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Here are a few of the best events happening on Tuesday and how to tune in (all times are Eastern).A Cinco de Mayo Fiesta With Eva Longoria1 p.m. on Facebook LiveLatin stars — including Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Luis Fonsi, J Balvin, Diane Guerrero, Ana Brenda Contreras, Becky G, Edward James Olmos, Juanes and more — are coming together for a virtual Cinco de Mayo celebration, the Altísimo Live! festival, hosted by Eva Longoria and Enrique Santos. The event will raise money for the farmworkers’ Covid-19 pandemic relief fund.When: The benefit kicks off at 1 p.m. with entertainers, comedians, chefs, social media influencers and others. Musical performances and artist Q. and A. sessions begin at 8 p.m.Where: The Altísimo Live! Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Twitter pages, as well as iHeartLatino’s radio stations and websites.Another Cinco de Mayo Celebration5 p.m. on Instagram LiveThe Grammy Museum in Los Angeles is also holding a Cinco de Mayo event. The bilingual celebration — hosted by the American-born Chilean songwriter Francisca Valenzuela — will highlight several genres within Mexican music. Participants include Mireya Ramos, a founder of the Latin Grammy-winning group Flor De Toloache, considered New York City’s first and only female mariachi band; and the Latin Grammy-winning producer Aureo Baqueiro. The museum opened Los Angeles’s first permanent Latin Music Gallery in the fall. Since closing temporarily, it has posted virtual Latin exhibitions online including one dedicated to Jenni Rivera, and soon, one to Carlos Vives on May 15.When: 5 p.m.Where: The Grammy Museum’s Instagram page.Pamela Adlon on ‘Better Things’5 p.m. on 92Y OnlineFans of Pamela Adlon rejoice. On Tuesday, she will sit down (virtually) with the comedian and actor Mario Cantone for an in-depth discussion of her FX series, “Better Things,” which she stars in, writes and directs. The show, which has earned her two Emmy nominations, wrapped up its fourth season last week. The event will include an episode screening.When: 5 p.m.Where: 92Y Online and the 92Y’s Facebook page.‘Rubies,’ From New York City Ballet8 p.m. on FacebookSee Megan Fairchild, Gonzalo Garcia and Mira Nadon — a New York Times pick for breakout star in dance last year — plié, tombé and ballonné on Tuesday, when New York City Ballet releases its performance of George Balanchine’s “Rubies.” After seeing the work in October, the Times dance critic, Gia Kourlas, said Nadon’s dancing was “a three-dimensional experience,” and called her “a ballerina, capital B.”When: 8 p.m., and it’s available to stream through 8 p.m. on May 8.Where: The New York City Ballet’s Facebook and YouTube pages, and its website.Peter Libbey contributed research More

It doesn’t look like Broadway is going to reopen any time soon. So one producer has decided to start making shows online.Jeffrey Richards, who has been working on Broadway for 47 years, is planning to stream a series of starry play readings, starting Thursday, to keep making art and to raise money for charity.The “Spotlight on Plays” project is similar to some being undertaken by nonprofits while theaters around the country are shuttered, but it stands out as a venture by a commercial producer active on Broadway.The one-night events, benefiting the Actors Fund, are to start at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday with “November,” a 2008 David Mamet comedy about an unpopular president seeking re-election, starring John Malkovich and Patti LuPone and directed by Mamet.It will be followed, May 14, by “Significant Other,” Joshua Harmon’s play about a gay man increasingly uncomfortable with his singleness as his straight friends pair off; the 2017 Broadway cast for that play, led by Gideon Glick, will reunite for the reading, directed again by Trip Cullman. More

It will still be several months before the superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe return to theaters in new adventures, but Marvel Entertainment, the publishing home of Iron Man, Captain America and the Hulk, is preparing to bring its characters back to comic books.Though much of the comic-book publishing industry has been on pause for the spring as it reckons with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Marvel said that it would release some new comics to stores on May 27, and has set a release schedule for the following weeks through July 8.In an approach similar to the one announced last month by DC, the publisher of Superman and Batman and its closest industry competitor, Marvel will release only a handful of new titles each week. The new books planned for May 27 include the latest issues of Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man, as well as the first issue of the “Star Wars” spinoff series Doctor Aphra. Titles planned for later weeks include new issues of Thor and Immortal Hulk, as well as some preliminary issues in Marvel’s companywide Empyre crossover series.Diamond Comic Distributors, the industry’s main artery, has said that it plans to resume shipments of new comics and other merchandise later this month.“Black Widow,” the next entry in the Marvel film franchise, was initially set to kick off the summer movie season on May 1. It is now planned for Nov. 6. More

