Photo Michelle Yeoh, left, and Sonequa Martin-Green in “Star Trek: Discovery.” Credit Dalia Naber/CBS “Star Trek: Discovery” introduces new faces in a different era, but retains the same overarching themes. And Spencer and Joe land promising deals in the Season 3 finale of “Ballers.” What’s on TV STAR TREK: DISCOVERY …

Some tennis matches are tragedies. Some are comedies. Some are farces. And the outfits are pretty nifty, too. With the sport’s mix of grace and ferocity, brains and brute force, tennis has thwacked its way into plenty of plays, from Shakespeare’s “Henry V” to Amanda Peet’s forthcoming “Our Very Own …

A lively meditation on mortality and time, “The Last Match” takes place in the minds of two players during a hard-fought United States Open semifinal. Mr. Bethel plays Tim, an aging American contemplating retirement. Mr. Mickiewicz plays Sergei, his volatile Russian challenger. Ms. Upchurch has decided that while neither actor …

ROSTAM at Music Hall of Williamsburg (Sept. 27, 8 p.m.). A subtle producer and songwriter, Rostam Batmanglij was crucial to the flowering of the group Vampire Weekend over the last decade, though he generally ceded the spotlight to his co-writer, the lead singer Ezra Koenig. Mr. Batmanglij amicably left the …

Photo Cressida Pollock, chief executive of English National Opera, will step down at the end of the current season. Credit English National Opera LONDON — Cressida Pollock, chief executive of the English National Opera, will leave her position at the end of the current season, four months before her contract …

Photo Former President Bill Clinton, left, and author James Patterson are co-writing a novel that will become a Showtime series. Credit Associated Press Soon President Trump won’t be the only American president with TV ties. Showtime announced that it had acquired the rights to develop the novel being written by …

U.S. government bond yields are hovering at their highest in a little over a month, but if history is any indication, the latest rally in interest rates could be short-lived. The direction of interest rates is a significant bellwether of market sentiment. Higher rates suggest a strengthening economy, as investors …

How to convert acts of mass horror into live performance? In spoken theater, the oral testimony of victims, witnesses, even perpetrators, has been adapted into memorable docudramas about war crimes, genocide and other forms of social and political violence. The appalling nature of the events described has often been all …

Photo Thomas Rhett is part of country music’s shift away from bros toward gentlemen. Credit Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Acm 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 and news. For most of …

Michael Zagaris | San Francisco 49ers | Getty Images Eric Reid #35 and Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel on the sideline during the anthem Playing in the background of the conflict with Curry was the NFL’s on-field protests meant to draw attention to race relations. Trump’s …