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How Broadway Has Changed

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.07.2013 | Arts
Read More: Broadway, Ben Brantley, Frank Rich, A Streetcar Named Desire, Orphans, Theater News, Theatre, New York Times, Theater, Theatre Reviews, Arts News
Alec Baldwin

I have not acted in a legit show on Broadway since A Streetcar Named Desire in 1992, having chosen the not-for-profit route on Broadway or regional for my last four shows. Broadway has changed in the past 21 years and I wanted take a moment to look at that.

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Frank Rich Predicts 'Republican Resurgence,' Calls Rand Paul A 'Flake'

HuffPost Live | Posted 03.07.2013 | Media
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In the wake of the 2012 election, the GOP has found itself questioning its own identity. In his New York Magazine piece this week, Frank Rich looks at...

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Frank Rich: 'Denial Has Poisoned The GOP'

New York Magazine | Posted 11.09.2012 | Politics
Read More: Elections 2012, Gop, Frank Rich, Republicans, Politics News

Denial has poisoned the GOP and threatens the rest of the country too. ...

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Fran Vs. Frank

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 10.19.2012 | Arts
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She's the fighter. “I wanted to jump thought the TV set and say, 'Mr. President, move over, I got this,'” Fran Lebowitz says, recalling the fr...

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Writer Alex Witchel On Her Mother's Dementia: 'She's There, But She's Not'

The Huffington Post | Lori Fradkin | Posted 09.25.2012 | Fifty
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If you’re lucky enough to have a mother who was sort of a center of the world for you, then to not be able to have her, even though she’s sitting right there in front of you, is just devastating. She’s there, but she’s not.

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Feint Praise

Paula Gordon | Posted 11.24.2012 | Politics
Read More: Calvinists, Alexander Hamilton, Mitch McConnell, Reinhold Niebuhr, Saving Capitalism, Plutocratic Koo-Aid, Willard Romney, Frank Rich, Wayne Swan, Senate Majority, Plutocrats, , Ayn Rand, Abraham Lincoln, John Birch Society, Clubs-of-Privilege, Joe Mccarthy, Voter Suppression, The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism, Haynes Johnson, Treasurer of Australia, Fdr, White Supremacist, Constitution, Martin Luther King, Plutocracy, Oppression, Cranks and Crazies, Paul Ryan, Kochs, Class Warfare, Letter From the Birmingham Jail, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Neo-Republicans, Ultra-Federalists, Mccarthyites, Politics News
Paula Gordon

When the plutocrats and their minions abuse the average citizen, it is called "oppression." When the oppressed presumed to assert their rights as citizens, the Republicans call it "class warfare." We call it justice ... or, the American way. No feints in that.

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Frank Rich: Right-Wing Media In Disarray

nymag.com | Posted 11.17.2012 | Media
Read More: Rnc 2012, Gop 2012, Republicans, Frank Rich, Media News

A week steeped in right-wing media reveals a Republican Party far more despairing than the lamestream knows. ...

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Frank Rich: Stop Whining, America

New York Magazine | Posted 07.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: US Economy, Andy Griffith, Frank Rich, Americana, Politics News

Declinist panic. Hysterical nostalgia. America may not be over, but it is certainly in thrall to the idea. ...

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In Clybourne Park, President Obama Would Be an Impossibility

Carla Seaquist | Posted 08.27.2012 | Arts
Read More: Chekhov, Bruce-Norris-Clybourne-Park, Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park, Drama, Theatre, Tony Awards, Racism, Frank Rich, Shakespeare, Lorraine Hansberry, Barack Obama, A Raisin in the Sun, Pulitzer Prize, Olivier Awards, Arts News
Carla Seaquist

Imagine it again: Not just a few but a majority of those voting in 2008 were enlightened hearts and they made electoral history. But not one of them is onstage in Clybourne Park. How then is this play, as The New York Times' theatre critic claims, "ferociously smart"?

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Frank Rich, Rachel Maddow: Go Negative

Posted 06.19.2012 | Media
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New York magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich stopped by Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show Monday to discuss his current piece on the importance of negative p...

