Before Halloween became a night of costumes and candy, it involved wandering spirits, medieval prayers, and a surprising amount of property damage. Here's how centuries of strange traditions turned knocking on...
Billy Crystal lost the home he’d lived in for 46 years, then lost his best friend, Rob Reiner. His new Broadway show, 860, is how he’s working through both.
The new trailer for Apple’s Being Heumann retells the 1977 sit-in where disabled activists took over a federal building and refused to leave. Here’s the history behind it.
Remember when the Bermuda Triangle was supposedly swallowing ships, planes, and unsuspecting travelers? So why did one of the world’s biggest mysteries suddenly disappear from the conversation?
Frank Sinatra really hated The Godfather, and Johnny Fontane had a lot to do with it. But did Ol’ Blue Eyes actually try to make Paramount an offer they couldn’t refuse?
Broadway lost five theaters, 179 protesters got arrested, and a wrecking ball named Godzilla still won the day. Somehow, that very defeat helped save the historic theaters that remained. By the 1970s, Times Square was...
S&P Lunch in Manhattan, a century-old sandwich shop across from the Flatiron Building, has survived the Depression, a pandemic closure, and a name change.
Tim Curry somehow spent fifty years becoming one of the most recognizable actors alive while also remaining a complete mystery. Kind of impressive. Read my review of Vagabond.
Bourdain before the memoir, before the show, before any of it — just a 19-year-old with a summer job in Provincetown that changed everything. The first trailer for Tony is out, and it's got the chaos to prove it.
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