Such is the terrain of Balle’s first volume: a quiet meditation on marriage observed from both a terribly near and far distance. “Time has come between us,” Tara writes, a sentence that could easily speak to the gradual drift in any relationship. When she moves into the spare bedroom and decides to hide as a … Read more
Yuko Mohri thought she knew what the Japanese government wanted from its artists: something conservative and quiet. It certainly wasn’t a renegade punk rocker with a penchant for moldy fruits. “It started out as a joke,” she said during a recent interview in her Tokyo studio. She was explaining how memories of a school science … Read more
As far as I’m concerned, there is no bad time to read a cozy book, especially a cozy romance. But winter seems particularly perfect, doesn’t it? When it’s cold out, our bodies remind us that our ancient ancestors spent the season slowing down, recharging and cocooning themselves in warmth, and a chilly night is the … Read more
Feb. 14, 1981 Funky 4 + 1 Invited by the host and “Rapture” hitmaker Debbie Harry of Blondie, the Funky 4 + 1 became the first hip-hop group to perform on national network TV, rapping their giddy funk bomb “That’s the Joint.” Oct. 3, 1981 Rod Stewart Rod Stewart brought out a surprise guest, Tina … Read more
By the time Tamara Lawrance landed the lead in HBO’s “Get Millie Black,” she had been put through the wringer. “We did at least 20 takes of each scene or something like that,” the British actress said of her final auditions. “It was not for the faint of heart.” But the part of a former … Read more
Many actors have to leave their support systems behind when they set out to follow their Broadway dreams. But Kara Young, a Tony Award-winning actress who grew up in Harlem — and lives just three blocks from where she was born — has been able to share her success with the community that raised her. … Read more
My name is RaMell Ross. I am the co-writer and director of “Nickel Boys.” “Young man! Young man. Do — Do you know a student named Elwood Curtis?” Hattie, who’s played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, is visiting her grandson, Elwood, who is played by Ethan Herisse at Nickel Academy, in which he’s unjustly sent. She’s running … Read more
Some plays are bouillabaisses, crammed with everything a playwright can put in the pot. Even if it means splattering the stovetop, these stories are going to boil. Other plays are perfectly calibrated consommés. Refined and subtle, they shine at a simmer. The Broadway transfer of Sanaz Toossi’s “English,” which opened on Thursday at the Todd … Read more
The road to the Oscars officially started today with the announcement of the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Among the closely watched categories, particularly in the world of fashion, will be costume design, which offers a vast variety among the five nominated films. The nominees took their audiences on voyages to the magical world … Read more
Aaron De Groft, the former director of the Orlando Museum of Art, who came to national prominence in 2022 after paintings he was exhibiting as the lost work of Jean-Michel Basquiat were seized by the F.B.I. as fakes, died on Saturday in Orlando. He was 59. Kathryn Lee De Groft, his wife of 34 years, … Read more