The articles on this page originally appeared in The New Yorker magazine, in some cases in a slightly different form. Reprinted by permission.
“Legs Diamond,” January 9, 1989
“Born Yesterday,” February 13, 1989
“Dalton’s Back”; “Brilliant Traces,” February 20, 1989
In A Pig’s Valise, February 27, 1989
Selected Shorts, March 13, 1989
Metamorphoses, Run For Your Wife, March 20, 1989
Measure for Measure, March 27, 1989
A Winter’s Tale, April 3, 1989
Forbidden City, April 17, 1989
Welcome to the Club, April 24, 1989
Bill Irwin, May 15, 1989
Yankee Dawg You Die, May 29, 1989
Lisbon Traviata, June 19, 1989
Tweflth Night in Central Park, July 24, 1989
Beside Herself, November 6, 1989
The Secret Rapture, November 13, 1989
Meet Me in St. Louis/ Threepenny Opera, November 20, 1989
A Few Good Men, November 27, 1989
Gypsy, December 4, 1989
Artist Descending A Staircase, December 18, 1989
Silverstein, Mamet, December 25, 1989