The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.” ...

Soon, a German magician named Denis Behr, 44, dressed all in black and about as tall as an N.B.A. forward, took a seat at a ...

The influential avant-garde director, who passed away at age 87, concocted phantasmagoric works with names like “Rhoda in ...