Dylan Edwin Minh Hall

7 pounds, 10 ounces

St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital Birthing Center

After the 2002 birth of her first son, Gavin, turned into a 24-hour ordeal, freelance graphic designer Lana Lê, 36, decided to try hypnobirthing, a drug-free relaxation method, for her second. After a rocky cab ride to the hospital, the expectant mother hopped into a warm Read More

Art of Closing Scummy Deals-Mamet’s All-American Hustlers

A few afterthoughts on the perfect revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Joe Mantello, at the newly named Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on 45th Street:

If there were a Tony Award for best ensemble acting, Glengarry’s all-male troupe would surely win it hands down.

Mr. Mamet’s toxic 1984 play is famously Read More

To Age Alone Gracefully, or Die Mercifully?

On my block at 101st Street on the Upper West Side there is a low iron fence, a series of uneven upside-down U shapes around a skinny runt of a tree that stands in a patch of stone and pebble-sprinkled dirt. At one end of the rectangle formed by the fence, a single black-eyed Susan, Read More