The New York Philharmonic, which has been facing an uproar since a magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against two players it tried and failed to fire in 2018, is commissioning an outside investigation into its culture. nyti.ms/444AsHz

To play Benjamin Franklin in a new Apple TV+ show, Michael Douglas said he “looked long and hard at the $100 bill.” nyti.ms/3W3snBa

Dinh Q. Le, a Vietnam-born artist whose best-known work fused the realities of the 20th-century war that devastated his homeland with the fantasy versions of that war projected by Hollywood, died on April 6. He was 56. nyti.ms/3xP5V4s

Aunque ahora los mejores artistas y sus equipos tienden a evitar que los lanzamientos de sus álbumes coincidan para asegurarse un n.º1 en las listas y el derecho a presumir que implica, no siempre ha sido así. nyti.ms/3w8jV8Z

El universo de “Fallout”, repleto de facciones enfrentadas, monstruos irradiados y estética retrofuturista de la década de 1950, puede ser abrumador. A continuación, una guía para comprender mejor la saga. nyti.ms/4aEZYWi

Guy Ritchie’s latest is the platonic ideal of an airplane movie, which is not exactly a good thing, our critic writes. nyti.ms/3vYT0wo

The thrillingly original new musical “Gun & Powder” tells the mostly true story of Black twin sisters who passed for white and sought to avenge their ancestors, our critic writes. nyti.ms/4cWkPGp

Dickey Betts, who as a guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band traded fiery licks with Duane Allman and went on to write some of their most indelible songs, including their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died at 80. nyti.ms/4d20NtU

With the director Peter Sellars, the composer Matthew Aucoin has adapted Jorie Graham’s poetry into the operatic “Music for New Bodies.” nyti.ms/3UnO9yk

In the eight years since Justice’s last album, dance music subgenres have risen and fallen in favor, yet Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have remained indifferent, focused strictly on their own trajectory. Next week they return with “Hyperdrama.” nyti.ms/4438SdQ

On this week’s Popcast with the guest host Jon Pareles, three critics discuss Vampire Weekend’s latest conundrums, counterpoint, sonic extremes and hidden jam-band core — and its fascination with tunnels. nyti.ms/4d1GInt

The new horror movie “Abigail” follows a seemingly self-possessed 12-year ballerina who, it turns out, has some bite to her. nyti.ms/3Up6MSx

A new Apple TV+ series dramatizes the years Benjamin Franklin spent in France, leveraging diplomacy and guile to secure his nascent country’s future. nyti.ms/3xEiq2S

Si Lewen’s “Parade,” a sequence of 63 bravura antiwar drawings published as a book in the 1950s, hasn’t been shown in nearly 70 years — but they’re up again now, thanks to Art Spiegelman. nyti.ms/4aE7MYC

Love, sex, secrets and money: “Egoist,” directed by Daishi Matsunaga, has all the elements of an erotic thriller. But there’s a twist. nyti.ms/442CeZQ

Seven albums and 17 years into an acclaimed solo career, St. Vincent said she craved “a pummeling” on her new album: “I want something to feel dangerous.” nyti.ms/3Q6eY7s

Looking for something to do in New York? Celebrate Record Store Day and alternative music at Rough Trade’s Indieplaza festival, or let the kids explore a show about opposites at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. nyti.ms/3W2rB7e

Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” tries to update its original formula. Read our critic’s review of “The Wiz.” nyti.ms/4443Wp6

Hipgnosis, which helped kick-start the music industry’s rush for catalog deals — acquiring songs by Justin Bieber, Neil Young, Shakira and others — but has seen its share price plummet, has reached a tentative deal to sell to Concord for $1.4 billion. nyti.ms/446kHzP

At 16, she experienced the trauma of the war in Bosnia. Now Sejla Kameric is an artist whose sculpture of a white flag represents a plea for peace. nyti.ms/3QbVbDF