AJ Chronicles: The Biggest Fights about Culture
These weekly essays are meant to connect stories from the week to larger trends and ideas across the arts world. This week we collected 118 stories. Here's what I learned:
Today is Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Rebecca Hall Bob Harper Pete Townshend Nora Ephron James Fox Marilyn Chris Lorraine Hansberry Jack Mathiesen Beverly Roberts Milton Parsons Louis Kimball Clay Clement Wilson Mizner Wright Kramer Dave Florek Marie Wallace Mark Gordon Thomas Vinterberg Joel Blum Leslie Denniston Mickey Newbury Max Gulack Sandy Wilson