May 7, 2012 Issue
Cover Story
Home Design Spring 2012
How Hollywood lives in (and around) a city where the only canyons are manmade.
Starring the homes of Chloë Sevigny, Angela Lansbury, Greta Gerwig, Zach Braff, Whoopi Goldberg, Stella Schnabel, and Paul Feig. Plus: the former
haunts of Brando, Bancroft, Minnelli, Fonda, and more. By Wendy Goodman.
Photographs by François Dischinger
On the Cover: Chloë
Sevigny at home. Photograph by
François Dischinger for New York
Magazine. Styling by Benjamin Sturgill. Market by Jenny Kang. Hair by Ashley Javier. Makeup by Daniel Martin. Prop styling by Matt Powell. Ortensia Euro pillow shams and Antonia duvet cover by Olatz.
Features
The Red Flag in the Flowerpot
Searching through the personal archives of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward’s former assistant found evidence that a few key details of the Watergate story might not have added up—even, or especially, to Bradlee. By Jeff Himmelman
Who Is the Author of Toni Morrison?
The novelist known as Toni Morrison—née Chloe Wofford—has won a Nobel and a Pulitzer, but at 81, she’s still striving to prove once and for all that she deserves her place in the literary pantheon. By Boris Kachka
The Legendary Paul Ryan
The Wisconsin congressman has been hailed by the Beltway Establishment as an honest broker bent on slashing waste from the federal budget. But a close reading of Paul Ryan’s record reveals a very different reality. By Jonathan Chait
Intel
Beware Falling Objects
In a city full of air conditioners hanging out of windows twenty stories up, the pedestrian is ever at risk of being bonked from above.
The Run-Ray-Run Runaround
The many winners of a merely rumored Kelly mayoral campaign.
Young Trees in a Hurry
Arboreal bragging rights.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Cloudy Thinking
Music fandom gets rewired.
210 Minutes With Jennifer Tilly
At the poker table—the $10,000 buy-in table—with the actress turned cardsharp.
Columns
Irabu All Over Again?
Fortunately for Yankees fans, Hiroki Kuroda is nothing like his Japanese predecessor.
Strategist
Best Bets
Prepara’s ice cream scoop, portable Bonfire logs, and more.
The Look Book
“It’s aquamarine. That’s the color that was on the dye bottle.”
The Restaurant Review
Atera’s ingredients seem plucked from nature, but appearances are deceiving.
In Season
The stinging nettle takes its name from its deceptively innocent-looking leaves harboring dozens of tiny needles.
Culture Clash
A Frenchman, a Greek, and a Turk walk into a conference room to rank New York–made Greek yogurts. Spoons, predictably, fly.
Culture
The Theater Review
Nice Work If You Can Get It and Matthew Broderick are de-lovely.
The Theater Review
Ghost: The Musical is technically impressive, and musically silly.
The Theater Review
The Lyons is rare small play that weathers a transfer to the theater district unchanged.
The Theater Review
A lot of admiration for an unorthodox Streetcar Named Desire.
The Theater Review
The dialogue is smart and sharp enough, but The Columnist feels oddly evasive.
The Theater Review
Leap of Faith vaults over a chasm of skepticism—and stops precisely three quarters of the way across.
The Theater Review
Don’t bother with Don’t Dress for Dinner.
Kvelling in Their Seats
A first-time producer on what it took to stage Old Jews Telling Jokes.
The Book Review
Our body clocks have social jet lag. And it’s making most of us a little crazy.
The Movie Review
Joss Whedon joins forces with seven comic-book heroes in The Avengers.
Agenda
Mystery Meat No Longer
International Meats Local, billed as the “first sustainable street meat event,” opens May 6.
Departments
Comments: Week of May 7, 2012
Readers sound off on “How to Make It in the Art World,” conservative political donors, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of May 7, 2012
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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