Michael Bloomberg, who is outspending opponent Bill Thompson $85 million to $6 million, said he doesn’t need to win by a landslide tomorrow–he just wants to win.
Outside a bakery on Staten Island this morning, the mayor said, “Maybe a win’s a win, but you’d always like to have more. But nobody is Read More
Amelia
Running time 111 minutes
Written by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan
Directed by Mira Nair
Starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Cherry Jones
When Amelia Earhart, the world’s most famous aviatrix, disappeared in midair on July 2, 1937, somewhere over the Pacific between New Guinea and a Howland Island refueling station, Read More
I love Brian Friel’s heart and soul, suffering though they are. Mr. Friel stands above the new generation of Irish dramatists, Martin McDonagh and Conor McPherson, and you have only to see his haunting and wonderful Faith Healer to understand why.
There is—to borrow a word from Mr. Friel about his own tortured hero—a magnificence Read More
I love Brian Friel’s heart and soul, suffering though they are. Mr. Friel stands above the new generation of Irish dramatists, Martin McDonagh and Conor McPherson, and you have only to see his haunting and wonderful Faith Healer to understand why.
There is—to borrow a word from Mr. Friel about his own tortured hero—a Read More
When it comes to Tony time, I’m all in favor. I think anyone who works in the theater should be showered with awards and love and money all the time. For one thing, why would I wish them anything less than I wish for myself? For another, the lives of theater folk are so very Read More
Foolishly, I am just now catching up with Cherry Jones in the flawless production of Tina Howe’s Pride’s Crossing at Lincoln Center, and I am here to tell you the deservedly lavish praise this miraculous actress has already received doesn’t begin to prepare you for her blinding radiance. Eschewing film roles for steady theater jobs, Read More
Without doubt, or camp, the best Juliet I’ve seen in years is currently being played by a man. And in a sense, it’s not so unusual.
Cross-dressing has a noble lineage though it isn’t as easy as it may seem. It isn’t the dress but the spirit that fills it. So Daniel Shore’s Juliet at Read More
