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New York Magazine

May 18-31, 2026
Magazine

The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.

The City Politic: David Freedlander • Money Bites Back A video outside a billionaire’s house led to Mayor Mamdani’s first real mini-scandal.

Neighborhood News: Turf Wars • For recreational soccer leagues, finding a field to play on has never been harder.

461 MINUTES WITH …Cathy Tie • The self-appointed Biotech Barbie throws a birthday party at Carnegie Hall.

The Culture Business: Rachel Corbett • Brother, Can You Spare $200 Million? Why the Metropolitan Opera needed a Saudi lifeline.

Wait, What Did He Say? • John Lithgow’s Tony - nominated performance in Giant brings the antisemitismvs - vs.-anti-Zionism debate center stage.

THE BILLIONAIRE WHO WIRED SAN FRANCISCO • Ten years ago, concerned about car burglaries, Chris Larsen began installing a web of private cameras over the city. He had no idea how far his influence would go.

The Rise of the FOOL • CLOWNING isn’t just HONK-HONK. A report from the Eastside of Los Angeles, the center of the hottest COMEDIC ART.

It Is in Fact Possible to Get Off Your Phone • 59 actually useful tips for using it (a little) less.

Frieze Art Fair • Collectors, dealers, curators, and art advisers caught up and plotted the week ahead at a VIP breakfast at the Shed.

They Rescued a Teardown and Raised the Roof • An artist couple renovated a neglected country house with enough space for an art collection and their own work.

Kaiseki Lite • An East Village izakaya turns the multicourse meal into an à la carte feast that’s easier to digest.

SHE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS • Taraji P. Henson is having a ball in her Broadway debut, but the actor still has some bones to pick with Hollywood.

MORGAN BASSICHIS TALKS TO GHOSTS • The performer’s hit solo show, Can I Be Frank?, is part séance, part comedy routine, and unlike anything else in theater right now.

THE HIGHS, LOWS, AND MEHS OF TONY SEASON

CRITICS • Bilge Ebiri on The Devil Wears Prada 2 … Craig Jenkins on Kacey Musgraves’s album Middle of Nowhere … Madeline Leung Coleman on The Hill, by Harriet Clark.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

LAUGHING STOCK • A handful of comedy shows to see instead of going to the Cellar again.

Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzle: Be the Bigger Person

What’s in a Name?

THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

Languages

  • English