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Rock critic Milo Miles reviews She Sang California, a new CD from singer songwriter Judy Henske. She was popular in the 1960s, but it's been 28 years since she released an album.

Conductor Marin Alsop was appointed Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra earlier this week over strenuous objections from many of the orchestra's musicians. Alsop talks with Fred Child about the appointment, the controversy, and the symphony's future.

Ed Gordon talks with Terrence Howard, the star of Hustle & Flow, a new drama about a pimp trying to break into hip-hop music. The film, opening this weekend, prompted a record bidding war at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Magic Hollow, a new four-CD retrospective of the band The Beau Brummels, a '60s British Invasion-era pop group from California. Their biggest -- and only top 10 -- hit was "Laugh, Laugh."

Music critic John Brady reviews Who's Your New Professor, the second solo CD by Chicago musician Sam Prekop, leader of the alternative rock band The Sea and Cake.

Gigolos, ghosts and bears -- oh my! Are any of this week's new films worth your money? Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what the critics are saying about this week's new movie releases, including Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo, The Skeleton Key and Grizzly Man.

The French-language film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is based on an autobiographical novel by Dai Sijie. The book was published all over the world, though not in the author's native China. Now he's adapted it as a screenplay, and directed the movie, too.

The well-known musical The Sound of Music is set in Austria, and yet it has never been before performed in a major theater in Vienna. Until now. Scott Simon talks with Renaud Doucet, who directed the musical's opening at the Volksoper Theater in Vienna in February.

Thomas Mayne is the first American to win the Pritzker Prize in 14 years. Taipei, Madrid and cities in New York and California have embraced his bold style.

Tim Curry's first movie was the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He turned heads as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite mad scientist. This week, Curry opens on Broadway in Spamalot, the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He plays King Arthur.