Audra McDonald Triumphs in “Gypsy” on Broadway In the latest revival of Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne’s iconic musical, George C. Wolfe humanizes a famously monstrous stage mother.
https://www.newyorker.com/maga....zine/2024/12/30/gyps

The G.O.P.’s Elon Musk Problem The tech billionaire derailed a government-funding deal and made a shutdown more likely. His intervention signals the growing sway of wealth in politics, and its risks.
https://www.newyorker.com/news..../the-lede/the-gops-e

“Babygirl” Never Really Makes a Mess The relationship at the heart of a new erotic thriller, starring Nicole Kidman, doesn't explode power struggles; it exists within them.
https://www.newyorker.com/cult....ure/critics-notebook

The Father of Chinese Authoritarianism Has a Message for America Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.
https://www.newyorker.com/news..../the-weekend-essay/t

Willem Dafoe on “Nosferatu” The actor talks with Adam Howard about playing a vampire hunter in Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.” After hundreds of vampire movies, Eggers “wanted him to be scary again.”
https://www.newyorker.com/podc....ast/the-new-yorker-r