Features

Marty's Moment

Should Chicago win the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday, no one will celebrate harder than New York producer Marty Richards, who spent 27 years turning what was his first Broadway hit into a screen gem. Of course, along the way Richards was anything but idle, producing such classics as Sweeney Todd on Broadway and The Shining on film—not to mention some of the most over-the-top parties this side of Laurel Canyon with his wife, Band-Aid heiress Mary Lea Johnson. A frankly flamboyant producer reflects on a life lived with—how else to put it?—a full measure of razzle-dazzle.

The City at War

Suddenly (once again), every conversation in this city is about one thing, as New Yorkers debate whether, and under what circumstances, we should invade Iraq. Far from a simple yes or no, the question leads into other passionate debates about what stance America should take in the world (and how the president has handled—or mishandled, depending on your point of view—our friends and allies in this adventure). Here, on what looks to be the eve of war, a broad spectrum of prominent New Yorkers go on the record with their (sometimes pained) positions. Next trick: getting Bush and Company to pay attention.

War at The New Yorker

The editorial "We" are of two minds.

Reading the Times

Please, Howell, tell us what to think!

Departments

Intelligencer

WITH DEBORAH SCHOENEMAN
Nicky and Paris Hilton, Ian Schrager, Norman Mailer, Rob Marshall and much more!

Marketplace

Sales & Bargains

Trend-setting trench coats

Gotham

Down by the Sea

In a winter marked by snow and Saddam, the Hamptons rental market is off to a very slow crawl.

Smoke Up!

One bar’s response to Bloomberg’s ban: a liquid cigarette.

Into the Woods

Rudy’s biggest fan gets to play him onscreen.

Columnists

Safe Is the New Risky

These days, even Grandma’s stocks are risky. Say good-bye to the blue chips.

The Out-of-Towners

Time was, if you were really sick, you went to a New York hospital. But these days, the suburbs are keen to compete.

Surprise Finish

A septuagenarian couple who still can’t get enough of each other.

Critics

Movies

The Big Chill meets big-time thrills in Lawrence Kasdan’s Dreamcatcher

Theater

Radiant Baby is bracing form without content; Proust as musical is no madeleine

Classical Music

Colin Davis gets to the heart of Hector Berlioz; a lackluster Faust at the Met

Popular Music

U.K. singer Ms. Dynamite follows in Lauryn Hill’s powerful feminist footsteps

Television

Frederick Wiseman’s intimate cameras focus on domestic abuse

Dance

Inspired by Othello, Paul Taylor offers a riveting Promethean Fire

Art

An engrossing exhibit at the Met finds Spain in the art of Manet and his peers

Restaurants

66—another gem from Jean-Georges

Top Five Hookah Bars

The sweet aroma of fruit-flecked tobacco will soon be outlawed from these fragrant Middle East havens. Inhale legally while the law is still on your side.