Hard Work

Written by Doug Strassler on May 15, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Doug Strassler on Matthew Broderick’s new Broadway offering Nice Work If You Can Get It Remember a few months ago that Honda commercial featuring Matthew Broderick retracing his steps as the iconic high school skipper Ferris Bueller? It’s not every day a fifty-year-old gets to play a young whippersnapper, especially in show biz. Kathleen Marshall’s
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Martin Scorcese Honored at 2012 Moth Ball

Written by Marissa Maier on May 14, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

As director Martin Scorcese accepted the 2012 Moth Award last week, he paused to take in the opulent locale of the annual Moth Ball: Capitale on the Bowery. Capitale, the former home of the Bowery Savings Bank, is a Beaux Arts national landmark that boasts 65-foot ceilings supported by a series of columns, the entryways
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Rachel Khona Asks: Are models truly ever victims?

Written by NY Press on May 14, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Models are victims. At least that’s what we’ve been told. We’ve all heard the stories of young innocent 14-year-old girls plucked from their native Eastern European countries and traded like chattel to model agencies around the world. Picked apart for not being skinny enough at 5’10 and 125 lbs, by a world of evil model
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Grove Press Founder Honored at Cooper Union

Written by Matt Harvey on May 11, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Early yesterday evening, literary professionals, academics and devoted readers poured into Cooper Union’s auditorium for what was billed as a “celebration of the life and work” of the late Barney Rosset, who died on Feb. 21, 2012. The publishing genius is widely recognized as almost single-handedly breaking the shackles which defined post-war American fiction. Here’s
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The Visceralist: Sons of Essex

Written by NY Press on May 11, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

The Visceralist, our new nightlife contributor, gives us the low down on the new Lower East Side joint Sons of Essex. Sons of Essex 133 Essex Street (btw Rivington & Stanton) NYC, NY 10002 (212) 674-7100 Bathroom situation – Visceralist recently used the adjective “swanky” in a conversation with two art school seniors. They had
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A Lower Calling

Written by Doug Strassler on May 9, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

There’s a great star to be found in Leap of Faith – and it isn’t Raul Esparza Somewhere, 1992 is laughing its ass off. Sister Act, which hit screens almost exactly twenty years ago, is a solid Main Stem hit, while two less-successful films also released that same year – Newsies and Leap of
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Colbert Leans on Sendak For First Children’s Book

Written by Josh Rogers on May 8, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive, Uncategorized

By Josh Rogers If you are a parent who has to fight off boredom reading to your young child, the humor in Stephen Colbert’s new children’s book is probably enough to do the trick. If you are just an adult Colbert fan, stick with his TV show. The Colbert Report segments previewing the book featuring
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Blunder Road

Written by Doug Strassler on May 8, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

David Rabe’s quest for Fire should probe further I don’t know if there’s a hill or a set of tracks in the nameless Midwestern town where Danny (Theo Stockmann) has returned since dropping out of college, but he’s definitely on the low end or the wrong side of it. Having dropped out of college and
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Chain This

Written by Doug Strassler on May 7, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Ghost the Musical sucks the spirit out of its source material Making a hit movie is an inexact science. If the risk involved weren’t so high, the rewards would be less appealing. And there’s no easier rubric when it comes to adapting a big stage musical from a hit movie. Successful source material far from
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The Visceralist: St. Jerome’s

Written by NYPress on May 7, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Our new resident nightlife specialist The Visceralist introduces their inaugural post on St. Jerome’s. Enjoy! St. Jerome’s 155 Rivington St. (btw Clinton & Suffolk) NYC, NY 10002 (212) 533-1810 Bathroom situation – 2 in the way back part, both unisex. The one on the left is huge and tatted up. The one on the right
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