Issue of 2005-03-21
Posted 2004-03-14
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ BOLTONISM/ Samantha Power on President Bushís next Ambassador to the United Nations.
STATES' RITES/ YOU SAY TOMATO/ Ben McGrath on pride and produce in the Garden State.
HERE TO THERE DEPT./ STITCHES/ Lauren Collins takes a ride on the Yarn Bus.
DECISIONS DEPT./ CHECK, PLEASE!/ Rebecca Mead on naming your price at Babu, in the Village.
U.K. POSTCARD/ WINDSORS IN TIGHTS/ Anthony Lane on a ballet about the people's Princess.
FICTION/ William Trevor/ "Men of Ireland"
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON/ Jeffrey Goldberg/ THE UNBRANDING/ Can the Democrats make themselves look tough?
SHOUTS & MURMURS/ Frank Gannon/ PRE-APPROVED FOR PLATINUM
THE CRITICS
POP MUSIC/ Sasha Frere-Jones/ True Grime/ A genre's magic moment.
BOOKS/ Joan Acocella/ The End of the World/ Interpreting the Plague.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ Looking Back/ Diane Arbus at the Met.
THE THEATRE/ John Lahr/ Solos and Solitaries/ Telling it like it was and wasn't.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ David Denby/ Double Trouble/ Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda."
FROM THE ARCHIVE
PROFILE Michael Korda/ The King of the Deal/ A profile of legendary Hollywood agent Irving (Swifty) Lazar/ Issue of 1993-03-29
Q&A/ Hollywood's Hustlers/ Tad Friend talks with Ben Greenman about his profile of Dave Wirtschafter, president of William Morris Agency, and the evolving nature of agents./ Issue of 2005-03-21
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