Happy 125th James Thurber! Anyone who follows the Spill knows that James Thurber is a mighty big deal around here. I’ve written numerous times over the years how seeing his drawing, “What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?” changed everything for me. Today marks the 125th anniversary of Thurber’s birth. Michael Rosen’s recently published A Mile and a Half of
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Happy 90th Edward Sorel!; Interview Of Interest: Ken Krimstein; Article Of Interest: Paul Karasik; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Emily Flake & Yesterday’s: J.A.K.; Cast Recording In The Works For Peter Arno’s Hit B’Way Play, The New Yorkers
The great Edward Sorel celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. Mr. Sorel’s first cover for The New Yorker (below) made headlines when Tina Brown selected it as the debut cover of her editorship at the magazine. __________________________ Interview Of Interest: Ken Krimstein From The Grinnell Magazine, – “I Think Therefore I Draw” — this piece on Ken Krimstein. Mr. Krimstein began
Read moreNew York Times Raves About Arno’s “The New Yorkers”
“So this is what Manhattan looked like in the tipsy yesterday of Prohibition” — Ben Brantley, The New York Times The New Yorkers was a hit when it opened in December of 1930 (done in by the Depression, it closed after 168 performances) and here it is back in 2017, albeit in altered form, heralded one more time. Too bad
Read moreAn Arno Inspired Play Comes Back to NYC
On Broadway in 1930 (the original program appears above), this Peter Arno inspired musical returns for a short run in March. Here’s the description from the New York Theatre Guide: NEW YORKERS, THE A Sociological Musical Satire Music & Lyrics by
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