Monthly Archives: August 2005

Where in the World is John Heilpern?

Listen up, gumshoes! Today marks the the fourth straight week without a John Heilpern column in the New York Observer. What’s up? An e-mail to the Observer has gone unanswered, and a few Internet searches have turned up no explanations. … Continue reading

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A Scrap of Paper

I found this note to myself on a scrap of paper, circa 2001: “It’s Mr. Holland’s Opus meets Born on the Fourth of July!” “It’s Stand and Deliver—without the standing!” “It’s Lean on Me—literally!” Oh, now I remember what this … Continue reading

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The Geek Audience

I have a reputation for cynicism and crankery, but that doesn’t explain why I find Jason Zinoman’s New York Times pan of The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy more assuring than Michael Criscuolo’s rave review in NYTheatre. Good criticism is never … Continue reading

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