Emily Nussbaum
@emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
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“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
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January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
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Hundreds of ICE protests this weekend. Find one near you via this link 👇
Here's the map after 24 hours of launch. Find your event or get one up here: www.mobilize.us/map/?tag_ids...
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Hundreds of ICE protests this weekend. Find one near you via this link 👇
It’s Neville who died of ennui! E is for Ernest who choked on a peach
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 AM
It’s Neville who died of ennui! E is for Ernest who choked on a peach
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Alan Cumming standing in front of his bedroom mirror in an embroidered silk dressing gown over a tuxedo shirt with a cubic meter of ruffles down the front, practicing saying
murder
MURder
murrrder
MUR-der
MURDer
murder
MURder
murrrder
MUR-der
MURDer
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Alan Cumming standing in front of his bedroom mirror in an embroidered silk dressing gown over a tuxedo shirt with a cubic meter of ruffles down the front, practicing saying
murder
MURder
murrrder
MUR-der
MURDer
murder
MURder
murrrder
MUR-der
MURDer
I think The Gashlycrumb Tinies should be a musical. I’m not sure how it would work, but this just popped into my head & I think it could happen
January 10, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I think The Gashlycrumb Tinies should be a musical. I’m not sure how it would work, but this just popped into my head & I think it could happen
I’ve watched it twice and both times I heard it at the end – maybe there’s an edited version?
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’ve watched it twice and both times I heard it at the end – maybe there’s an edited version?
I do think it has to be the shooter – acoustically, that makes sense, because he’s holding the phone! Either way, I agree with you, the quote should be in the description… I was just shocked while I was reading the piece, which is otherwise factual, to see it wasn’t in there
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I do think it has to be the shooter – acoustically, that makes sense, because he’s holding the phone! Either way, I agree with you, the quote should be in the description… I was just shocked while I was reading the piece, which is otherwise factual, to see it wasn’t in there
No, the rest of the quotes have plenty of cursing in them. It might’ve been that they can’t guarantee that he said it, which I get, but they should include the quote anyway
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
No, the rest of the quotes have plenty of cursing in them. It might’ve been that they can’t guarantee that he said it, which I get, but they should include the quote anyway
OK, *that* I can understand – but there’s clearly a male voice saying that at the end of the video and it’s either him or the ICE guy standing near him… & they should include it, even if they can’t say who said it
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
OK, *that* I can understand – but there’s clearly a male voice saying that at the end of the video and it’s either him or the ICE guy standing near him… & they should include it, even if they can’t say who said it
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I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Chris Gethard reflects on the death of the middle-class comedy job: ‘The game is feeling progressively more rigged right now … We are being tricked into feeding a system that is going to do to us what Spotify did to musicians.’
‘Are We Participating in a Thing That Is Not Even Working?’
Chris Gethard reflects on the death of the middle-class comedy job: ‘The game is feeling progressively more rigged right now … We are being tricked into feeding a system that is going to do to us what Spotify did to musicians.’
www.vulture.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Chris Gethard reflects on the death of the middle-class comedy job: ‘The game is feeling progressively more rigged right now … We are being tricked into feeding a system that is going to do to us what Spotify did to musicians.’
I don’t know if Trump wants a used Nobel prize bc he thinks it has value no matter how he gets it… or bc he get a sick kick from the way extorting it by force DEvalues it, and I guess it really doesn’t matter, but Jesus we live in gross times
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I don’t know if Trump wants a used Nobel prize bc he thinks it has value no matter how he gets it… or bc he get a sick kick from the way extorting it by force DEvalues it, and I guess it really doesn’t matter, but Jesus we live in gross times
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if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
No, that may have been the one Sweeney I didn’t see, but he was wonderful. I was crazy about Hannah Cruz in Suffs & she did a great job here, too, in an impossible role
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
No, that may have been the one Sweeney I didn’t see, but he was wonderful. I was crazy about Hannah Cruz in Suffs & she did a great job here, too, in an impossible role
Lol, I do know *that* song. It was unavoidable during the time the show first debuted on Broadway
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Lol, I do know *that* song. It was unavoidable during the time the show first debuted on Broadway
I’m not one of those Talmudic Chess experts who know all about the book issues, I just know the big numbers, so I took it at face value. I also spent a lot of the show imagining musical versions of Heated Rivalry and Challengers, for a big hot sports love triangle music extravaganza
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I’m not one of those Talmudic Chess experts who know all about the book issues, I just know the big numbers, so I took it at face value. I also spent a lot of the show imagining musical versions of Heated Rivalry and Challengers, for a big hot sports love triangle music extravaganza
Just saw Chess, a musical that made no sense, but that cast can BELT, so I was still highly entertained… I truly had zero idea what was going on during the final #, in which the ensemble was trapped in a neon green boxing ring, but I was still rooting for Nicholas Christopher
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Just saw Chess, a musical that made no sense, but that cast can BELT, so I was still highly entertained… I truly had zero idea what was going on during the final #, in which the ensemble was trapped in a neon green boxing ring, but I was still rooting for Nicholas Christopher
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Donald Trump’s approach to the world is not the isolationism that many of his supporters celebrated when he returned to office—it’s “a narcissistic form of unilateralism that says, loudly, I can do whatever I want, whenever and however I want to do it,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Donald Trump’s approach to the world is not the isolationism that many of his supporters celebrated when he returned to office—it’s “a narcissistic form of unilateralism that says, loudly, I can do whatever I want, whenever and however I want to do it,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
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I wrote about the incomparable Béla Tarr. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
Béla Tarr’s Unbroken Visions
In muckily deliberative masterworks such as “Sátántangó” and “The Turin Horse,” the Hungarian director monumentalized the process of decay and the passage of time.
www.newyorker.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I wrote about the incomparable Béla Tarr. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social on Renee Nicole Good: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
January 8, 2026 at 9:48 PM
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social on Renee Nicole Good: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
I’m glad that the NYT talked to Trump, it’s useful to have him articulate his narcissistic fascist philosophy in detail, out loud, but as far as I could see, they didn’t ask him about the Epstein files & that feels like a big mistake. He’s clearly succeeded in pushing them out of the news
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I’m glad that the NYT talked to Trump, it’s useful to have him articulate his narcissistic fascist philosophy in detail, out loud, but as far as I could see, they didn’t ask him about the Epstein files & that feels like a big mistake. He’s clearly succeeded in pushing them out of the news
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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