Goodnight Vienna
An updated version of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, a comic opera about a Viennese love triangle, finishes its run at the Metropolitan Opera
Staff Picks
This week, don’t miss the case for slow societal change, a look at the murder of Nelson Mandela’s heir apparent, and the story of how the I.R.A. nearly assassinated Margaret Thatcher
Slam Dunk
Ben Affleck directs a career-making film with an unlikely star: a Nike sneaker
Articles of War
How an author discovered W. E. B. Du Bois’s definitive history of Black participation in W.W. I, and why it remained unfinished—and largely forgotten
The Felicity Factor
With an army of star authors under her wing, Felicity Blunt, a London literary agent and the wife of the actor Stanley Tucci, is having her moment
The Accidental Journalist
Over a long and unconventional career, Edward Jay Epstein learned to assume nothing—landing scoops on everything from the Kennedy assassination to Watergate along the way
Mutiny on the Wager
The Lost City of Z and Killers of the Flower Moon author David Grann discusses his latest book, the 18th-century mutiny-and-shipwreck story The Wager
New York Restaurants and the High Price of Eating Out
On this week’s podcast, Alan Richman reveals how N.Y.C. restaurants charge $100 for a $12 bottle of wine
Dinner with Rob Lowe
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the West Wing actor and podcaster explains why he hated the “Brat Pack” label, reveals Francis Ford Coppola’s bizarre directing methods, and much more
The King’s English
To write about King George VI, Sally Bedell Smith was granted exclusive access to royal archives that included his World War II–era diaries and love letters to Queen Elizabeth
Death Becomes Her
Classic Hollywood movies have played a central, if ambiguous, role in the paintings of Cecily Brown
Staying Gold
A new book of rare and previously unseen photos marks the 40th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders, based on the 1967 novel and starring Hollywood stars in their early years, from Tom Cruise to Diane Lane to Patrick Swayze
Susanna Moore Isn’t Done Running Away
The author has never been one to stay put. Her new book is no exception
Where to Go This Summer
On this week’s podcast, Alexander Lobrano reveals a new jewel on the French Riviera
Hoedown on Broadway
An unheralded new musical is bringing crowds flocking back to New York’s theaterland
