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Ms. Taylor (the cerebral one, and the showrunner) and Ms. Browne (the one who pushes the joke toward the dark and dirty) met at the improv theater Second City in downtown Toronto in the mid-90s. They became good friends, living on different floors of the same apartment building. Both worked …

11:15 P.M. It’s an odd fact that the Comedy Cellar basement is a great room because it’s cramped and uncomfortable. Luxury does not benefit stand-up. Intimacy does. And Ms. Jones, whose ferocious style is the closest thing we have today to the explosiveness of Sam Kinison, uses it to add …

Jailhouse performance may be most closely associated in the popular imagination with the live-in-prison country recordings of Johnny Cash, but the classical music world has increasingly reached out to audiences behind bars. For nine years, Carnegie Hall officials have traveled up the river to work with inmates at Sing Sing …

Slide Show Slide Show|21 Photos Summer Nights Summer Nights CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times The opening night gala for Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, in its 51st year, was held at the David Geffen Hall on July 25, and honored the award-winning Amazon Original show “Mozart in the …

Photo Chester Bennington, right, performed at the Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell’s funeral in May. Credit Chris Pizzello/Invision, via Chris Pizzello, via Invision, via Associated Press The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in pop music criticism, trends …

Photo A scene from “Daughters of Destiny.” Credit via Netflix The four-part Netflix documentary “Daughters of Destiny” is a celebration of a pioneering school for the children of Dalits, members of the lowest group in the oppressive caste system that still shapes Indian society. Much of it takes place in …

Photo Jessica Williams in “The Incredible Jessica James,” streaming on Netflix. Credit Netflix One of the best scenes in “The Incredible Jessica James” comes two-thirds of the way through the movie. Jessica, arguing with a guy she’s sort of been seeing, delivers a kiss-off: “I’m freakin’ dope.” That bold declaration …

Most agents these days are “pretty corporate,” said Ms. Jong, who was standing nearby. Not Mr. Victor, whom the author turned to in the late ’80s. He never asked her to write an outline, as other agents had, she said, and the two sometimes did business while lounging in a …

At the party, someone led her over to meet the evening’s honoree, Sofia Coppola. But Ms. Klausner was eyeing another guest nervously: the cult-movie legend John Waters, who sat nearby in a bright confetti-print suit. Photo Ms. Klausner posing with the director John Waters. Credit Katherine Taylor for The New …

Photo Reese Witherspoon, left, and Jennifer Aniston attend ELLE’s 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute in 2011. Credit Todd Williamson/Getty Images For Elle Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston will star in and executive produce a television series about morning news shows and the New York media landscape, Stephen Huvane, a …