Contributors
Michael Schulman
@MJSchulmanMichael Schulman has contributed to The New Yorker since 2006. He is the theatre editor of Goings On About Town and has written more than a hundred Talk of the Town pieces, on subjects including Pee-wee Herman, Carrie Fisher, Pedro Almodóvar, Emma Thompson, and the inventor of the everything bagel. He is the author of “Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep,” a Times best-seller.
All Work
- Cultural Comment
Why Kevin Hart Had to Go as Oscars Host
There’s a specific brand of homophobia—fear of gayness in your own children—that is so hurtful, because its implication is that love is contingent upon fear.
10:13 A.M.
- Rough and Tumble
Cyndi Lauper’s Mission to Help Homeless Teens
The pop star, who was briefly homeless during her teens, helped open two shelters for L.G.B.T. youth.
- Watch
“Don’t Look Now,” Nicolas Roeg’s Uncanny Masterpiece
The heart of Roeg’s film, from 1973, is a couple’s shared grief, and the tricks of the mind that it plays on them.
November 29, 2018
- Culture Desk
Bernard-Henri Lévy on Anti-Semitism, American Elections, and the Future of Europe
In his Off Broadway début, the French writer and public intellectual presents a solo play about our uncertain times.
November 4, 2018
- The Theatre
Winter Theatre Preview: Teen Angst and a Gender-Bending “King Lear”
“Kiss Me, Kate,” at Studio 54; “Be More Chill,” at the Lyceum; “About Alice,” at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center; and more.
- Odd Jobs
The Voodoo Operators of Broadway’s “King Kong”
Inside a custom control booth, a team of specialty puppeteers operates a twenty-foot-tall animatronic ape.
- Culture Desk
Is It Curtains for the Drama Book Shop?
The beloved New York City theatre institution bustled with customers this week after it was announced that the store would soon be forced from its home.
October 26, 2018
- Culture Desk
How Paul Dano Came to Adapt a Richard Ford Novel for His Movie “Wildlife”
Dano, who discovered the title years ago while browsing a bookstore, said that Ford gave him an “incredible sense of permission” in translating his work to the screen.
October 17, 2018
- Starry Night Dept.
What Would Damien Chazelle Weigh on the Moon?
The director of “First Man” examines a chunk of moon rock and ponders space exploration.
- Red Pencil Dept.
Daniel Radcliffe and the Art of the Fact-Check
Researching his role in “The Lifespan of a Fact,” the actor embeds in The New Yorker’s fact-checking department.
