1,912 stories from The New Yorker
The man who's been called "America's hardest-working nerd" joins Tyler Foggatt live onstage at The New Yorker Festival.
In 1997, scientists and bureaucrats gathered in Japan to talk about greenhouse-gas emissions. At Lincoln Center, a group of actors rehash all the drama"in front of the original negotiators.
After the rapper's 1979 hit "Christmas Rappin'," his song "The Breaks" was the first rap single to go gold. Now he's embracing the good ole days with a "Legends of Hip-Hop" concert.
The new sci-fi drama from Vince Gilligan posits an end-of-humanity scenario that everyone other than its protagonist can agree on.
Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata's film is set in a dystopian version of Paris where kissing is forbidden and purchases are made through small acts of violence.
In Chloé Zhao's film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's novel, the death of a child gives rise to the creation of a literary masterpiece.
Also: the kamancheh playing of Kayhan Kalhor, Ethan Lipton's surrealist "The Seat of Our Pants," our writers' holiday traditions, and more.
In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.
Mascha Schilinski's dark, century-spanning ensemble drama sees four generations of women take up spectral residence in a German farmhouse.
Jad Abumrad's new podcast, "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man," shows how one musician created both a genre and a way of challenging those in power.
Perfectly ridiculous.
The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons.
The actress stars in "Meet the Cartozians," a new play about an Armenian family of reality-TV stars who are suspiciously similar to the Kardashians.
The polymathic entertainer has had a lifelong bond with the wittiest"and the most tortured"of writers. And now he's starring in "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Would you like the standard, "classic" effigy of me, suitable for hanging from a tree limb or a scaffold? Or would you like the effigy of me that is designed for burning at the stake?
The Broadway veteran stars as a Marie Antoinette wannabe in a musical about excess, and Anne Washburn goes post-apocalyptic with "The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire."
The magazine's first pop-music critic was never afraid to be overtaken by unexpected delight, even if it came at the expense of some preëxisting skepticism.
The new Netflix miniseries makes the 1881 killing of President James Garfield feel thrillingly current.
After playing Ibsen's title character onstage, the actress now takes to the screen for Nia DaCosta's adaptation. But if Hedda is played by Tessa Thompson, who is Hoss?
The director revived the cozy mystery with "Knives Out." In a new sequel, can he find his way to the end of the maze?
To prep for his role in the new revival of "Chess," by Tim Rice and two ABBA members, the star headed to Brighton Beach to dine with locals who know a thing or two about the game.
At seventy-three, the former front man of Talking Heads is still asking questions about what it means to be alive. But now he's also offering ideas of hopefulness and service.
In mid-century America, no one quite knew what TV would be. Sid Caesar made the medium into something new and remarkable"until the medium unmade him.
In the musician's most revealing account, she discusses her retreat from public life, the early loss of her husband, and the challenge of learning and writing about her biological father.
Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of "Liberation," the cultural business of affairs, and more.
