On this Tony Sunday, thoughts from one of the giants of Broadway, renowned song-and-dance man Joel Grey, who tonight will collect his second Tony Award, this time for lifetime achievement: The Tony Awards have aired nationally on television since 1967. I had the privilege of opening that very first telecast …
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Fifty years ago Fred Smith founded the company that revolutionized business. At the sorting center at FedEx headquarters in Memphis, packages are routed around the world using computerized conveyer belts and elbow grease. Once you see it, you will never again take overnight delivery for granted. Today FedEx employs more …
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Jim Gaffigan’s impressive resume reads comedian, actor, writer and producer. Now, he’s adding another title: sleep aid … When I was a little kid, to enjoy stand-up comedy, you either needed to know someone whose parents owned comedy albums, or you had to stay up until after the local news …
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It’s not every day you’ll find a tennis legend who’s just finished chemotherapy giving free lessons on a Miami public court in 95-degree heat. Then again, there aren’t many legends like Chrissie Evert. A superstar since age 16, she was a force in women’s tennis throughout the 1970s and ’80s, …
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Fasten your seatbelts: there’s travel turbulence ahead. What started as a summer of so-called “revenge travel,” after two years of the pandemic, has turned into travel hell. “I’m extremely frustrated and disappointed,” said one flier. “They got a few people on board, and then all of a sudden, canceled the …
Read More »You’ll have no trouble buying burgers at McDonald’s. But ice cream? That’s another story, as correspondent David Pogue discovered at one franchise’s drive-through. “I’m sorry,” he was told, “we actually don’t have any ice cream at the moment.” Broken McDonald’s ice-cream machines have become a national punchline. This past week, …
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It happened this past week … the passing of two gifted women who helped soothe and inspire troubled lands. Jean Kennedy Smith died Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. The last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, she led a mostly quiet life of charitable works, until – at …
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As Broadway show cast members, and their audiences, all self-isolate at home, leaving stages dark during the coronavirus pandemic, dancers have not let their passion go without an outlet. The video “A Chorus Line in Quarantine” originated on a private Facebook group among the company of the 2006-2008 Broadway revival …
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Even if you’re not a New Yorker, you may know New York magazine. It was the original city magazine, one of the first magazines for both men and women. It’s won 48 National Magazine Awards, and not long ago it celebrated its 50th anniversary. The magazine, said editor Adam Moss, …
Read More »In the New York Times bestselling “Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog” (Simon & Schuster), Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry writes about his faithful dog getting up in years, as he is, too, and offers advice about navigating the rocky shoals of retirement-age living. Read …
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