Photo Patti LuPone, left, and Christine Ebersole in “War Paint.” Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times “War Paint,” a double-barreled musical starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, will close on Broadway on Dec. 30 after 300 performances. The musical depicts the rivalry between two cosmetics entrepreneurs — Helena Rubinstein (Ms. …

Harvard University alumni really don’t want Sean Spicer or Corey Lewandowski to be given fellowships at the institution. The Ivy League institution announced a controversial list of visiting fellows at the Institute of Politics at Harvard earlier in September. Besides former White House press secretary Spicer and Donald Trump’s former …

Kate Green | Anadolu Agency | Getty Image Thousands of people take to the streets in a series of ‘March for Europe’ rallies in protest against the referendum vote to leave the EU Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Friday Britain is willing to pay 20 billion euros ($24 …

Photo A scene from “Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled, Preoccupied, Preposterous.” Credit Pica Pica Media Directed by the cinematographer Christopher Doyle, “Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled, Preoccupied, Preposterous” is drawn from the real voices of contemporary Hong Kong residents, a title card says. More of a poem or a city symphony than …

Other inspired ideas include the architect Steven Holl’s 1980 proposal to place luxury villas and Single Resident Occupancy hotels together on the elevated tracks that are now the High Line; the sculptor Isamu Noguchi’s 1960 design, a collaboration with the architect Louis Kahn, for an earthworks playground in Riverside Park …

Photo Jesper Christensen in “The King’s Choice.” Credit Samuel Goldwyn Films A saga of Norway’s entry into World War II that probably plays more stirringly in the nation where it is set, “The King’s Choice” dramatizes a celebrated moment in the country’s constitutional monarchy, when King Haakon VII (Jesper Christensen) …

Investors are betting on a surge in electric car sales after indications that China, the world’s largest market for the vehicles, may soon wind down production and sales of cars using fossil fuel. From the time China’s state-run Xinhua newspaper reported the news on September 11 through Tuesday’s close, investors …

Photo An animated van Gogh, portrayed by Robert Gulaczyk, in “Loving Vincent.” Credit Good Deed Entertainment “Loving Vincent” addresses its subject, the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, with two what-ifs — one marvelous and fantastical, the other empirical and pedestrian. What if his paintings, with their wild colors and vibrant …

Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images A national flag flies above the headquarters of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Russia’s central bank agreed on Thursday to rescue B&N Bank by injecting extra capital, becoming the main investor in the troubled lender and its affiliated banks. …

Photo Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday excoriated Senator Bill Cassidy and his health care proposal for the second night in a row. Credit ABC Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? …