SHATTERED: A Memoir, by Hanif Kureishi In December 2022, in Rome, fate took Hanif Kureishi by the wrong hand. He was sitting in the living room of his girlfriend’s apartment, watching a soccer game on his iPad. Suddenly he felt dizzy. He leaned forward and blacked out. He woke up several minutes later in a … Read more
With major gifts to leading arts institutions, Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu‐Tang have recently landed in the center of New York cultural philanthropy. Source link
The protracted delay mirrors the many obstacles the musicians faced as migrants to the U.K. decades ago. While the pair now live in Anguilla, for the interview, conducted by video, Scipio spoke from his children’s home in Kent, England, while Patterson, 75, spoke from his kids’ place in London, three miles from where the two … Read more
Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman realize that some viewers might want another “This Is Us.” That tear-jerking NBC hit, which Fogelman created, was a sprawling, time-hopping family drama in which Brown played Randall Pearson, the adopted Black son in a white family who is grappling with his mental health. Millions of weekly viewers fell … Read more
January is known as a time when New York commercial theater recovers from its holiday bender and takes a break from openings. It’s another story for the experimental performance scene, which struts its stuff at festivals such as Under the Radar, Prototype and Exponential. For someone like Peter Mills Weiss, it’s go time. “January is … Read more
The third scene of the new Broadway production of “Eureka Day” could be titled The Way We Discourse Now. As written by the playwright Jonathan Spector, the scene reliably has audiences laughing so loudly that the actors are drowned out. The situation is this: It is 2018. The principal of the progressive private school Eureka … Read more
Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are available live or streaming this week, Jan. 27-Feb. 2. Details and times are subject to change. A dream deferred In a scene set in an immigration courthouse on the first … Read more
Timothée Chalamet has been busily proving his Bob Dylan bona fides ever since he was cast as the great songwriter in “A Complete Unknown.” He has studied guitar and singing, immersed himself in Dylan lore, worn carefully researched Dylan outfits and mastered a passable imitation of Dylan’s speaking and singing voices. On Saturday, with his … Read more
Dear readers, We’re in the midst of a cold snap on the East Coast. I’m writing from under a stack of blankets, hot-water bottle at my twice-socked feet, wrapped in sweaters, a scarf and hat. Oh, well: As John Steinbeck wrote in “Travels With Charley,” “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold … Read more
BLOB: A Love Story, by Maggie Su Maggie Su’s debut novel, “Blob,” is a semi-surreal exploration of love, loneliness and coming of age. Vi, a 24-year-old half-Asian college dropout in a Midwestern town, struggles with disconnection and self-discovery while working the front desk at a budget hotel. One rainy night, she encounters a strange creature … Read more