For Tony-winning playwright and theater director George C. Wolfe, the “landscape of America is rich and complicated and messy.”
He takes the greatest joy in putting that messiness on the Broadway stage. This time, he’s directing the Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” widely considered the best of the Golden Age musicals. Alongside ...
You might know rapper and actor Daveed Diggs from his performances in Broadway’s “Hamilton” or 2024’s “Nickel Boys.” But he is also one-third of the hip-hop group clipping.
Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus has been building up to this moment her entire career.
With her new album, “Forever Is a Feeling,” she is ready to write about love. Coming off the heels of a Grammy Award-winning run with her supergroup, boygenius, Dacus has signed a major label contract with Geffen for ...
Alicia Graf Mack has been entrusted with carrying the torch of ballet and modern dance into the future.
As a dancer, she has battled through adversity to perform alongside artists like Beyoncé, John Legend and Andre 3000. As a teacher, she has helped bridge the past into the future, educating new ...
Author Min Jin Lee talks to us about the power of the social novel.
Her epic historical fiction novel, “Pachinko,” is frequently cited as one of the best books of the 21st century. Lee’s exploration of the immigrant experience, identity and empathy has a timeless quality that feels as relevant as ...
Actor Michael Urie is a breath of fresh air. He talks to us about his journey in acting from the suburbs of Dallas, Texas to the Broadway stage. It was an unlikely path filled with generous doses of hard work, talent and passion. Urie explains how he first fell in ...
Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst talks to us about the joy of making music.
He describes his music and artistic mission as both a “release of negative feelings” and “a way to rejoice.” With their new album, “Five Dice, All Threes,” Oberst’s work with his band Bright Eyes is as emotionally expressive as ...
Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner jokes that “family is a chronic condition,” but eventually, we all figure out that we are lucky to have it.
She talks to us about this theme in her newest novel and its sprawling exploration of how a Jewish family from Long Island contends with their own intense ...
Actor Minnie Driver talks to us about how she took on the role of one of the most powerful women in history. In the Starz series, “The Serpent Queen,” she takes on the role of Queen Elizabeth I, who reigned over England and Ireland for nearly 45 years in the ...
Annie Baker talks to us about her directorial debut, “Janet Planet.”
Her film explores the intimate relationship between a single mother and her daughter told over a long and hot summer break in Western Massachusetts.
Baker shares her “intuitive” approach to making the film and the ways in which her work defies ...
