Looks like Cindy Adams is a regular reader of this board

Go me?

Right? I could hardly read it.

She's been on a real Broadway kick lately.

We could test this theory by posting "Audra Soils Herself During Tap Number" and see if Cundy prints it.

literally, did no one look at that before it was posted? that was painful to read.

Am I missing something? The article seems fine to me, and I read it without any confusion.

Just a sampling...

Kagan’s Internet blast delivered $2 mil in sales.

What is she referring to, though? A massive internet campaign for Natasha Pierre? As if other shows don't do that?

And Steve Martin, who co-created “Bright Star,” now itches to be another thittir bright star.

Why did she spell "theatre" that way? To affect an accent?

Yahoo without Katie Couric? It’ll attract only yo-yos. With her, it’s hoo-hahs.

Nothing wrong here; it's just dumb.

has front cover quotes from the Denzel Washingtons, whom he’s counseled.

What? The quotes are from Denzel and his wife.

So it's not that it's exactly a total mess, but her writing is stilted, affects a slang that seems to live only in her head, and chops off a lot of a/an/the articles.

If someone on this beat feels the need to be retro, can't they write like Woodward and Bernstein instead?

LizzieCurry said: "Just a sampling...

Kagan’s Internet blast delivered $2 mil in sales.
What is she referring to, though? A massive internet campaign for Natasha Pierre? As if other shows don't do that?
Kagen's internet advertising was successful in yielding $2 million dollars in ticket sales


And Steve Martin, who co-created “Bright Star,” now itches to be another thittir bright star.
Why did she spell "theatre" that way? To affect an accent?
I think so.


Yahoo without Katie Couric? It’ll attract only yo-yos. With her, it’s hoo-hahs.
Nothing wrong here; it's just dumb.

has front cover quotes from the Denzel Washingtons, whom he’s counseled.
What? The quotes are from Denzel and his wife.
Pluralizing the name is a common way of expressing, "Mr. and Mrs. Denzel Washington". She could have also just written, "the Washingtons".

So it's not that it's exactly a total mess, but her writing is stilted, affects a slang that seems to live only in her head, and chops off a lot of a/an/the articles."

No argument there. best12bars explained it well.

Updated On: 5/17/16 at 09:06 AM

She had Glass Menagerie going into the Golden a couple of weeks ago. Now it's The Encounter. Maybe it'll be Come Fly with Me, the Sinatra/Tharp show she had to retract.

I had no trouble reading that as well. It's an antiquated style of writing. No one really writes that way anymore and that doesn't necessarily make it wrong.

RippedMan said: "One man show about the Amazon? Hard pass.'"

I agree about the terrible article but this show by Simon McBurney is actually supposed to be mind-blowing (audience members wear headphones and it involves binaural technology - 3D audio). Ben Brantley gave it a rave in London - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/theater/review-you-see-the-encounter-with-your-ears.html?_r=0