When “Fats Ham,” James Ijames’s adaptation of “Hamlet” set within the American South, debuted final 12 months as a streaming-only manufacturing from Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater, my colleague Jesse Inexperienced lauded it as “the uncommon takeoff that really takes off.” This week, “Fats Ham” gained the Pulitzer Prize for drama and commenced in-person performances at New York’s Public Theater.
Till I get to see it, I’m listening to the companion playlist Ijames and the play’s director, Saheem Ali, have curated on Spotify; it contains picks from Emily King, Radiohead and Joan Armatrading. Why not make it the soundtrack on your week?
One other contender: Kevin Morby’s “This Is a {Photograph}.” Grayson Haver Currin deems it “a assured 45-minute sashay by susceptible devotionals and existential reflections, tuneful people and handclap soul.” Or make it Dangerous Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” and preserve it on repeat all summer time.
You possibly can additionally simply persist with a Pulitzer theme and cue up Kendrick Lamar’s new album, his first in 5 years. (He gained the Pulitzer for music in 2018.) Then hearken to the poet Ada Limón sharing a piece by this 12 months’s winner in poetry, Diane Seuss, and take a look at Limón’s new assortment, “The Hurting Variety.”
This weekend I’m keen spring climate to cease its flirting and commit. Wherever you might be, regardless of the season, I hope you’ll be capable of get outdoors, to take a look at what’s taking place. In Detroit, there’s a brand new manufacturing of Anthony Davis’s first opera, “X: The Life and Instances of Malcolm X.” In Las Vegas, Lauryn Hill, Usher and TLC headline the Lovers & Buddies pageant. There’s a grilled cheese pageant in Sacramento. A 3-week arts pageant in Brussels. In New York, there’s a piano bar revival underway. (The track that makes the entire room go wild? Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles.”)
You possibly can take into consideration planning a visit for the approaching months. Maybe a storied resort in Mexico? A nightlife tour of Ibiza? Take a look at what’s new in Rome. And in outer area. Or keep proper the place you might be, make breakfast for dinner with one among our 24 egg recipes (Melissa Clark selected a favourite beneath) and absorb a dreamy depiction of Eire in Sally Rooney’s “Conversations with Buddies,” debuting Sunday on Hulu.
What do you may have deliberate for the weekend? Inform me about it.
For Extra
THE WEEK IN CULTURE
Gyeran bap (egg rice)
Just a few days of sustained superb climate in New York gave me a nasty case of spring fever, making me wish to spend all my time outdoors, and never, as is extra usually the case, within the kitchen. That is when eggs come to the rescue. Not solely are they an emblem of springtime, they’re additionally fast, simple to prepare dinner and so versatile, as the newest particular bundle from New York Instances Cooking, a celebration of eggs, proves. Take, for instance, Eric Kim’s sensible gyeran bap (egg rice). On the middle of this Korean pantry meal are two brown-butter-fried eggs, basted with sesame oil and soy sauce that condense and caramelize. He suggests plopping the puffy-edged eggs onto sizzling rice and topping with gim (roasted, seasoned seaweed). However I additionally like to slip them onto buttered toast, then eat them out of hand outdoors on the stoop, whereas I nonetheless can.
Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns, N.B.A. playoffs: The Suns had the N.B.A.’s finest file this season. It appeared as if their veteran level guard, Chris Paul, may lastly get a championship. Then they bumped into Luka Doncic. The Mavericks’ 23-year-old famous person is so good that it generally appears to be like like he’s taking up the opposite workforce by himself. The Suns haven’t found out a approach to cease Doncic; they’ve acquired another likelihood. Sport 7 is 8 p.m. Japanese on Sunday on TNT.
