Marshall Heyman
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Gayle Rankin
The actress plays Sally Bowles, opposite Eddie Redmayne, in the eagerly awaited revival of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
A decade ago, the Juilliard-trained Scottish actress Gayle Rankin starred in the 2014 revival of Cabaret as Fräulein Kost, with Alan Cumming as the Emcee. This spring, she returns to the show in a new production as the show’s star, Sally Bowles, opposite Eddie Redmayne. Eagerly awaited from ... More
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Catching Up With Suzan-Lori Parks
The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright returns to the Public Theater 30 years later for the debut of her new play Sally & Tom
Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ first show at the Public Theater, The America Play, went up in 1994. Three decades later, she’s there presenting her 12th: Sally & Tom, a backstage story of a troupe producing a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Their relationship “has ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Celia Keenan-Bolger
The Tony award-winning actress stars in Paula Vogel's Mother Play alongside Jim Parsons and Jessica Lange at the Helen Hayes theatre this spring
In 2018, when Second Stage Theater opened its new Broadway home at the Helen Hayes, Tony award–winning actress Celia Keenan-Bolger reconnected with playwright Paula Vogel, who won the Pulitzer in 1998 for How I Learned to Drive. “She mentioned she was writing something for me,” Keenan-Bolger recalls. “I tried not ... More
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Room Request! The Londoner
Inside a modern hotel perched high above the city skyline in Leicester Square
The Londoner calls itself “the world’s first super boutique hotel,” and there’s some real truth to that. A relatively new construction located in bustling Leicester Square, just below London’s busy Chinatown and smack in the middle of the West End, it features 350 rooms across 16 stories ... More
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The Brightest Lights On Broadway: Eden Espinosa
The actress stars as Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka in a new musical at the Longacre Theatre
Many theatergoers might not know that Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish art deco painter. “But they will recognize her art,” says Eden Espinosa (Rent and Wicked), who plays the artist in a new musical, Lempicka, directed by Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown). “Lempicka’s story is so layered and ... More
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Room Request! Flemings Mayfair Hotel
Inside an iconic property that's been operating in the heart of London since 1851
Flemings Mayfair Hotel is the opposite of anonymous and cavernous. It’s friendly and welcoming. Stay there for longer than 24 hours and even everyone at breakfast, in the Michelin-starred Ormer restaurant, will probably know your name. It’s like Cheers, if, instead of a bar in Boston, ... More
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Room Request! Nobu Hotel London Portman Square
Inside this luxury lifestyle hotel in the center of Marylebone and Mayfair, combining luxury with Nobu dining
Zen is underrated in hotels these days. Nobu restaurants in Los Angeles and NYC, at least, are known for having something of a scene. So you might think the Nobu Hotel Portman Square in Marylebone in London might be a bustling circus. It’s not, and that’s what makes this well-located ... More
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The Brightest Light On Broadway: Ali Louis Bourzgui
The 24-year-old actor is making his Broadway debut in the title role of a new production of The Who's Tommy at the Nederlander Theatre
To prepare for his role as the Pinball Wizard himself in this season’s revival of The Who’s Tommy, Moroccan American actor Ali Louis Bourzgui watched every live performance by and interview with The Who that he could find on YouTube. As dedicated as that may sound, Bourzgui ... More
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The Brightest Lights On Broadway: Isabelle McCalla & Grant Gustin
The actors bring the musical version of Water For Elephants to life on the Imperial Theatre stage
“It’s always been a dream to originate a role on Broadway,” says Virginia-born Grant Gustin, who had a nine-year run as the superhero the Flash on the CW series of the same name. In a musical version of Sara Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants, Gustin gets to ... More
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Robin Wright: Right Here, Right Now
Robin Wright is a force both behind and in front of the camera. Next up: the impetuous Queen Isabelle in Netflix’s fantasy Damsel
On the longrunning Netflix series House of Cards, Robin Wright played one of the more terrifying characters of the last decade: the conniving Claire Underwood, an environmental activist who Lady Macbeths her way to become, in the final season, president of the United States. The series earned Wright a ... More
