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Mandy Patinkin as Levin, with the 'ghost' of Anne Frank: A human or a symbol?

Meyer Levin's Anne Frank obsession

Who owns Anne Frank?

Meyer Levin's long struggle to stage his own idiosyncratic vision of The Diary of Anne Frank is often portrayed as a fanatical obsession. But to my mind the aggrieved party is not merely Levin but anyone who's curious to sample his take on the Holocaust heroine.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 8 minute read
Libyan protester: Who knew poor Arab kids could be so astute?

Optimists of the world, unite!

The West's debt to the Arabs

At the very least, the events of the past month in the Middle East remind us of a lesson we too often forget: that the past need not dictate the future.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
Smoke and mirrors time, again.

Tina Brown, pro and con

Tina Brown and the limits of hype

Tina Brown, who recently took charge of the moribund Newsweek magazine, has been acclaimed as one of the world's most successful magazine editors. But that depends on how you define success.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 3 minute read
Geoffrey Rush as Logue (left), overshadowed by the king (Colin Firth) and queen (Helena Bonham Carter): An aristocracy of merit.

Why "The King's Speech' worked for me

Commoners, kings and the moment of truth

Anne Fabbri argues that The King's Speech glorifies boring and useless hereditary aristocrats who don't really matter. Oh, but they did, at a critical moment. And it's the sort of moment that could have happened to any of us, commoner or king.

Editorials 5 minute read
Rendell on '60 Minutes': Stop the presses!

The 'Inquirer' contemplates Rendell's TV tantrum

Calling all simpletons, or: The Inquirer discovers Rendell's temper

What would old-timers who remember Mayor Dick Dilworth— both of us— make of the Inquirer's coverage of Ed Rendell's TV temper tantrum? And who at the Inquirer remembers the greatest moment in Philadelphia sports history?
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
5th Birthday!

Broad Street Review 5th Birthday Party

The arrival of 2011 marks the fifth birthday of Broad Street Review. So it's high time we celebrated. Come to think of it, after five years of virtual relationships, it's high time BSR's readers, writers and editors finally met each other in the flesh.

Editorials 1 minute read
OK, neighbors: Who started this rumor?

WikiLeaks, secrets and a distant memory

WikiLeaks and the end of privacy: A lesson from a small town in Indiana

To Hilary Clinton, the recent WikiLeaks release of confidential diplomatic cables constituted “an attack on the international community.” But if, like me, you've ever practiced journalism or government in a small town, you're likely to shrug and ask, “What else is new?”
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read
Do you get the feeling we're not alone?

Penn Museum's '40 Winks With the Sphinx'

Let's spend the night together… with a mummy

Just when you thought museums had lost their mojo, marketing geniuses have come up with an inspired idea: a real-life “Night at the Museum.” For a six-year-old to have the run of a huge and famous museum for hours on end is a truly unique and memorable experience, even if you don't get much sleep.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 4 minute read
To John Simon, Barbra Streisand's nose was a crime against art.

Criticism: Compliment or insult?

When critics can't take criticism

The free-lance drama critic Wendy Rosenfield recently took me to task for publicly excoriating one of my own contributors. She seems to see criticism as an insult. I see it as a compliment.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read
When a professional tells you to shush, is he unprofessional?

Directors vs. critics vs. the audience

When Jesse met Jimmy, or: Would Dick Cheney love these guys?

The theater director Jesse Cline and his apparent antagonist, BSR contributor Jim Rutter, are two peas in a pod: Both work in communications but seemingly want to prevent other people from communicating.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Editorials 5 minute read