During its off-Broadway run, Hamilton—the political hop-hop musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda—earned a deafening buzz. Now that the show has hit Broadway, Leslie Odom Jr., who stars as Aaron Burr, feels that enthusiasm growing. “Every time there’s a new audience in the room, they’re thrilled to be there,” he says. According ... More

For Baltasar Kormákur, whose Everest lands in theaters this fall, a trip up the world’s tallest mountain began in a somewhat familiar place. “It started in the bathtub,” he says. “I was reading the script and I just knew it was a movie I had to make.” It ... More

Mélanie Laurent is perhaps best known for her work on screen in films like Don’t Worry, I’m Fine or Inglourious Basterds and the forthcoming By the Sea, but that could all change when Breathe, Laurent’s sophomore effort as a director, is released this week. The film, based on a bestselling novel, tells the tale of two ... More

The name Oh Wonder might give it away, but there’s something refreshingly earnest about the East London twosome that has trickled into the music world’s subconscious over the past year. Well, “trickled” might be an understatement; Oh Wonder has amassed nearly 18 million streams since they started, just over a ... More

For a television show that’s about baring it all, Masters of Sex, the Showtime drama that centers on human sexuality pioneers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson (played by Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan), gives careful attention to the costumes. The series is set in the 1960s in ... More

Dozens of college admissions success stories flood the pages of ivywise.com, and it’s no surprise why. This year, 92 percent of IvyWise students were accepted into one or more of their top three choice universities. The leading Manhattan-based educational consulting firm offers a range of services—tutoring and test preparation, ... More

What happens when Ferris Bueller and Star Trek’s Carol are delayed at an Albuquerque airport during a layover? A Dirty Weekend, of course. The comedy, which gets its name from British slang meaning when two (usually) unmarried people escape for a debaucherous weekend, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and hits ... More

When the singer ZZ Ward started working on her latest EP, Love and War, she had nearly half of the songs for the record written. But by the time the 29-year-old chanteuse finished making the album, she says, “I had evolved my sound, keeping it fresh and doing something ... More

The new TNT series Public Morals takes a beloved topic—1960s Manhattan mob culture—and gives it a breath of fresh air, thanks in no small part to creator (and writer and star) Edward Burns and his cadre of confidants, including executive producer Steven Spielberg. Another deciding factor in making the drama ... More

There’s a thing that people say about certain actors who play a certain kind of character. They say, “I love that guy! I feel like he’s totally the same person in real life.” Which is to say he’s someone they would want to have more than one beer with, because ... More