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Playwright Eve Ensler became an international phenomenon with her one-woman show, The Vagina Monologues. Now she's back with a new play about the rest of the female anatomy. It's called The Good Body, and it follows Ensler's own attempts to make peace with her aging figure.

A newly renovated Museum of Modern Art reopens in New York City this weekend with a new admission fee of $20, significantly higher than most museums across the country. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel, MoMA Chief Operating Officer James Gara and New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik.

It takes 33 pages to list all the recordings of cellist Janos Starker. After 72 years of playing the cello and instructing students from around the world, he has written a memoir. NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Starker about a life spent in music.

Slate contributor Ben Williams offers a weekly round-up of what film critics are saying about the weekend's major film premieres: Alfie, The Incredibles and It's All About Love.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Comedy Central's new animated series Drawn Together. He says the crass humor of the show is effective at satirizing both today's rash of reality TV and saccharine cartoons of yesteryear.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best. It's a new reality television show that Wallenstein says tries to outdo NBC's hit Donald Trump vehicle The Apprentice.

In the newest installment of our series "Scenes I Wish I Had Written," NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with award winning playwright Marsha Norman. Norman tells us about her favorite scene from another writer's play.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Alf's Hit Talk Show -- a new talk show hosted by the loveable (and some might say, mostly forgotten) 1980s alien puppet.

Slate contributor Ben Williams delivers a weekly roundup of what film critics are saying about this week's major new movie premieres -- The Grudge, Surviving Christmas and Sideways.