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Traces of Empire

Where Stage and Screen Collide

Benjamin Millepied, a former ballet principal and the choreographer for Black Swan, turns Georges Bizet’s classic opera, Carmen, on its head in his film debut, starring Paul Mescal

Eric Hanson’s Sketchbook

Pushing the Envelope

Boston Baroque stages Iphigénie en Tauride, Gluck’s ultimate “reform opera”

MAGA Mike’s Last Dance

Here’s a sequel guaranteed to bomb, coming up short in more ways than one!

Own the Libs—with Style!

Want to stand out in a crowded House? Dress as your favorite Biden-Harris-Soros catastrophe!

Dying to Get In!

A sneak preview of the Ultimate Memorial Service! It’s going to be amazing! People are already fighting for tickets!

Letters to Trump: the Outtakes

Signed, Bernie Madoff … Jeffrey Epstein … Harvey Weinstein … and more!

Presenting: MAGAzine, Volume Number II

The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Ahead of her show at the Queens Museum, the South African multimedia artist Tracey Rose discusses apartheid, psychedelics, and the inspiration behind some of her most radical works

Full Blume

In an interview, Judy Blume discusses everything from J. K. Rowling to the upcoming adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Staff Picks

This week, don’t miss a veteran magazine editor’s homage to his mother, a survey of how germs have shaped history, and the story of a Bavarian village that embraced Nazism

And the Oscar Goes
to …

In Good Night, Oscar, pianist and actor Oscar Levant’s startling appearance on Jack Paar’s Tonight show plays out onstage

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Degrees of Separation

Sean Connery Knew How to Beat Putin

On this week’s episode, Alessandra Stanley discusses how The Untouchables holds the key to deterring Vlad

No News Is Bad News

Can political documentaries effect change? Benjamin Netanyahu seems to think so

Le Sirenuse’s Siren Call

Seventy years after John Steinbeck visited the spectacular Amalfi Coast hotel, Le Sirenuse maintains its literary roots in the form of a springtime writers’ retreat

Paul Davis Sketchbook

Now Boarding

Murder, They Wrote

This month’s best mystery books are throwbacks to different periods in American history, from the 20s to the 90s

The Red Flag of Modern Drama

Mise-en-Scène

A new two-part French adaptation of The Three Musketeers, with Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Romain Duris, François Civil, and Vicky Krieps, brings the classic tale to a fresh audience

Between Rome and Byzantium

A 40-year-old Milan Kundera essay holds the key to understanding the war in Ukraine