November 29, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
A Web and a Prayer
The nine-years-and-counting journey of Julie Taymor and U2’s
troubled, ridiculously expensive, and possibly wondrous
Spider-Man musical—featuring near bankruptcy, one death, two injured stuntmen, and a pesky tabloid columnist. By Jesse Green
On the Cover: Photograph by
Marco Grob for
New York Magazine. Illustrations
by Zohar Lazar.
Features
The Answer Is No
New Jersey governor Chris Christie is denying money to teachers and tunnels, oxygen to Democrats, and intentions to run for president in 2012. Which is only making him more popular.
Demented Genius
Understanding Kanye West. Or trying to, anyway.
Intelligencer
Kosher Pork
Earmarking isn’t all about Bridges to Nowhere.
What Would the GOP Do?
Probably nothing that different from what’s being done. And yet—outrage!
Cameo Overkill
How stunt-casting jumped the shark.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Don’t Scan Me, Bro!
Why it’s men leading the TSA backlash.
85 Minutes With Whit Stillman
The preppy historiographer is finally making another film.
Columns
The Mike and Andy Show
For now it’s a buddy movie—till the budget cuts come.
Strategist
The Best Bet
Annie's Blue Ribbon pop-up shop, post-Turkey day deals, and more.
The Look Book
The “Look Book” drops in on the free Target First Saturdays party.
The Restaurant Review
With Osteria Morini, Michael White returns to modest, country-style cooking.
In Season
The russet Bosc is a workhorse pear that’s perfect for cooking.
The Everything Guide to Deliveries
Lobster in a pan, bodega groceries by the gallon, and other ways to consume the city without leaving home.
Enforcing Utopia
At the original artists’ housing complex, change may be in the air. Is Westbeth a success or a relic?
Culture
True West
The Coen brothers know the meaning of grit, as their new Western, and its breakout young star, will attest.
The Classical Music Review
Against physical odds, Steven Blier coaches deep emotions from New York’s greatest singers.
The Theater Review
A perfect Michael Shannon in Mistakes Were Made.
Reinventing the Book
Jonathan Safran Foer’s object of anti-technology.
The Movie Review
The King’s Speech puts a monarch on the couch—and Oscar voters on high alert.
Agenda
TaïmMobile Ready to Roll
The gourmet-truck ranks expand with the rollout of the vehicular offshoot of the popular falafel shop.
Departments
Comments: Week of November 29, 2010
Readers sound off on James Frey, NYU's expansion plans, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of November 29, 2010
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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