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July 30, 2006
On Sundays Gothamist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in New York and reviews of recent books and performances. The judgments expressed below are entirely those of the author. There’s no getting around it: Dan Lauria plays the crankiest of cranks in William Mastrosimone’s A Stone Carver (directed by Robert Kalfin). No cute grumpy old man business – Lauria seethes with a grouchiness that more than lives up to his character’s last name, Malatesta. But... [continue]
| July 23, 2006
The Midtown International Theatre Festival, which opened this week and runs through August 6, is at only 2 venues and has a far smaller number of shows in its lineup than does the Fringe Festival, but that makes it more manageable, a great warm-up, if you will, to the upcoming binge that will sprawl out over most of lower Manhattan and eat every good theatre lover’s schedule alive. This weekend, Gothamist brings you mini reviews... [continue]
July 9, 2006
On Sundays Gothamist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in New York and reviews of recent books and performances. The judgments expressed below are entirely those of the author. It’s easy enough for everyone to condemn slavery as it existed in the past, on a large scale with whole tribes shipped across the Atlantic to perish on New World plantations, or when it involves children in sweatshops or women lured away from home and forced... [continue]