A Y2K-era phenomenon most famous for his MTV prank show and surreal brand of comedy, Green pioneered ideas that thrive today.

In his long-running Village Voice comic strip and in his many plays and screenplays, he took delight in skewering politics, relationships and human nature.

Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman.

The actor-director discusses the long-awaited return of the hit series, the comedies that made him a star and growing up with his famous parents.

To refine her monologue for Sunday’s show, she relied on two writers’ rooms and 91 test runs. Then came the fickle audiences and a crisis of confidence.

“Severance” is finally back for its second season, three New York art museums are set to reopen and ballet goes extreme.

He conducted Broadway shows and worked with Bernadette Peters. But he was probably best known for writing the music for the darkly comic “Ruthless!”