Dick Van Drama

exploring the other side of Van Dyke's significance

We get it, we see it: in 1960s television and film, no one was lighter on his feet, no one more effortlessly straddling the comedy/elegance tightrope. A song and dance man like Danny Kaye and Ray Bolger before him, a hyperkinetic vaudeville throwback like his idol Buster Keaton, Dick Van Dyke charmed from every angle of the entertainment polyhedron. Those who don’t envision him as Rob Petrie on his…

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New York Public Library; Treasures: The Polonsky Exhibition; Library’s first-ever permanent exhibit and ongoing online experiences too; The themes include; Beginnings; Explorations; Performances; Fortitude; Written Word; Visual World; Childhood; Belief; New York City; Author talks also; NYPL Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street;

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From the Archives: 1999-2023

21 Feb 2011

Oh Yes It Is!

discussing Panto with Matthew Woods
10 Aug 2010

Shipyard Wreckage

a review of HarborArts Outdoor Gallery
16 Jul 2006

Collective Haze

experiencing the exhibit Twin Allegories
01 Apr 2002

Gestural Conviction

Mark Morris Dance Group's V, reviewed