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Inside the Ragtime Duet That Brought Broadway to Its Feet
December 16, 2025
Night after night, Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis are wowing audiences in the Broadway revival of “Ragtime.” Naturally, we wanted to find out how they do it.
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Nicholas Braun and Arian Moayed Have a Succession Summit
December 9, 2025
The actor best known for his Emmy-nominated turn as Cousin Greg joined his “Succession” co-star Arian Moayed to talk about the professional and spiritual rewards of live theater.
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“What We Do Is Fucking Crazy”: Lea Michele, by Renée Elise Goldsberry
November 26, 2025
The morning after opening the hotly anticipated Broadway revival of “Chess,” the 39-year-old former Gleek opened up about marriage, motherhood, pre-show jitters, and what it really takes to thrive and survive on The Great White Way.
BROADWAY
Kristin Chenoweth, Adrenaline Junkie
October 30, 2025
The Tony winner is back on Broadway in “The Queen of Versailles,” playing a billionaire racing to build a mansion as the economy collapses. For our fall issue, she called Reese Witherspoon to talk about old-school hustle, mentorship, and why she’s still chasing that adrenaline rush.
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Will Harrison Tells Us How He Finds Balance As Punch’s Leading Man
October 28, 2025
As he finishes up his eight-week run in “Punch,” the 29-year-old actor called us to break down a day in the life of a Broadway leading man, from theraguns to doomscrolling.
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Paul Iacono Tells Sandra Bernhard How He Turned Batman Into a High-Camp Opera
October 23, 2025
“There was always sort of a gay element to Batman and Robin anyway,” says Sandra Bernhard, who joined her friend Paul Iacono to hear more about his comic-book opera premiering next week at Joe’s Pub.
MOTHERS
Jinkx Monsoon Tells Jane Krakowski How She Made Mary Todd Lincoln Her Own
September 24, 2025
For the last six weeks, Jinkx Monsoon has been wowing audiences in “Oh, Mary!” Who better to interview her than the woman who’ll be succeeding her as First Lady?
IN CONVERSATION
Audrey Hobert and Sadie Sink on Growing Up, Going Feral, and Staying Offline
August 20, 2025
With the release of her debut album “Who’s the Clown?,” the 26-year-old has become the summer’s breakout pop star. As her friend Sadie Sink told her: “You’ve just tapped into what everyone’s craving.”
IN CONVERSATION
Patti Harrison and Mitski on Caffeine Enemas, Model Minorities, and Fascist Takeovers
August 8, 2025
Before taking her act to the Edinburgh Fringe festival, the comedian joined Mitski for a wide-ranging conversation about living (and laughing) through dark times.
RORSCHACH TEST
Josh Sharp Sounds Off on Strap-Ons, Steam Rooms, and Venmo Etiquette
July 24, 2025
The comedian, who’s just opened his one-man show at the Greenwich House Theater, sounds off on more than a dozen hot-button topics in this week’s Rorschach Test.
IN CONVERSATION
Jordan Tannahill Tells Tony Kushner How He Wrote the Year’s Wildest New Play
July 15, 2025
For Jordan Tannahill, “Prince Faggot” began with a question: what if the heir to the British throne were gay? Here, he joins Tony Kushner for a wide-ranging conversation about kink, shame, fascism, royalty, and reckoning with identity in art.
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Christopher Briney on True Crime, Vintage Cars, and the Comedy of Dilaria
July 1, 2025
“He’s not the brightest bulb in the pack, but he tries hard, and that’s where I find the most enjoyment,” the actor says of his character in “Dilaria,” Julia Randall’s dark comedy now playing at the DR2 Theatre.
ARIA
Davóne Tines Tells Jeremy O. Harris Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared of the Opera
June 18, 2025
Before the New York premiere of “The Comet/Poppea,” singer Davóne Tines called us to talk about surviving the wrath of opera gays and making it out of horse country.
PLAYWRIGHTS
Behind the Scenes of Stage Left, a New Theater Festival By and For the Working Class
June 18, 2025
To celebrate the first iteration of a new theater festival hosted by Working Theater and Broadway Advocacy Coalition, we asked six contributing playwrights what makes them tick.
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Can an Estonian Clown Solve All Your Problems? Julia Masli Is Willing to Try.
June 12, 2025
In her new one-woman show running through June at The Public Theater, Julia Masli prompts her audience with a simple question: “Problem?” What happens next is anyone’s guess.
RADIO CITY
“Live Theater Is Back”: On the Ground at the 2025 Tony Awards
June 9, 2025
At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, we tracked down Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty, Anthony Ramos, and Bob Odenkirk to talk about a superlative season on Broadway.
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Meet Ella Beatty, Daughter of Hollywood Royalty—and Sarah Paulson’s Kindred Spirit
June 5, 2025
The 25-year-old actor’s parents are a pair of show business legends: Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. But in a juicy new off-Broadway play with Hugh Jackman, she’s blazing her own trail.
IN CONVERSATION
Mia Farrow and Cole Escola Are Looking For a Room in Fire Island
June 3, 2025
From vacations with Bette Davis to being baptized (sort of) by her godfather George Cukor, Mia Farrow has had a unique life in show business. Last month, she took a walk down memory lane with her new bestie, Cole Escola.
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson Tells George C. Wolfe Why Purpose Is the Role of a Lifetime
June 2, 2025
As the Tony Awards approach, fellow nominees LaTanya Richardson Jackson and George C. Wolfe—of “Purpose” and “Gypsy,” respectively—got together to compare notes on their distinguished careers in theatre.
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For Colman Domingo, Telling the Story of Nat “King” Cole Was Personal
May 19, 2025
“You’re basically dynamite and I’m sugar this whole time,” Domingo told NYTW artistic director Patricia McGregor, with whom he’s co-written a play about Nat “King” Cole.