Arts

OPERA REVIEW

A Crime Lurks on the Dark Side of a Clairvoyant Realm

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Stephen Schwartz, the musical-theater composer and lyrricist, offers his operatic version of the 1964 British film "Séance on a Wet Afternoon."

•  Video: Scenes From a Séance

THEATER REVIEW | 'SISTER ACT'

Different Church, More Sequins

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

"Sister Act," based on the hit movie, offers tunes that echo the Philadelphia sound and a stage full of nuns flaring their gams like the Rockettes.

•   Video: Anatomy of a Number

THEATER REVIEW | 'PICKED'

Actors Live Their Double Lives, Both on the Screen and Off

By BEN BRANTLEY

In "Picked," Christopher Shinn's new play, an actor gets the chance to move up to the A-list.