While he was writing his play Ain’t No Mo’, Jordan E. Cooper never imagined it opening on Broadway. “Hell, I thought it was too bold and blunt to be produced anywhere,” he says. “It initially was just an exorcism of my own laughter, pain and confusion.” ... More

At home in South Korea, Luna is not only a pop star with 1.5 million Instagram followers, she has also starred in a number of musical theater productions, including Legally Blonde and In the Heights. This October, the 29-year-old singer and actress brings both of those ... More

Recreating the iconic role of Penny Lane in a musical adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous is a daunting task, but Solea Pfeiffer is up for the challenge. “She’s a character that I was dying to know more about,” says Pfeiffer, a child of anthropologist parents who was born in ... More

Cost of Living, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Martyna Majok, has taken five years to move from Off-Broadway to Broadway, where it began performances in mid-September at Manhattan Theatre Club. Katy Sullivan has been with the play all along. She stars as Ani, one of four ... More

Between 1960 and 2020, the pages of Surfer magazine were ornamented with every aspect of surf culture, from must-have surf gear to profiles of surf legends. Founded by surfer, artist and filmmaker John Severson, Surfer was a trailblazer in the niche world of surf-focused publications, featuring travel content, surf spot ... More

The ability to capture instantaneous images with ease has become integral to our daily lives. Most of us have a camera on our person at all times, and many of us cannot remember a time when pictures were not instantly viewable on a digital device. In 1943, a young girl asked ... More

Founded in 1997 by art collectors and gallery owners Ernst and Hildy Beyeler, Fondation Beyeler in Basel is the most visited art museum in Switzerland. It also has one of the most comprehensive collections of Piet Mondrian paintings in Switzerland, ranging from important early works to ... More

From the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth to the National Parliament House in Bangladesh, the influential work of late Estonian-born American architect Louis Kahn can be found across the globe. Author Robert McCarter has updated and redesigned his 2005 monograph with an expanded collection of Kahn’s works alongside insights ... More

From reliving the childlike magic of exploring the great outdoors with endless imagination to embracing a more sustainable lifestyle, treehouses are rooted in a transformative history. The structures featured in a new tome, Treetop Hideaways: Treehouses for Adults (Rizzoli), are, however, a branch up from the ... More

Peaceful pathways, a kaleidoscope of colorful flowers, whimsical footbridges surrounded by lively greenery—the world’s most-visited gardens offer a wide spectrum of living art. Phaidon’s The Gardener's Garden: Inspiration Across Continents and Centuries showcases more than 250 of these beautiful gardens curated by designers, horticulturists and landscape ... More