By Daisy Carrington 11/28/05 12:00am

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

By Ron Rosenbaum 4/02/01 12:00am

Sir Peter Hall Unveils ‘The Naked Shakespeare’

“Now you’ve got my adrenaline going,” Sir Peter Hall is telling me.

I’d got him onto the subject that is his personal crusade, his virtual obsession in the realm of Shakespearean playing: just how to speak the speech, or “verse-speaking,” as it’s known in the trade. It’s a crusade he’s now brought to the New Read More