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A new documentary about the band's early days offers a rich backdrop to an unlikely performance of a star on the rise.
Zeinabu irene Davis's 1999 feature, a century-spanning vision of two deaf Black women in Chicago, is among the greatest independent films but has rarely been screened.
The best word to describe the rapper's Super Bowl halftime show is "existential."
It was hard not to feel that Kenny and I were making our way together, that with his help I'd arrived at a special place in the hierarchy of worldly things.
The author discusses his story "My Friend Pinocchio."
The author reads his story from the February 10, 2025, issue of the magazine.
In two new shows, the Oscar-nominated, Tony Award-winning star and F. Murray Abraham play against their younger selves.
A film about a performance of "Hamlet" within the world of Grand Theft Auto suggests that the moral environment of revenge tragedy is not far from that of video games.
In a time of crisis, the Academy is offering a bulwark of humane consensus, though its blind spots remain.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set in an E.S.L. classroom in Iran, examines the internal displacements of learning a language.
Also: Merch love for L.A., the Australian comedian Sam Kissajukian's "300 Paintings," Heartbeat Opera's innovative "Salome," and more.
The L.A. wildfires have resurfaced an old question: Are times too dark for a glitzy awards ceremony?
Plus: the sadistic "Saw: The Musical"; Michael Roemer's end-of-life documentary; and Rachel Syme on adult classes on offer in N.Y.C.
The actor discusses the West Philly musicians that inspired his style; the rejection that nearly made him quit show business; and the experience of making "Sing Sing" with former members of …
The songwriter and performer on her journey from pop music to theatre, with a live performance of "Gravity."
In the latest revival of Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne's iconic musical, George C. Wolfe humanizes a famously monstrous stage mother.
This year's standout productions ran the gamut from outrageously fabulous to quasi-religious in feeling.
Also: A private-school meltdown in "Eureka Day," jam rock comes to town, Richard Brody reviews "Babygirl" and "A Complete Unknown," and more.
Belle da Costa Greene, a brilliant archivist, buried her own history.
Paul Tazewell, a former wizard himself, commanded a staff of a hundred and forty people to dream up and sew the costumes that Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, and company wore over the rainbow.
Two scathing new productions satisfy our hunger for dysfunction-driven entertainment.
Jon M. Chu's adaptation of the Broadway hit is the latest iteration of a quintessentially American form. Why has the musical endured"and where might it go next?
In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, the actor, writer, and director ushered in a Golden Era of Shakespeare plays on film the likes of which we haven't seen since.
The actress stars as Rose in a Broadway revival of "Gypsy." She shares that, throughout her career, some people have been upset when she plays characters conceived for white actors.
Also: A trio of new book bars, Mariah Carey rings in the season, an Avett Brothers musical on Broadway, and more.
