By NYO Staff 1/17/05 12:00am

Editorials

Three extraordinary talents died in late December, all of whose roots were in New York and whose passing marks the end of an era. Susan Sontag, Jerry Orbach and Artie Shaw-somehow, only New York could have created them, and only New York could have contained them. All three belonged to a time when genius, courage Read More

By Marcus Baram 1/10/05 12:00am

Remembering Jerry

It’s a cliché: the tough guy with the gentle touch. One of New York’s recurring characters, a man’s man who knows how to be sensitive with the ladies. But that was Jerry Orbach-or Lennie Briscoe, or Billy Flynn, or Mack the Knife, or any one of the dozens of memorable characters he played off and Read More