“I remember my father saying to me once, ‘I finally know how to describe you, Charlotte. You’re prickly.’ And he was right—prickly is a very good description. If I had to be an animal, I’d be a porcupine.” Trying to get one’s arms around this complicated and off-putting, yet simultaneously alluring, talent has challenged writers …

On an evening when the skies were dumping rain on the city below, the American Ballet Theatre’s Fall Gala opened with sunny yellow: A pair clad in the color spun a pas de deux in the opening performance, “Theme and Variations” by George Balanchine, while other dancers were dressed in the pinks of the sunset …

With The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) Annual Opening Night of TEFAF New York Fall just around the corner, we check in with The Society’s president, Kate Allen, who discusses the organization and some of the most exciting works to be showcased during this very special affair. Brooke Kelly: What was your motivation to …