New York Magazine: August 30, 2021 Issue

Fall Preview 2021

A cautiously optimistic guide to an (almost) normal season.

Penn Badgley, the Visible Man

He’s famous for his roles as a gossip and a stalker — and he’s a little disturbed by what fans see in him.

John Cho Trained Like a Superhero for Cowboy Bebop, the Anime-Classic Remake

“The regimen was to become functionally athletic rather than show-horse athletic.”

Seth Rogen Wants to Tell Your Story

The actor–author–ceramicist–weed entrepreneur adds podcaster to his repertoire.

The Party Girl’s Revenge

Marlowe Granados’s debut novel, Happy Hour, is a picaresque for the glamorous and broke.

Knausgaard Debarks for a New Frontier: Genre Fiction

Norway’s most famous self-exile talks to Torrey Peters about his horror-inspired novel The Morning Star.

‘Imagine a Black Woman Just Wanting Something’

In Passing, Ruth Negga plays a character who dares you to disapprove of her choices.

Adrienne Warren Stands Up

She opened in Tina so badly hurt she could barely walk. Then came another mountain to climb.

Emily Davis Doesn’t Do Impressions

Playing Reality Winner without stunts in Is This a Room.

A Baritone Digs Deep

Will Liverman steps into the opera world’s most visible spot — the Met’s opening-night lead — in Fire Shut Up in My Bones.

Getting to Know H.E.R.

The artist is halfway to an EGOT, but she’s still a mystery to the masses. You have to see her live to understand her.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

August 30, 2021

The Roys Summer in Italy

features

The High Priest of Cryptopia Regrets Nothing

Planning for the Worst

Intelligencer

Look Back in Anger

What Is Owed

Rap Genius

The Group Portrait

Encounter

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Comments: Week of August 30, 2021

The Approval Matrix: Week of August 30, 2021

On the Cover: The Cast of Succession and Naomi Campbell on the Flip

Strategist

Best Bets

The Look Book

Fall Preview: Restaurants

21 Fall Restaurant Openings You Need to Know About

Torrisi Italian Specialties Is Reborn As Torrisi Deli and Restaurant

Court Street Grocers Team Will Resurrect Eisenberg’s As Eisen Coffee Shop

Hillary Sterling Stokes Up the Grill at Danny Meyer’s Latest Italian Restaurant

A Win Son Alum Cooks Homestyle Cantonese

At Lodi, Ignacio Mattos Wants to Fulfill All Your Midtown Noshing Needs

Zou Zou’s Brings Eastern Mediterranean Cooking to Manhattan West

The Culture Pages

Fall Preview 2021

Penn Badgley, the Visible Man

John Cho Trained Like a Superhero for Cowboy Bebop, the Anime-Classic Remake

Seth Rogen Wants to Tell Your Story

The Party Girl’s Revenge

Knausgaard Debarks for a New Frontier: Genre Fiction

‘Imagine a Black Woman Just Wanting Something’

Adrienne Warren Stands Up

Emily Davis Doesn’t Do Impressions

A Baritone Digs Deep

Getting to Know H.E.R.

The Cut Special Issue

Model Mogul Mother

Features

My Endless Search for American Fashion

They Invented the Supermodel

The Red-Pilling of Kitson

The Global Pursuit of a Bigger Butt

Spotting Peter Do

Editor’s Letter

Good With Their Hands

The Most Important Fashion Accessory Costs Less Than $4

Am I Ready to Become a Hat Girl?

I Hate How Much I Love My Skims

The Devil Wears Allbirds

The Great Schlep

The Girlboss Is Dead. Long Live the Girlboss.

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