5 Things to Do This Weekend

On “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé’s eighth studio album, she is “exploring — and testing — the boundaries of country music,” Jon Caramanica writes. Featuring the song “Texas Hold ’Em,” which has topped Billboard’s Hot Country chart for six weeks, the record is out today.

A revival of the 1960s rock opera turned musical, “The Who’s Tommy” may please those who like “tons of effects,” but the “warm, emotional end of the show’s spectrum has been lopped off,” Jesse Green writes. The show is at the Nederlander Theater on Broadway.

“The Truth vs. Alex Jones,” which focuses on the disinformation spread about the Sandy Hook tragedy, “offers a lesson in just how vicious and pervasive conspiracy theories can become and a chilling portrait of how little they may trouble their purveyors,” our critic writes. The documentary is now streaming on Max.

Directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, “The Listener” delves into “a pandemic many Americans experienced and continue to, even post-quarantine: loneliness,” our critic writes. The film is in theaters today and available to buy or rent on most platforms.

In the New York City Children’s Theater production of “Pinocchio,” the adventure unfolds mostly through choreography by Stephanie Klemons, who works on “Hamilton.” The show, which runs through April 14 at Theater Row, is among our picks for entertainment in and around New York City.