Henry Fonda was inarguably one of the greatest actors ever produced by the United States. The Austrian filmmaker Alexander Horwath pushes this self-evident truth further in his purposefully expansive documentary “Henry Fonda for President.” The movie convincingly posits that Fonda was, cinematically, the embodiment of America itself. Horwath has gathered a vast amount of archival … Read more
The ideal way to watch “The Luckiest Man in America,” a dramatization of a real-life game show incident, is to go in cold — to see these events unfold as TV viewers did. If you’ve never heard of Michael Larson, a contestant who appeared on CBS’s “Press Your Luck” in 1984, then it is best … Read more
Matteo Lane April 5 at 8 p.m. at Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan; msg.com. A man of many talents, Matteo Lane used to live in Italy working as a painter and an opera singer before he returned to Chicago to start his comedy career. Since moving to New York City … Read more
Smirnova now often looks to pare movement back, she said, praising “the power of stillness” onstage. James Bonas, a British stage director who adapted “Macbeth” with Pickett, compared Smirnova’s “clarity and simplicity” to that of great theater performers. “In ballet, acting can have a painted-on quality, but she understands the idea of inhabiting a character … Read more
The two women are a coil of contradictions: Roman but also Greek, flesh but also stone. They both are confident, blessed with the poise of the noble and famous, yet also slightly shy. As if, after centuries of gazes, they can only appear before us slightly abashed. As if they know there is such a … Read more
Lonnie G. Bunch III has served as a museum director, educator and historian — all positions in which he has demonstrated a skill for diplomacy. But perhaps no amount of charm or discretion can help him avoid the fight he now faces over the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, the cultural behemoth he stewards. In … Read more
“I remember that first Roxy show being mildly terrified and looking over at Mark cracking jokes,” said Skiba, who went on to record two albums with Blink. “His joy would just bring me back into the moment.” Just as the world was beginning to emerge from the pandemic, Hoppus learned he had cancer. “It got … Read more
Frankie, the roaming, cogitating mystery woman at the center of the cryptic drama “Gazer,” has eyes as big as hubcaps and a strange charisma. Much of her appeal stems from the striking looker who plays her, Ariella Mastroianni, who wrote the script with the director, Ryan J. Sloan. Although indebted to its influences to the … Read more
