New York Magazine

In the Apr. 15–28 issue: Olivia Nuzzi on “wonder boy” Pete Buttigieg. Plus: Art & Design, by Wendy Goodman; the half-billion dollar “Leonardo”; Natasha Lyonne, Annette Bening, and more.

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The City Politic: David Freedlander • A Mayor’s Race in Winter There is scandal. There is drama. But mostly everyone is frozen.

Neighborhood News: Apex Stomps In • The $44.6 million mega- Stegosaurus goes on view (for a while) at the American Museum of Natural History.

88 MINUTES WITH … Andy Kim • The new senator from New Jersey has vowed to shake up the political Establishment, a difficult task in Trump’s Washington.

Tomorrow: Choire Sicha • Rolling the Dice on Bird Flu Denial, resilience, déjà vu.

ADRIEN BRODY FOUND THE PART • The Brutalist is the best, most personal work he’s done since The Pianist.

THE NEXT DRUG EPIDEMIC IS BLUE RASPBERRY FLAVORED • When the Amor brothers started selling tanks of flavored nitrous oxide at their chain of head shops, they didn’t realize their brand would become synonymous with the country’s burgeoning addiction to gas.

LIFE AS A MILLEN NIAL STAGE MOM • A journey into the CUTTHROAT and ADORABLE world of professional CHILD ACTORS.

A Robot Vacuum on a Mission

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Cult of Love’s Opening-Night Party • The play’s cast, creative team, and supporters celebrated at Yard House in Times Square.

Two Texans in Williamsburg • David Nuss and Sarah Martin-Nuss tried to decorate their house on their own—until they realized they needed help: “Like, how do we not just go to Pottery Barn?”

Art, Basil • Manuela is a farm-to-table gallery for hungry collectors.

‘Sometimes a Single Word Is Enough to Open a Door’ • How George C. Wolfe—in collaboration with Audra McDonald—subtly, indelibly reimagined musical theater’s most domineering stage mother.

The Most Dangerous Game • Fifty years on, Dungeons & Dragons has only grown more popular. But it continues to be misunderstood.

45 Things We Can’t Wait to Watch Read, Play, and Listen to in 2025 • This year will see many returns: Idina Menzel to Broadway, Lady Gaga to making pop, and all of us to the Upside Down, the Land of Oz, and Pandora.

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

NEW YEAR, NEW LAUGHS • Ring in 2025 with shows by a hilarious fleet of liberated comedic minds.

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THE 2024 APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified retrospective of the year that was.