TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ MOVIE STRUCK/ Roger Angell on a life of afternoon cinema.
IN THE WINGS/ POLL STARS/Anthony Lane on the screen-to-stump phenomenon.
PLAY BALL/ BLEACHER CREATURES/ Ben McGrath on how the crowd goes wild.
ON THE AIR/ SUPER, SUPER, SUPER!/ Tad Friend on Sir David Frostís axis of satire.
POSTSCRIPT/ WILLIAM STEIG/ Roger Angell remembers the late artist.
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ RIGHT TRADE, WRONG TIME/ James Surowiecki on the late-trading scandal.
THE CRITICS
THE THEATRE/ HE SAID, SHE SAID/ HILTON ALS/ One-acts by Edward Albee and Samuel Beckett.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ YOUNG BLOOD/ ANTHONY LANE/ Christine Jeffs' "Sylvia."