Paul Tazewell oversaw a staff of 140 as the costume designer for the movie version of the musical “Wicked.” In January, he was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the film, which included a gown for Ariana Grande that required 225 hours of work and 20,000 beads for the bodice. He also designed … Read more
Three ducks at the Queens Zoo died because of bird flu, and as many as 12 more birds at the Bronx Zoo that died after possible exposure were being tested for the virus, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, the nonprofit that operates the parks. The deaths and possible exposures at the Queens Zoo and … Read more
Bells, drums and chants rang out Saturday afternoon in Union Square in Manhattan as thousands of New Yorkers gathered to protest an executive order from the Trump administration targeting transgender children and teens. The order, which threatens to withhold federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming treatments to trans youth, has left many local families … Read more
The chief judge of New York State’s highest court urged the State Legislature on Monday to pass a bill that would allow prisoners who have been locked up for years to apply for reduced sentences. The judge, Rowan Wilson, who oversees the state’s entire court system, said in his annual address at the Court of … Read more
A federal judge early Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of “irreparable harm.” The Trump administration’s new policy of allowing political appointees and “special government employees” access to these systems, which contain highly sensitive information such as bank … Read more
A Brooklyn woman has been charged in the death of her 6-year-old daughter, who had been found unconscious on Friday in a bathtub filled with water, the police said. The woman, Karla Espinal, 26, was charged with felony assault and reckless endangerment of a child on Saturday evening, the police said on Sunday. The cause … Read more
A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape the economics of theater-making in New York — for workers as well as producers. Striking stage crews have idled the nonprofit Atlantic Theater Company — the birthplace of the musicals “Spring Awakening,” “The Band’s Visit” and “Kimberly Akimbo,” which all transferred to Broadway and … Read more
In the decades when he was running the widely influential Off Broadway nonprofit Playwrights Horizons, Tim Sanford would not have been the one driving to New Jersey to see a man about a tree. But his new theater company, a scrappy, idealistic outfit dedicated to established older playwrights, is a more hands-on operation. So one … Read more
Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll find out what is different about a two-mile stretch of Third Avenue these days. Something unusual happened on a 36-block stretch of Third Avenue at the end of January. The traffic lights were slowed down. Traffic signals had been timed for cars and trucks at 25 miles per hour. … Read more
Opening statements are expected on Monday in the trial of the man accused of rushing onstage and stabbing the author Salman Rushdie in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye. The man, Hadi Matar of Fairview, N.J., is charged with attempted murder and assault in the stabbing, which occurred in front of thousands of people … Read more