Broadway stars make it look easy — hitting a high C, crying on demand, landing a complex turn with taps, doing all that as many as eight times a week. But behind the curtain, before a show, the groundwork is laid: the vocal cord steaming, the fight …
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In Dark Comedies Like ‘Friendship,’ Bad Bromance Brews
A spate of recent indie films provide a complicated, sometimes solemn take on male friendship.
Onscreen, Robots Are the Most Interesting People
I know how I’m supposed to feel about artificial intelligence. Like anyone who pushes words around on a page, I worry that large language models will relegate me to the junk pile. I worry that smart machines will supplant artists, eliminate jobs and …
The Frick’s Gift to New York: A Superb New Concert Hall
There’s a crackling aliveness to music in the 220-seat, subterranean yet airy auditorium, which was put through its paces in a burst of six concerts.
‘S.N.L.’: Toasting Moms and Toasted Trump Appointees
Cecily Strong returns as Jeanine Pirro, Walt Goggins shows off his clogging, and a dope new pope appears in the 50th season’s penultimate episode.
He Faced Decades Behind Bars for His Art. Now He Has a Show in N.Y.C.
Something about sneaking up to the summits of skyscrapers and bridges, feeling the rush of the wind, the grip of the heights and the awe of the view, then making photographs that tried to capture the sensation, gave Isaac Wright an overwhelming sense …
Lewis Pullman of ‘Thunderbolts*’ Has Become Hollywood’s Go-To Bob
In “Top Gun: Maverick” and the latest Marvel movie, the actor has played memorable characters by that name. “I should probably take a breather from playing Bobs,” he said.
8 Literary ‘Classics’ to Enjoy With Your Spring Allergies
A tale of pollen and prejudice, and more. (Achoo!)
They Came to See a Band Reunion. And Eat Biscuits.
Not long ago, Rhiannon Giddens knew every Black string musician. The dedicated few were largely collaborators and colleagues, many of whom met a generation ago at the landmark Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. Giddens, the folk musician and …