The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles plans to reduce its staff by 20 percent, eliminating 32 full and part-time jobs.

Fearing that a drop in tourism will hurt Broadway ticket sales, theater industry leaders and city officials announced a new advertising campaign urging local residents to see more shows.

A slide show of photographs of cultural events from this week.

Sega, long known for its kid-friendly mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog, is now trying to lead the way in bringing serious action games for adults to the Nintendo Wii.

A Q&A with Zack Snyder, the director of “Watchmen.”

Among the final cast members announced for “Hair” are Will Swenson and Megan Lawrence, while Charlotte d’Amboise and Tom Wopat will return to “Chicago.”

Lincoln Center has announced the schedule for its Great Performers 2009-2010 series

By now most cultural authorities have weighed in on President Obama … except Lil Wayne.

The producers behind “American Idol” and “Now That’s What I Call Music!” will work together on a television series.

Despite the economic turmoil, several broadcast television networks will hold their upfronts, the costly annual presentations at which they announce their new programs.

Lil Wayne has pulled the song “Playing with Fire” fin a settlement with the publishing company of the Rolling Stones, which said the track was an altered version of the Stones’ “Play with Fire.”

ArtsBeat reports from the Metallica concert at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY.

The annual rock-music smorgasbord known as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be headlined by Paul McCartney, the Killers and the Cure.

In two days of turbulent auctions of old masters, a J.M.W. Turner painting fetched $12.9 million while a pair of Hals portraits failed to sell at all.

The revival of David Mamet’s play “Speed-the-Plow,” which lost its original star, Jeremy Piven, has recouped its initial investment.