Rachel Sherman

New York

Senior News Assistant, Culture at The New York Times

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Articles

Tonys 2025 Highlights: ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ and ‘Purpose’ Take Top Honors - The New York Times

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Paulson |Jesse Green |Alexis Soloski |Derrick Bryson Taylor |Elisabeth Vincentelli |Rachel Sherman | +2 more

Nicole Scherzinger, Cole Escola and Sarah Snook were first-time winners, while the original cast of “Hamilton” reunited for a performance.
Tony Award Winners 2025: The Full List - The New York Times

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman

The Tony Awards were held on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Cole Escola Wins the Tony for Best Actor in a Play

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman

In "Oh, Mary!," Escola plays a drunken, melodramatic Mary Todd Lincoln who yearns to return to cabaret. Cole Escola won the Tony for best actor in a play for their performance in the outlandish, ahistoric comedy " Oh, Mary! " This is Escola's Broadway debut, and first Tony. Escola, who is nonbinary, plays a self-indulgent, scheming Mary Todd Lincoln, who aspires to become a chanteuse.
Adrien Brody feels for the rats

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Rachel Sherman

NEW YORK — “I’m a little in a daze,” actor Adrien Brody said last week, the skin around his eyes slightly crinkled, but his gaze soft and present.
Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody unveils art show in New York

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Rachel Sherman

NEW YORK – “I’m a little in a daze,” actor Adrien Brody said recently, the skin around his eyes slightly crinkled, but his gaze soft and present. He had been up since 5am and had spent most of his day crouched on the ground at Eden Gallery in Manhattan, putting the finishing touches on his collages ahead of the next evening’s opening of his latest solo exhibition, Made In America.
Adrien Brody Feels for the Rats in His First Art Exhibit in Nearly a Decade - The New York Times

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman

In his first art exhibition in nearly a decade, the actor and painter draws from the frenetic energy of his youth, and from the empathy of his mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy.
A Flurry of Dance From Around the World

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman

Fall for Dance will have its most international lineup since the pandemic; and the center's 2025-26 season will feature Paris Opera Ballet and Dutch National Ballet. New York City Center will welcome an array of dance companies from around the world for its 2025-26 season, the theater announced on Tuesday. The season opens with the center's 22nd Fall for Dance Festival (Sept. 16-27), with its most international lineup since the pandemic.
Darren Criss Does the Robot

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman |Vincent Tullo

He trained as a movement actor. Now he's leaning into physical theater as a Helperbot in the Tony-nominated "Maybe Happy Ending."He trained as a movement actor. Now he's leaning into physical theater as a Helperbot in the Tony-nominated "Maybe Happy Ending."Credit... Darren Criss stood up, fast asleep, his head heavy.
BAM Announces a Female-Led Next Wave and Fall Season

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman

The arts institution, which has shrunk its programming in recent years, unveiled its fall lineup. The Brooklyn Academy of Music will welcome its 42nd Next Wave festival this fall, with most works created by female artists, the performing arts center announced on Thursday. "We led with women," said Amy Cassello, who became BAM's artistic director last year after serving in the role as interim.
5 (More) N.Y.C. Art Fairs to Welcome Spring

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Sherman

With Frieze Week comes an explosion of art, from the behemoth TEFAF to Esther (the newest), and the Other, which boasts of affordability. Each year, just as the cherry blossoms begin to blanket the ground, art fairs descend upon Manhattan like pollen. You don't have to be a serious collector to participate in the surge of smaller fairs across the city, but you will need a pair of arch-support sneakers to make your way through fairs and artistry in Manhattan and Brooklyn.