Brace Yourself for Jordan E. Cooper’s ‘Ain’t No Mo’

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( profile [Brace Yourself]( In Jordan E. Cooper’s bawdy Broadway debut, Ain’t No Mo’, no one is safe. Photo: Elinor Carucci Jordan E. Cooper is a hustler. Straight-up, ten-toes-down, got-it-out-the-mud type shit. Before his name was plastered on a Broadway marquee, he was hawking tickets in the Theater District for his college shows at the New School. In 2016, Cooper had just launched a musical called Alice Wonder, a remix of ol’ girl in Wonderland that featured a traversal through the mind of a depressed 40-year-old Black woman. “I would stand outside of the Richard Rodgers Theatre or on subways and just hand out flyers,” he easily recalled. Yup, Cooper was that guy. [Read More]( [Holiday Sale: Save up to 70% and get two exclusive gifts]( with an annual subscription to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Gossip Girl: [The Battle Begins]( • Survivor: [Beating the Tides]( • Abbott Elementary: [Class With Mrs. Coleman]( • Winter House: [Getting in Touch]( • Mythic Quest: [Failing Up]( • Slow Horses: [Cicada]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Julia Reichert, Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker, Dead at 76 Known for the Academy Award–winning doc American Factory.]( By Zoe Guy [The Callisto Protocol Ups the Ick The spiritual successor to the survival-horror classic Dead Space doesn’t let the dread build.]( By Lewis Gordon [New York Film Critics Circle Liked Aftersun and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On The critics are critiquing.]( By Jason P. Frank [Gangs of London Won’t Hold Anything Back The cast and creatives behind AMC+’s brutal action series discuss their choreography of chaos.]( [Greta Gerwig Thought We Paid Enough Attention to Her to Notice She’s Pregnant Rumors I’m pregnant? Yeah, I’m pregnant with #GG3.]( By Jason P. Frank [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 15-Across, Six Letters: Setting of Bella and Edward’s first kiss. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic and Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: 20th Century Fox, Cannon Film Distributors, Columbia Pictures, Miramax Films, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros, Watch a Christmas action movie, and not just one of the usual suspects (Die Hard). There’s also Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Silent Partner, and more, collected in this [handy Vulture list](. [Read more from Vulture]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved