- January 21, 2008
- How �The 39 Steps’ Went From Tense British Thriller to Broadway Comedy
The journey of John Buchan's novel to the screen and the stage.
- January 21, 2008 | Feature
- David Mamet’s Election Season
The playwright on Hillary, corruption, and our democracy’s saving grace.
- January 14, 2008 | Intelligencer
- Family Movie
The trouble with Asperger’s.
- January 14, 2008 | Feature
- Happy Post-Roundup From the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations
The New Year is a time to reevaluate old acquaintances. That’s why the top-ten list was invented.
- December 24, 2007 | Feature
- What a Farce
Norbert Leo Butz skipped Young Frankenstein for old Mark Twain. Good call.
- December 24, 2007 | Feature
- From Bobby to Lenny: Raúl Esparza
It’s been quite a year for Raúl Esparza.
- December 10, 2007 | Feature
- Bookworms Let Loose on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
This year, Hollywood’s betting big on literature. Atonement may not live up to its buzz, but what about Persepolis? Diving Bell?
- December 3, 2007 | Feature
- Starry Nights at �Cymbeline’
Not only do the principals in 'Cymbeline' include Michael Cerveris, Martha Plimpton, and Phylicia Rashad as the Queen, but 23 other actors make up what Cerveris calls �a really deep bench� in this lavish production.
- November 26, 2007 | Feature
- I’ll Take Your $150,000 and Lower It to More Like $70,000
Numbers quickly became a PR tool in the stagehands’ strike. Some key figures in the battle for your sympathy.
- November 12, 2007 | Feature
- Oh, What a Work Is Frankenstein’s Monster
As Young Frankenstein opens on Broadway, a new book by Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Frankenstein: A Cultural History, tracks the big guy�and his changing physique�through two centuries of pop culture.