The Arts

Touring the house that Friedkin built.

On adrenaline junkies, white knucklers, and dark copers.

Every fear has a beginning.

Amazon’s “Rings of Power” series adds to what Tolkien termed the “Cauldron of Story,” where sub-creators mix up the stew of God’s creation.

Unlicensed production prompts cease-and-desist letter from Broadway musical.

After 20 years, the ambitious biblical theme park is closed for good.

As the hit Broadway musical makes its screen debut in a time of social unrest, its themes of hope and redemption resound all the louder.

How Lois McMaster Bujold’s Hugo Award–winning stories depict reverence in the face of divine mystery.

Nevertheless, the saucy British writer made the pious vociferously angry.

Things we’re reading and discussing this week.