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Could Elaine May Finally Be Getting Her Due?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Elaine May became famous at twenty-five and rich soon thereafter, but it took her another decade to figure out what to do with her life, by which point she was too…

Jonathan Groff Rolls Merrily Back

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For more than forty years, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical “Merrily We Roll Along” was a problem in search of a solution. Loosely based on a Kaufman and Hart play…

The New Generation of Online Culture Curators

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The current Internet landscape sometimes feels like the Zone in Andrei Tarkovsky’s film “Stalker”: directionless, inexplicable, bound to change in confusing ways. Our social-media feeds don’t offer much except the forward…

The Maillard Over-Reaction

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Things that scare me in the kitchen: mandolines, lighting a gas hob with a matchstick, onions, chicken-washing discourse, people who want to help, cooking with or without a timer, post-lasagna washing…

Sergio García Sánchez’s “Scoot”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When spring melts away and the heat rises, many wise New Yorkers rush to find an open space. For the cover of the June 3, 2024, issue, Sergio García Sánchez depicts…