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Frank Rich: How Conservative Donors Are Buying This Presidential Election

New York Magazine | Posted 04.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: Koch Brothers, Mitt Romney 2012, Super PACs, Mitt-Romney, Elections 2012, Frank Rich, Citizens United, Politics News

If you want to appreciate what Barack Obama is up against in 2012, forget about the front man who is his nominal opponent and look instead at the Repu...

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Does HBO's 'Veep' Get DC Politics Right?

Maureen Ryan | Posted 04.19.2012 | TV
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Maureen Ryan

"Veep" merely reinforces what most people already think about Washington, D. C., but if these politicians and aides are so worthless, why are we paying attention to them?

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Frank Rich: Why Liberals' Past Culpability On Gay Discrimination Can't Be Forgotten

New York Magazine | Frank Rich | Posted 02.27.2012 | Politics
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When the news came last June that the New York State Senate had voted to legalize same-sex marriage, I was at a dinner party that felt like New Year's...

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THE MOLOTOV PARTY: For Today's GOP, Conservative Just Isn't Enough

NY Mag | Posted 12.26.2011 | Politics
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Even those who loathe Karl Rove’s every word may be hardpressed to dispute his pre-Christmas summation of the Republican circus so far: “the mos...

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Rachel Maddow, Frank Rich Rip GOP Candidates Over War

Posted 12.16.2011 | Media
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Rachel Maddow hosted New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich on her show Thursday night, to discuss what she called "the American lessons learned...

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Michael Calderone

New York Magazine Ramps Up 2012 Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.04.2011 | Media
Read More: The Backstory, Adam Moss, Politico, Nymag, Frank Rich, Roger Ailes, New York Magazine Politics, Arianna Huffington, New York Magazine, New York Adan Moss, Politics, Video, Early & Often, Sarah Palin, David Frum, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Media News, Election 2012, New York Magazine Early & Often, Jonathan Chait, Magazines, Media News

NEW YORK -- On Nov. 21 New York magazine hit newsstands with dueling pieces, one titled "How the GOP Went Mad," by former Bush speechwriter David Frum...

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WATCH: Maddow, Frank Rich Dissect The 'Murdoch Primary'

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 12.02.2011 | Media
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Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich discussed what they called the most important part of the Republican race for president on Maddow's Thursday show: the so...

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How Obama's Presidency Mirrors JFK's

New York | Frank Rich | Posted 11.21.2011 | Politics
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Thanksgiving week is a milestone for Barack Obama, but not one that many are likely to commemorate. The president who seemed poised to inherit John F....

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Occupy Wall Street: 'Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?'

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.31.2011 | Media
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Joseph A. Palermo

Occupy Wall Street, so long as the direct action of street demonstrations prevails and continues, is at this moment growing into something that none of us can see at this time. It's all about the future.

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Rachel Maddow, Frank Rich Talk Occupy Wall Street and Glenn Beck

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 12.27.2011 | Media
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Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich sat down Wednesday night to discuss Occupy Wall Street and the conservative media's response to the movement. Maddow a...

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New York Times Op-Ed Columnists Vie For Swanky Offices

The Atlantic Wire | Posted 12.05.2011 | Media
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When Bill Keller stepped down as New York Times executive editor to write columns, the big news was obviously Jill Abramson's promotion as the first ...

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Frank Rich On Troy Davis: 'This Is On America's Soul'

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 11.22.2011 | Media
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Rachel Maddow and columnist Frank Rich spoke strongly against the death penalty on Maddow's Wednesday show. Maddow was covering the execution of Tr...

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Frank Rich Hits Out At Obama Over Speech

Posted 11.02.2011 | Media
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New York magazine columnist Frank Rich lashed out at the Obama administration for its handling of President Obama's upcoming speech to Congress during...

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What's Happened to Obama?

Bob Burnett | Posted 09.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: Paul Krugman, Debt Ceiling, Frank Rich, Economy, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama 2012 Reelection, Obama Reelection, Obama 2012, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Barack Obama has not been the leader we expected. Now, the president has a problem that may thwart his reelection bid.

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Michael Calderone

WATCH: Why Frank Rich Left The New York Times

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 09.07.2011 | Media
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NEW YORK - Previously on The Backstory, Frank Rich spoke about this week's New York magazine cover story "Obama's Original Sin" and why he's been disa...

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