Curtain Up on a New Era The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s incoming music director, Enrique Mazzola, strives for golden-age excellence—and a new populism
Phillipa Soo She originated the role of Eliza Hamilton in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit. Now the American actress is branching out
Feel Flows Soothe your soul this September with tracks from Django Reinhardt, Jonathan Richman, Donna Summer, and more
The Fraud That Defines Our Times What you need to know as the Theranos–Elizabeth Holmes trial gets underway
The Eye of the Needle Young dressmakers deported to Auschwitz turned a fashion salon into a hub of resistance
Not So Normal People The characters in Sally Rooney’s latest novel are worlds apart from the Deuxmoi-obsessed millennials to whom it’s catered. We’ll all read it anyway
A Tall Order Photographs by Joe Woolhead chronicle the demise of the World Trade Center and the building of the new one
Opera Pick of the Week From La Scala, a timeless account of Verdi’s Un Ballo In Maschera led by Riccardo Muti, his supreme living interpreter
September 10, 2021
Working Girls A former U.S. Army major general brings the untold stories of the women who changed the course of World War II to light
September 8, 2021
Short List What to read this week, from a history of British musical theater to an account of the World Trade Center’s rebuilding and an inside look at the deep sea
September 8, 2021
Isaac Benigson The British artist’s colorful work made it to London’s Royal Academy of Arts before he graduated from high school
