New York Magazine: April 7, 2014 Issue

Benji Hughes’s Infinite Songbook

The best songwriter you’ve never heard of sleeps in a studio closet, and he’s putting the finishing touches on four new albums.

Marin Mazzie Does Speak

About Woody Allen’s custom-written gags and holding her own in a marquee role.

The Tony Traffic Report

Shows opening late in the Broadway season tend to do better at the Tony awards—which is one big reason so many now make their debuts in April.

The Newbie and the Emcee

Alan Cumming welcomes Michelle Williams to Cabaret.

The Theater Review

A Raisin in the Sun gets a star who knows what to do with the role.

The Theater Review

In Mothers and Sons, twenty years on, an AIDS victim’s mother and his now-married lover meet again.

The Theater Review

In duality and doubt, If/Then is a musical of city life now.

The Theater Review

This time, less Les Misérables is (slightly) more.

The Walking Wounded

In Westeros and zombie-infested Atlanta, life goes on but limbs don’t grow back.

The Movie Review

The Nicolas Cage you used to like is back in Joe.

The Movie Review

How Under the Skin director Jonathan Glazer surprised his star Scarlett Johansson.

The Architecture Review

Vienna is full of affordable apartments that look great. How’d that happen?

To Do: April 9–23, 2014

25 things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

April 7, 2014

The Color of His Presidency

Features

Scandal Loves a Clinton

Tilda Swinton Is Not Quite of This World

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Intelligencer

After Empire

Life in Pictures: Jackie Collins

97 Minutes With Sam Biddle

Playtime

Culture

Benji Hughes’s Infinite Songbook

Marin Mazzie Does Speak

The Tony Traffic Report

The Newbie and the Emcee

The Theater Review

The Theater Review

The Theater Review

The Theater Review

The Walking Wounded

The Movie Review

The Movie Review

The Architecture Review

To Do: April 9–23, 2014

The Cut

What’s New at the Olfactory

Departments

Comments: Week of April 7, 2014

The Vulture Crossword Contest

Competition: Good Tagline, Wrong Product

The Approval Matrix: Week of April 7, 2014

Strategist

Best Bets

The Look Book

Spring Travel: Escape From Your Vacation

The Restaurant Review

The Dish

Tartare Takes Off

The Everything Guide to Getting Older and Older in New York

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