Sitting on half an acre near the Via Veneto in Rome, Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, locally known as the Villa Aurora, was built as a hunting lodge around 1570. The villa is all that remains of a much larger compound commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. The lodge ... More

In the big new musical Mr. Saturday Night, Harmon stars as Annie Wells, agent to Buddy Young Jr., an old-school comedian trying to make a comeback. Billy Crystal played Buddy in the 1992 movie of the same name (his directorial debut), and he’s now playing the ... More

Although Pablo Picasso is best known as a modernist who founded the cubist movement, he also produced a lesser-known but equally impressive body of decorative ceramic objects during his final years. Picasso in Clay, on view at the Nevada Museum of Art through August 7, presents ... More

Lynch, star of Glee and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, grew up in Illinois listening to the Broadway cast album of Funny Girl. Now, the actress is starring as Fanny Brice’s mother in a revival of the show opposite Beanie Feldstein. “I couldn’t be more thrilled. ... More

Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, written in 1942, is often performed regionally, but it hasn’t seen a large New York production in quite some time. Enter Lincoln Center and Lileana Blain-Cruz. “I was looking for a play that wrestled with ... More

Before performances started for the revival of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out on Broadway, Patrick J. Adams, who starred for many seasons on the television series Suits, was initially scared of “showering in front of 500 people every night.” The play, about ... More

Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age (Abrams) by Betsy Prioleau is the first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of women’s suffrage. Among the fabled tycoons of ... More

Originating a role in a brand-new Broadway musical like Paradise Square “was a huge dream of mine,” says Joaquina Kalukango, who was Tony-nominated for her performance in Slave Play in 2020. By all accounts, Kalukango blows the roof off the Barrymore Theatre as Nelly O’Brien, the ... More

Gray Malin is a fine art photographer and New York Times best-selling author whose work combines the spirit of travel, adventure and luxury. Forging his art into a larger lifestyle brand, Gray’s photography has expanded into a line of luxury products for home and travel. For years, Gray ... More