MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Frank Rich

Writer-at-Large, New York Magazine
  1. theater
    The Final SondheimThe complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical Here We Are.
  2. q&a
    The Story Behind Original Cast Album: CompanyStephen Sondheim and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick revisit the making of the album — and Elaine Stritch’s beautiful meltdown.
  3. vulture recommends
    What to Stream While Broadway Is Shut DownSuggested substitutes for the shows you’re missing while theaters are dark.
  4. appreciations
    Frank Rich: Hal Prince Directed the Greatest Musical Production I Ever SawAnd, Frank Rich recalls, there was a lot more greatness where that came from.
  5. theater
    Frank Rich: Oklahoma Was Never Really O.K.A new production exposes the darkness that’s always been at the heart of the musical — and the American experiment.
  6. tributes
    Losing Neil Simon, a Writer From a Lost TimeIt’s not clear that the playwright’s best works can ever again mean to audiences what they once did to a much-different America.
  7. cultural studies
    Frank Rich on Carol and Lesbian CultureTodd Haynes’s adaptation of the classic novel reminds us how much of lesbian culture remains uncelebrated and unseen.
  8. Frank Rich on Carol and Lesbian CultureTodd Haynes’s adaptation of the classic novel reminds us how much of lesbian culture remains uncelebrated and unseen.
  9. in conversation
    Chris Rock on Ferguson, Cosby, and ObamaAs Rock prepares for the release of Top Five, a bittersweet film comedy in which he does triple duty as director, screenwriter, and star.
  10. Chris Rock on Ferguson, Cosby, and ObamaAs Rock prepares for the release of Top Five, a bittersweet film comedy in which he does triple duty as director, screenwriter, and star.
  11. obit
    Frank Rich Remembers Mike NicholsLooking back on a career like few others.