Hits: 10 A starry night orchestrated by Anna Wintour kicked off the city’s fashion week. At Royal Theatre Drury Lane, a full house had taken their seats at the behest of the voice of God, who happened to be Sir …
Ann Roth Is Hollywood’s Secret Weapon
Hits: 12 Inside the studio of the costume master who helped give the world “Klute,” “The English Patient,” “Midnight Cowboy,” “Working Girl,” “Mamma Mia!” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — and more. Ann Roth began with a few instructions: “Do NOT …
Jessica Chastain, Ben Platt and J. Harrison Ghee Partied for the Tonys
Hits: 17 Spirited celebrations that included a block party in Washington Heights and a gathering at the Carlyle Hotel extended past 4 a.m. It wasn’t hard to spot J. Harrison Ghee at the official Tony Awards after-party outside the United …
Catching Up With Hillary Clinton at “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’”
Hits: 2 The former secretary of state celebrated the opening on Broadway and shared her thoughts on those drag show bans. On Sunday night, Hillary Clinton, fresh from attending the opening night of “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’” on Broadway at the Music …
The Unsinkable Memes of ‘Titanic’
Hits: 4 How a movie released before the iMac became a mainstay of internet culture. Katee Forbis often encounters a GIF on social media that shows a white-haired woman with a faraway look saying, “It’s been 84 years.” Ms. Forbis …
Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters
Hits: 16 TORONTO — After 10 minutes sitting alone, I panicked. I was meeting Ralph Fiennes for dinner and suddenly realized I was in the wrong restaurant. The 59-year-old actor is a confessed compulsive, always overly prepared, not the sort …
How Constance Wu Survived That Tweetstorm
Hits: 70 For Constance Wu — like many regrettable moments in modern day life — it all started with a tweet. Or several tweets, actually. This was in the spring of 2019. “Fresh Off the Boat,” the television show that …
Holiday Theater to Stream
Hits: 27 If a one-man “Carol” strikes you as mere humbug, try the relative luxury of Jack Thorne’s “A Christmas Carol” at the Old Vic, directed by Matthew Warchus. (A version played on Broadway two winters ago.) In this production, …
Sheldon Harnick: Working From Home for 55 Years
Hits: 71 Sheldon Harnick met his future wife, Margery Gray, in 1960, when she was auditioning for his new Broadway musical, “Tenderloin.” Try as she might, Mrs. Harnick, now a photographer and artist, can’t recall the song she sang on …