LOS ANGELES — It was once a prospering kingdom, the envy of all the land. But in crept an invisible menace.It could be the story line for a classic Disney movie. Instead, Disney is living it — and happily ever after is nowhere in sight.After a decade of spectacular growth, the entertainment conglomerate has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its 14 theme parks (annual attendance: 157 million) delivered record profits in 2019. They’re now padlocked. Its movie studios (there are eight) controlled a staggering 40 percent of the domestic box office last year. Now, they’re sitting at a near standstill.“From great to good to bad to ugly,” Michael Nathanson, a leading media analyst, wrote in a report of Disney’s extreme reversal in fortunes. “Recession will cause further pain.”On Tuesday, Disney’s new chief executive, Bob Chapek, and Robert A. Iger, Disney’s executive chairman, will offer their first assessment of the damage. Disney is scheduled to report quarterly results after the stock market closes. Analysts are expecting per-share profit of 88 cents, down 45 percent.The true scale of the pandemic’s impact on Disney will not be known until late summer, when Mr. Chapek reports results for the current quarter — the one in which Disney has furloughed an estimated 100,000 employees, slashed executive pay up to 50 percent and taken out a $5 billion line of credit to bolster its liquidity (on top of $8.25 billion secured in March). The Disney board must decide in June whether to pay the company’s usual summer dividend; management is unlikely to recommend it.Disney turned itself into a colossus over the last 14 years. It bought Pixar, Marvel and the “Star Wars” franchise. Most recently, to withstand Silicon Valley’s incursion into Hollywood, Disney swept up media properties like “The Simpsons” and National Geographic with its $71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox assets.Now, however, Disney’s vastness has become a liability, creating a mind-boggling collection of holdings, some of which are often overlooked: four TV studios that together produce about 70 shows; 42,000 hotel rooms and time-share units across three continents; the world’s largest licensing business, with annual merchandise sales of $55 billion; a publishing arm that churns out children’s books, magazines and digital products in 68 countries and 45 languages; a chain of 25 Disney English schools in China.And that is just the tip of Mickey’s toe. Here is a look at the state of some of its operations:ABCThe good news? ABC, which Disney bought in 1995, has been outperforming rival broadcast networks in recent weeks, according to Nielsen data, as young-adult viewers have flocked to comfort-food ABC shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” headed toward its 17th season, and “American Idol,” one of the few series still shooting. A whipped-together special, “The Disney Family Singalong,” attracted 13 million total viewers, a big number that underscored the power of the Disney brand, especially among families starved for new content during the shutdown. A second singalong is scheduled for Mother’s Day. More

Here are a few of the best events happening on Monday and how to tune in (all times are Eastern Daylight).A Virtual Celebration of Met Galas Past6 p.m. on YouTubeThe first Monday in May has long marked one of fashion’s biggest nights: The Met Gala. This year, with the Metropolitan Museum of Art closed and the gala canceled, Vogue is hosting a virtual event in its place called “A Moment With the Met,” a retrospective of the gala’s most memorable moments and iconic looks. It will feature an address by Anna Wintour, a live performance by Florence and the Machine, and a DJ set from Virgil Abloh. Vogue will make a donation to the museum’s Costume Institute, and viewers can contribute as well.When: 6 p.m.Where: Vogue’s YouTube channel.‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore’ With Tracee Ellis Ross, Natasha Lyonne, Rosie O’Donnell and Others8 p.m. on 92Y OnlineWhat will wearing sweatpants for months on end eventually say about us? At least we were comfortable, right? The play “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” — written by Nora and Delia Ephron, and based on Ilene Beckerman’s book — is a funny, touching look at the stories of women’s lives through their clothes, which may have a special resonance nowadays. In 2017, Lucy DeVito, Tracee Ellis Ross, Carol Kane, Natasha Lyonne and Rosie O’Donnell, who all at one time appeared in the production, came together at the 92nd Street Y for a one-night-only performance, directed by Karen Carpenter. Now the 92Y, in association with the Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth, is releasing it online. Tickets are $10.When: 8 p.m., and it will be available to stream through to May 25.Where: 92Y Online. Buy tickets here. More