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2013 Stories by Angela Ashman

• Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen Continue to Live Dazzling Parallel Lives Onstage

  published May 22, 2013

  From a certain vantage point, it's hard not to suspect that stage veterans Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen have been living parallel... More >>

• LAUGH LINES

  published May 8, 2013

  Is there anyone writing today who can wring more laughs from a single paragraph than David Sedaris? The bestselling humorist of Me Talk Pretty One... More >>

• WORD QUEST

  published May 8, 2013

  The hardest part of the Brooklyn Lit Crawl—a night of readings, sing-alongs, impromptu writing exercises, and games at various locations... More >>

• Claire Messud is a Novelist, Not a "Woman Novelist"

  published May 1, 2013

  "How angry am I? You don't want to know," begins the gripping first chapter of Claire Messud’s new novel, The Woman Upstairs... More >>

• CINEMATIC MOVES

  published May 1, 2013

  Experimental choreographer-performer Jack Ferver loves to make movies his own. His past works have been inspired by films such as Return to Oz,... More >>

• DISCO INFERNO

  published May 1, 2013

  After the huge success of Michael Musto’s ’70s Disco Extravaganza in the basement of Studio 54 a few months ago, we knew no one would... More >>

• Finks

  published May 1, 2013

  Joe Gilford: Are you now or have you ever been a playwright? Indeed, he has and in his latest script—produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre and... More >>

• HAPPY HUNTING

  published April 24, 2013

  As you unpack your warm-weather clothes and put your winter stuff away, you may be feeling less than thrilled about last year’s options for... More >>

• POETIC LICENSE

  published April 24, 2013

  You’d be hard-pressed to find many actors rushing to perform Gertrude Stein’s obscure theatrical lecture Plays. But if anyone can make... More >>

• NIGHT LIGHTS

  published April 24, 2013

  Keeping the anything-goes bohemian spirit of downtown alive and well, Earl Dax (who works with legendary drag star Joey Arias and whose outrageous... More >>

• BRAIN POWER

  published April 24, 2013

  New Yorkers love to find things to complain about, but how often do we provide real solutions? For the next four days, the New Museum turns New... More >>

• PAPER TRAIL

  published April 24, 2013

  Though bibliophiles are known for preferring wintry stay-at-home-and-read weather, the spring marks one event they’re excited for: the... More >>

• Jekyll & Hyde: Weird Science

  published April 17, 2013

  The new Broadway revival of the musical Jekyll & Hyde feels more like an exhumation of sorts. Some may remember the first time it was... More >>

• MAD WORLD

  published April 17, 2013

  After a whole season of monogamy for Don Draper, what a relief it was to see him back in bed with another woman—and his friend’s wife,... More >>

• SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES

  published April 17, 2013

  Skipping the traditional movie release in favor of a city-by-city tour like he did with his last film, Red State, Kevin Smith is now going on the... More >>

• BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE

  published April 17, 2013

  Jean-Pierre Melville’s Un Flic (1972) begins on a stormy day in a seaside town as a gang of crooks is about to rob a bank. The leader of the... More >>

• VILLAGE PEOPLE

  published April 17, 2013

  You only have to check the price tags 
at the John Varvatos boutique where 
CBGB’s once was to know that things aren’t... More >>

• ON THE ROAD

  published April 10, 2013

  Riding in an SUV and armed with a high-speed camera, British-born artist James Nares drove all over Manhattan, from Harlem to Chinatown, to... More >>

• SEX, DRUGS & OPERA

  published April 10, 2013

  Experimental opera singer Joseph Keckler, who blends theater, music, and visual art in his work, has become a downtown must-see for his brilliant... More >>

• Downtown

  published April 10, 2013

  Much has changed in the downtown art scene since Andy Warhol and his Superstars shook things up at the Factory. Downtown, a new group show... More >>

• LAUGH LINES

  published April 3, 2013

  If you like to keep your clothes clean, we recommend sitting away from the stage at tonight’s edition of Get It Out There. The monthly free... More >>

• GAME OF TILES

  published April 3, 2013

  If Peter Dinklage, who stars as the beguiling Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, has picked up even a fraction of Tyrion’s craftiness,... More >>

• TRIP OUT

  published April 3, 2013

  For the past several weeks, artists, 
filmmakers, and anyone else with a video camera have been submitting their one-minute abstract videos... More >>

• WHAT A STEAL

  published April 3, 2013

  Who says you have to be stuck with cheap posters for your walls? The Affordable Art Fair is tailor-made for young collectors just starting out.... More >>

• THE LONG GOODBYE

  published March 27, 2013

  Delocated, the absurd comedy on Adult Swim starring Jon Glaser as a man in a witness protection program who joins a reality-TV show in disguise,... More >>