Gergiev
Vladimir Putin begins his tenth year as Russia’s leader. The first of two pieces marks the opening of a landmark theatre by one of his more impressive friends13
“Othello” at the National Theatre: Lust, jealousy and revenge
A provocative and memorable production that is less about race than about soldiers’ psyches4
The musical theatre business: The show goes on
Despite rising production costs and the economic downturn, hit musicals continue to make big bucks. They are conquering new markets too1
Daily chart: Money, money, money
Musicals are booming12
Blues tourism: The hellhound’s trail
A Delta town starts to make good2
The music scene: Anarchy in the PRC
Indie music festivals are catching on3
Musical theatre: The tills are alive
The musicals business is bigger, more global and more fabulous than ever12
Answers to almost all the world’s problems can be found on Broadway13
Music festivals: Subcultural sounds
In striking out to be different, China's bands reveal themselves to be a part of the wider world6
The Q&A: Mira Nair: Two sides to every story
The director of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” on why this film will bridge understanding between Islam and the West1
German tax evasion: Uli, Uli, Uli
Secret Swiss bank accounts suddenly have a famous face0
American television drama: The Grammer of politics
"Boss" might be pretentious but it makes municipal politics deadly compelling10
Dallas Art Fair: Cultivating culture
A city in Texas is re-inventing itself as an art destination4
New cinema: Pitched back into the past
A new film about Jackie Robinson is a surprise hit1
Linz’s new opera house: Looking to the future
A modern, high-tech venue with ambitions to make Austria’s third-largest city a destination for opera-goers6
The Q&A: Dror Moreh: Inteview with an Israeli film-maker
Prospero talks to the director of the “The Gatekeepers”1
New film: “The Place Beyond the Pines”: Who knows where it will take you
More film-makers should take risks with genres—the results can be breathtaking5
The fair-use doctrine: Cleared for stripping
A crowdfunded documentary about comic strips needs to raise extra cash for copyrighted snippets2
The wonderful world of ESPN, the sports network which outmints Mickey Mouse16
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