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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.