The Novelist Whose Inventions Went Too Far

After the Afro-Cuban writer H. G. Carrillo died, his husband learned that almost everything the writer had shared about his life was made up—including his Cuban identity.

Meat Pies (One Meatless) with “Sweeney Todd” ’s Newest Stars

Annaleigh Ashford (Mrs. Lovett) and Josh Groban (the demon barber of Fleet Street) compare notes on their early Sondheimian setbacks.