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