Isaac Powell Is a Tony for the Twenty-First Century

During Broadway’s longest intermission in history and amid an ongoing movement for racial justice, the Belgian avant-garde director Ivo van Hove’s radical reimagining of the iconic musical West Side Story has gained increased relevance as it surfaces the racism, xenophobia, and police brutality that have long coursed through American society, led by a young actor who insists on theater’s power to move the culture forward.

Vincent Lacoste Is French Film's Rising MVP

In the winking new film On a Magical Night, the charming young actor continues his Cannes-approved collaboration with director Christophe Honoré as the younger version of a philandering professor’s husband, guiding her on a trip through her own past.

Wafia Traded Biomedicine for Personal and Political Music

After earning her degree in biomedicine at just eighteen, the Iraqi-Syrian-Australian musician made a drastic shift, turning out intensely powerful and intimate songs that touch on personal relationships and geopolitical traumas, including her brand-new single “Pick Me.”

Anders Hayward Is a New Kind of Triple Threat

As he makes his feature début as a teenager dealing with existential ennui in the gritty new film Run, the dancer-turned-model-turned-actor expands his study of character in a new direction, finding himself in a range of new projects, whether on the page, the stage, or the screen.

Róisín Pierce Transforms Sustainability Into Luxury

Winner of the inaugural Chanel Prix des Métiers d’Art last year, the rising Irish designer turns the history of “fallen women” into a forceful and provocative collection suffused with details and handicraft underpinned by a foundation of sustainability.

Andrew Burnap Is the Pulsing Heart of 'The Inheritance'

In his Broadway début, the Rhode Island native tackles questions of artistic and social legacies with his powerfully raw performance as the writer Toby Darling in Matthew Lopez’s marathon new play about gay identity in the 21st century.

Julia Fox Finds Her Way

After stints as a designer, an artist, a club kid, and a dominatrix, the breakout star of Josh and Benny Safdie’s visceral Uncut Gems is ready to take on the movie industry.

Omar Apollo Is Always Learning Something New

Mixing genres, influences, and languages, the first-generation Mexican-American musician channels heartbreak and charts a new path through his avid curiosity and constant search for new inspiration.

Anson Boon Wants to Get Inside Your Mind

Whether onstage in the three-hander “Master Harold”…and the Boys or in Sam Mendes’s Golden Globe-winning, big-budget World War I epic 1917, the young English actor puts his natural curiosity to use in every project he tackles.

Charlotte Lawrence Teaches the Value of Vulnerability

The rising Los Angeles singer-songwriter tears away the façade of social-media perfection to forge an intimate connection with her listeners, offering an opening to self-doubt, introspection, and personal reflection.